The world responds to a rising India The Statesman 21 Feb 2023 Addressing the press in Bangalore prior to Aero India 2023, the US Charge d’Affaires, Elizabeth Jones, stated ‘India is a partner of choice for the US,’ adding, ‘our growing diplomatic and security cooperation over the last year is evidence of this.’ She went on to state that […]
The balloon fallout The Excelsior 14 Feb 2023 Politics in democracies implies targeting the government at every opportunity as part of vote bank politics. How this impacts international ties is of no concern to those involved. India has witnessed it regularly. It was visible in the US when the Chinese balloon overflew the country. It was neither the first […]
Am quoted in tthis article on Sputnik Recent visits by US politicians to India have stirred talks of Washington trying to pull New Delhi away from Russia out of fear of ties growing warmer between the two strategic partners.Due to India’s beliefs and its neutral foreign policy, the world’s fifth largest economy has not taken sides, maintaining a diplomatic stance […]
India’s multi-alignment and strategic autonomy India vs disinformation 08 Feb 2023 NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, while addressing the Keio University in Tokyo last week stated that China’s growing assertiveness and collaboration with Russia poses a threat not only to Asia but also to Europe. He therefore sought ‘closer cooperation and more friends for NATO in the Indo-pacific.’ Earlier […]
Providing tanks to Ukraine The Excelsior 01 Feb 2023 The announcement by the US to supply 31 Abrams tanks, Germany 14 Leopard-2 and the UK 14 Challenger-2 tanks against Zelensky’s demand of 300 tanks, reignites the debate on employment of armour in the modern battlefield. These deliveries are in addition to some Leopard-2 tanks promised by Ukraine’s other neighbours […]
British must shed colonial hangover The Statesman 31 Jan 2023 The BBC documentary on PM Modi and the Gujrat riots have been under discussion for the past fortnight. While the Indian government has rightly banned the documentary and its links in India, the fact that the BBC published its foreign office’s illegal investigation into the Gujrat riots displays its […]
India-Japan air exercises are aimed at belligerent, expansionist China First Post 13 Jan 2023 ‘Veer Guardian 2023,’ an Indo-Japan joint air exercise, is being conducted at Japan’s Hyakuri air base from 12 to 26 Jan. India will be fielding four Su-30 MKI jets, two C-17 and one IL-78 aircraft, while the JASDF (Japan Air Self Defence Force) will participate […]
How poor intelligence, shoddy military decisions have harmed Russia in its war against Ukraine First Post 05 Jan 2023 A Ukrainian missile strike on the Professional Technical School in Makiivka, a twin city to the regional capital of Donetsk, currently under Russian control, on New Year’s day, claimed the lives of many conscript Russian soldiers. It was amongst the […]
Zelensky in the US The Excelsior 27 Dec 2022 Ten months after the commencement of Russia’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, visited Washington seeking additional US aid and support for the war. The US has provided Ukraine with approximately USD 24 Billion since 2014, of which 21.2 Billion has been since the war commenced. Just […]
India’s steps towards restoration of peace Amar Ujala 21 Dec 2022 हाल ही में अमेरिकी सीआईए प्रमुख बिल बर्न्स ने एक इंटरव्यू में कहा कि यह बहुत उपयोगी रहा कि चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग एवं भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने परमाणु हथियारों के उपयोग के बारे में अपनी चिंताएं जताईं। मुझे लगता है कि रूस पर भी इसका प्रभाव […]