Mercenaries and the state: Why private military firms won’t disappear despite Wagner fiasco Firstpost 30 Jun 2023 The short-lived revolt by Russia’s Wagner group, owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close Putin aide, on 24th Jun, reignited the debate on Private Military Companies (PMCs) employed by a state. The Wagner group has, apart from Ukraine, also been involved in operations […]
Will US visit signal the end of non-alignment The Statesman 20 Jun 2023 PM Modi’s visit this week to the US will be historic. The interest it has generated within the US as also the pomp and show being accorded, including a state dinner, culminating with an address to the Congress, indicates that the US administration views the visit […]
Ukraine and peace The Excelsior 17 Jun 2023 Addressing the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, post the induction of Finland into NATO, Anthony Blinken, the US secretary of State, mentioned that the US had warned Moscow of the costs of invading Ukraine. Blinken stated, ‘if Russia chose war, we would do three things: support Ukraine, impose severe costs on […]
Why a resurgent India needs to be wooed The Statesman 13 Jun 2023 India has been dubbed by anti-India groups as an ‘electoral autocracy.’ This is because they assume that the current Indian leadership restricts free speech, censor’s media, oppresses civil society organizations and cracks down on political opponents. The expelling of Rahul Gandhi from parliament, after his conviction, […]
Virtual SCO Summit plan sends the right signals The Statesman 06 Jun 2023 In a surprise move the government announced holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on 04 Jul in a virtual mode, chaired by PM Modi. No justification was given for the same by the MEA. It was assumed that the summit this year would be […]
Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, global toolkits burgeon to stain India’s image First Post 26 May 2023 The trans-Atlantic neoliberal cabal, known as the Bilderberg Group, met in Pestana Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, last week. Attendance for this meet is strictly by invitation and proceedings are secret. Those who attended included Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, Ukraine’s […]
Zelensky and the west must accept diplomatic route The Statesman 23 May 2023 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived for the G7 summit adding flavour to an anti-Russian environment. He met PM Modi who stated, ‘India and I will do whatever we can for the resolution of the conflict.’ In Hiroshima, India was the only voice advocating diplomacy to terminate the […]
India’s growing global footprints The Excelsior 18 May 2023 Almost every global index, including democracy, human rights, hunger, press freedom etc places India as sinking and in risk of collapsing, yet in reality, the reverse is happening. Foreign governments, including the US, and anti-India global oligarch funded organizations, backed by many Indian haters of the current Delhi dispensation, have […]
SCO meet throws up unexpected outcomes The Statesman 03 Mar 2023 The SCO defence ministers meet was held in Delhi last week. While the meet was attended by all defence ministers of the organization, less Pakistan (which attended virtually), statements emerging from discussions and bilateral meetings displayed differences between main players of the SCO. There were more accusations than […]
World grudgingly accepts Indian viewpoint The Excelsior 27 Apr 2023 Indian foreign policy has evolved over the years and is now aligned to Indian interests, rather than the western world view, causing heartburn in nations which assume themselves as protectors of democracy, as also in institutions funded by those who believe in western world domination, George Soros being a […]