Trans-Atlantic ties face Trump threat The Statesman 16 Dec 2025 Quietly hitting back at the US for its claims of Europe ‘decaying’ and its leaders ‘weak,’ the EU indefinitely froze USD 246 Billion of Russian assets held by it. This offset Trump’s Ukraine peace plan as also prevented Hungary and Slovakia, nations close to Russia, from vetoing further rolling […]
India’s deft diplomacy on show during Putin’s visit The Statesman 09 Dec 2025 Putin’s recently concluded visit was high on optics while deliverables were intentionally kept low key. This was Putin’s first visit to India since the commencement of the Ukraine war. The two leaders had last met just about three months ago on the sidelines of the SCO […]
Will the Ukraine war end The Statesman 02 Dec 2025 Trump’s administrations recently leaked 28-point peace plan has been dominating headlines across the globe. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his initial address to the nation on the plan mentioned that Ukraine faces an impossible choice. It could either keep its national dignity and keep fighting or risk losing […]
China-Japan spat The Excelsior 30 Nov 2025 China reacted angrily after the Japanese PM, Sanae Takaichi, mentioned in response to a question in their parliament that a Chinese assault on Taiwan could constitute a ‘survival-threatening situation’ for Japan, which could lead to it exercising ‘it’s right of self-defence.’ She even invoked the US-Japan defence treaty. All this, despite Japan […]
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 […]