Shankar Kumar

In more than two decades of steadily improving India-US relations, New Delhi is witnessing, for the first time, a situation in which strong anti-India sentiments are being actively encouraged in Washington. President Donald Trump...

This was a rare spectacle in the US.  On September 23, President Donald Trump went to the Joint Base Andrews, a highly important military base in Maryland, to receive his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. After...

After a hectic two-day deliberation at the leadership level, the 18th BRICS summit concluded successfully, overcoming the concern that geopolitical differences between the UAE and Iran might act against the unanimous adoption of a...

A week after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpected visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrived in India with aim to strengthen defence cooperation under ‘Japan-India Special Strategic and Global Partnership’,...

As the US experiences a decline and the America-led order is being replaced by a multipolar world, India is steadily marking its presence on the global stage. Its economic growth, technological prowess, and growing...

The death knell for the idea of Pakistan may be sounded not from areas outside its borders, but from the occupied part of Jammu and Kashmir and Balochistan - a reality that now appears...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s maiden three-day visit to India, beginning from July 1, marks a new chapter in New Delhi and Tokyo’s strategic relationship as defying the past conventional approach in their long-term...

Although US President Donald Trump has announced reaching an agreement with Iran and lifting of the naval blockade on Iranian ports, including the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said the situation on the ground will...

Participating at the 23rd Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned that the US would resume attacks on Iran if a satisfactory deal is not reached. Just...

Even as Europeans continue to maintain a stereotype mindset against India, there is growing realisation across the continent that the South Asian giant cannot be overlooked or undermined, given its pool of skilled talent,...

US President Donald Trump’s U-turn on the Iran war - from his threat of launching massive attack on the Middle East country’s energy infrastructure if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz within...

Whatever one may say about India and its stand on the current tension in the Middle East region, the Iran war has, in no uncertain terms, exposed weakness of the country’s external policy. From...

Evolving situation in the Middle East is seriously grim and there is a possibility that the US-Israel versus Iran war, which has intensified, will drag on for days or weeks, taking a huge toll...