Sanctions as a Tool of War: Time for West to Look for Alternatives News18.com 11 Aug 2022 Since the dollar became an accepted global currency, the US began employing sanctions as a tool to subdue nations, though its success was always questioned. Sanctions imposed were either collective or selective, depending on the US’s foreign policy and national security goals. […]
Kabul and Taipei signal the American position The Statesman 09 Aug 2022 Two unrelated events in different parts of Asia, although near simultaneous, sent out multiple messages. The elimination of al Qaeda chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul with a drone strike on 31st July signalled the re-entry of the US into the Af-Pak region. It conveyed that despite having […]
Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could raise tensions The Statesman 26 Jul 2022 The announcement of a visit to Taiwan by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has resulted in discomfort in both, the US and China. Lu Xiang, a US-China scholar commented, ‘All efforts to (maintain bilateral ties) will be in ruins if Pelosi goes ahead […]
Reverberations of the Ukraine war in Asia The Statesman 12 Jul 2022 The decision of Russia to grab Ukrainian territory, it believes belongs to it or to breakaway republics, has created concerns of similar Chinese actions in Asia. China has observed the Ukrainian crisis unfold, provided unstinted diplomatic support to Russia while studying global response. It has witnessed that […]
G 20: Diplomatic battle that India must win The Statesman 05 Jul 2020 India will, for the first time, assume the presidency of the G 20 from 01 Dec this year. The G 20 grouping brings together 19 of the world’s leading economies and the EU, all together catering for 80 per cent of the global GDP, 75 percent […]
India under the global scanner The Excelsior 27 Jun 2022 Post comments by Nupur Sharma and tweeting of the same by Navin Kumar Jindal, both of whom have since been disciplined, global pressure mounted on India. Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia were among those that criticized India. Some nations also summoned the Indian ambassador or his […]
US’s strategy against Russia and China The Excelsior 10 Jun 2022 The uprising in Ukraine in 2013-14 which overthrew the pro-Russian, Yanukovych government, was supported by the west. It resulted in Russia annexing Crimea and declaration of independence by predominantly Russian speaking provinces of Eastern Ukraine. In retaliation, the Ukrainian government derecognized Russian language. The US, drawing Ukraine closer […]
As Ukraine war turns 100 days, Kyiv seems to be the biggest loser First Post 03 Jun 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not about Ukraine’s personal choices alone but also stalling the eastward expansion of NATO, created post World War II to defend Europe from a Stalin-controlled USSR. The USSR, then expanding westwards, needed to be reined […]
Chinese actions push regional countries towards the US The Excelsior 03 Jun 2022 The recently concluded successful QUAD summit in Tokyo, held under the shadow of the ongoing Russian ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine and growing Chinese belligerence in the region proved that nations prefer the west as a safeguard from China. Russian actions have changed the European geopolitical […]
West is driving the world into poverty The Statesman 10 May 2022 TS Tirumuti, India’s permanent representative to the UN stated at the UNSC, last week, ‘The conflict (in Ukraine) is having a destabilizing effect with broader regional and global implications. Oil prices are skyrocketing and there is a shortage of food grains and fertilizers. This has had a […]