UN endorsing Trump’s Gaza peace plan is a good idea, but peace requires more than a ceasefire First Post 21 Nov 2025 The UN Security Council (UNSC), with a vote of 13-0, Russia and China abstaining, approved resolution No 2803, which was basically President Trump’s Gaza peace plan. This resolution legalizes establishment of the ‘Board of Peace,’ which would […]
Isolation must force India to prepare herself better The Statesman 11 Nov 2025 There has been a vast change in Trump’s first and second tenures in his approach to global issues. In his first tenure Trump termed China and Russia as his strategic rivals. His 2017 National Security Strategy mentioned, ‘China and Russia challenge American power, influence and interests, […]
Many complications in ties with America The Statesman 28 Oct 2025 It is believed that PM Modi decided to address the ASEAN summit in Malaysia in virtual mode because he did not want a meeting with Trump prior to the trade deal being finalized. It is also true that he did not attend the signing ceremony of the Gaza […]
How Trump’s off-the-cuff remarks won’t make India compromise redlines First Post 20 Oct 2025 Trump has been unilaterally commenting on India in his press conferences, each time being countered on the validity of his statements. It began with him claiming to be behind the ceasefire in Operation Sindoor. Inputs exist that Pakistan’s failed marshal approached US Secretary of State, […]
Skipping the Gaza peace summit The Excelsior 18 Oct 2025 PM Modi skipped the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh despite personal invitations from both hosts, US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. This was considered by some as India missing a major opportunity on the global stage. Shashi Tharoor in a tweet termed it […]
Trump’s Pakistan tilts highlights limits of India’s trust in the US First Post 14 Oct 2025 Pakistan’s sudden found bonhomie with the US has given their hybrid government a feeling that their relations with the US, frozen for almost a decade, are on the heal and that they can depend on Washington for support, especially during a conflict with […]
How Trump trapped Pakistan into the Gaza peace plan First Post 07 Oct 2025 Shehbaz Sharief and failed marshal Asim Munir celebrated their recent visit to Washington and meeting Donald Trump as a sign of increased bonhomie between Islamabad and Washington, unaware as to why they were entertained by Trump. Reality dawned with the release of the Gaza peace plan […]
Trump’s Sharif-Munir photo-op may sway Pakistanis, but can’t forge enduring ties First Post 30 Sep 2025 Against all norms the Trump-Sharief meeting conducted in the White House was closed to the press. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marc Rubio, were present. From Pakistan’s side Shehbaz Sharief was accompanied by the army chief, failed marshal Asim Munir. […]
Will Pak- Saudi pact impact India The Statesman 23 Sept 2025 The killing of Jamaal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 led to Riyadh facing global flak. US President Biden, promised to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable. Everything changed a year later when the US began courting Riyadh to stem the Chinese challenge to […]
India’s delicate balancing of US, Russia and China ties reflects political realism First Post 17 Sep 2025 Photographs of Putin, Xi and Modi walking, smiling and conversing throughout the SCO summit is haunting Washington as never before. US political commentator Van Jones mentioned, ‘the image of Xi Jinping with Putin, with Modi from India, with the leader of Iran, […]