Joe Biden’s new West Asia strategy ETV Bharat 16 May 2024
Joe Biden’s new West Asia strategy ETV Bharat 16 May 2024 A few recent actions of the Biden administration display a possible changing US strategy for West Asia. Firstly, is the appointment of Maher Bitar as President Biden’s special counsel. Maher was earlier with the Obama administration where he handled Israel-Palestine. As a student he was President of the […]
Campus protests reveal the west’s hypocrisy The Statesman 07 May 2024
Campus protests reveal the west’s hypocrisy The Statesman 07 May 2024 Since 17 April, pro-Palestine sit-in demonstrations have impacted multiple US universities, bringing education to a standstill. Riot police employed force to take down protestors encampments while arresting thousands. Clashes between students and riot police are being reported across the US as also between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators. Protests on […]
Blinded by aversion to India’s rise, Western media’s reports on Pannun, reflect its disdain for objectivity India vs disinformation 03 May 2024
Blinded by aversion to India’s rise, Western media’s reports on Pannun, reflect its disdain for objectivity India vs disinformation 03 May 2024 Last week, timed to perfection with Indian elections, The Washington Post published an article, with evidently leaked inputs from US government departments, revealing details on the Gurpatwant Singh Pannun attempted murder mystery. Pannun, a US-Canadian citizen, is […]
Is Ukraine losing the war The Excelsior 02 May 2024
Is Ukraine losing the war The Excelsior 02 May 2024 After stalling for months, the US Congress finally approved USD 61 billion military assistance for Ukraine. Of the funds cleared, USD 23 billion will be expended to replenish US military stockpiles, thereby enabling future transfer of war-like stores to Ukraine while 14 billion for the Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative, […]
Western perceptions and Indian realities The Statesman 30 Apr 2024
Western perceptions and Indian realities The Statesman 30 Apr 2024 Writing for The Chatham House, a British thinktank, Dr Bajpaee, mentions, ‘Over the decade that the BJP has been in power, assessments of the country’s democracy have pointed to a downward trajectory, with its democratic principles, including freedom of expression, under strain. At the same time, it is important […]
Might is right and so, Iran is a pariah The Statesman 23 Apr 2024
Might is right and so, Iran is a pariah The Statesman 23 Apr 2024 Under the Vienna convention, embassies of countries are treated as sovereign territories of the nation concerned, not of the host country. The convention defines embassies as ‘buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for purposes of the mission […]
Escalation in the Middle East The Excelsior 23 Apr 2024
Escalation in the Middle East The Excelsior 23 Apr 2024 Israel had vowed to strike back at Iran for the missile and drone strikes on its soil. It did so last week. It claimed to have targeted the Isfahan province which has an airbase as also Iran’s nuclear plants. When questioned on reports of its retaliation, Israel officially refused […]