Trump’s Gaza vision cloaked in hypocrisy The Statesman 18 Feb 2025Addressing the press alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump mentioned his Gaza plan for the first time. He remarked, ‘We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,’ adding that the US would ‘create an economic development […]
Resolving ongoing conflicts to counter China E Tv Bharat 16 Feb 2025President Trump’s team comprises largely of China hawks. Secretary of State Marc Rubio had regularly called out Beijing in his days as a Senator. He criticized China’s human rights records, its Belt Road Initiative resulting in debt traps etc. In fact, Beijing had sanctioned him twice and he is […]
Managing illegal immigrants The Excelsior 15 Feb 2025Illegal immigrants are not a US problem alone. They exist all over the world, spreading from the American continent to Europe to India. The US has illegals from all parts of the globe, traversing treacherous routes, entering ultimately through Mexico or Canada. Europe has them arriving either by land or sea, largely from […]
Russia-Ukraine War Speeded Up Development and Manufacturing Of New Equipment ETv Bharat 11 Feb 2025On 24 Feb 2025, the Ukrainian conflict will enter its fourth year. A change in the White House resulted in Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, offering to commence talks to end the conflict. In an interview to British journalist Piers Morgan, Zelensky, in response to how […]
Can India deal with a bullying Trump The Statesman 11 Feb 2025Trump, following his election, has been pushing his agenda considering it pro-US, based on his election manifesto of MAGA (Make America Great Again). While every national leader is primarily interested in the wellbeing of his own people, yet carries allies along, on occasions ignoring their few shortcomings, even if […]
India’s security concerns are non-negotiable The Excelsior 08 Feb 2025Directions by new the Trump administration on stopping all US foreign aid, initially for a period of 90 days, has resulted in uncertainty and confusion across the globe as also the UN. Agencies responsible for implementing different projects are confused on which programs to stop and how to manage their staff, […]
LAC tensions must end for better ties The Statesman 04 Feb 2025The Indian foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, visited Beijing last week marking another step towards restoring normalcy between the two nations. This followed interactions between the foreign ministers and the NSAs, post resolution on standoffs along the LAC and restoration of patrolling rights. No joint statement was issued following the […]
The defence budget – is there scope for improvement? Etv Bharat 03 Feb 2025The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech for 2025-26 allocated a sum of Rs 6,81,210 crore for defence. This was an increase of 9.53% from the previous year. The Press Information Bureau, praising the budget mentioned, ‘This allocation will take care of major acquisitions planned […]
Pakistan fails to read the tealeaves The Excelsior 31 Jan 2025Pakistan media was aghast that the first meeting conducted by the new Trump administration was that of the QUAD and the first bilateral was with India, with Marc Rubio, the new US Secretary of State, meeting Dr Jaishankar. The Dawn in an article discussing the meeting mentioned, ‘Following the inauguration […]
The Trump era begins The Statesman 28 Jan 2025Donald Trump commenced his first day in office by signing a slew of executive orders, 26 in total, covering a vast variety of subjects. The same pace in issue of executive orders as also sacking of previously appointed individuals, continues. He has stopped all aid, less to Israel and Turkey. He appears […]