Opinion

Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan without the mandate of the people in 2021, has placed the people of the country in a subservient position subjected to oppression at the hands of the Taliban...

Despite the tumultuous international geopolitical situation, a new defence partnership between Germany and India has emerged. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent visit to New Delhi emphasised the will of both nations to develop their...

Aristotle said change is unsettling. Any change, be it temporary or long-lasting, is bound to disrupt the usual nature of how society operates, resulting in overall upheaval with adverse consequences. One of the many...

As the conflicts the world over continue to intensify; North Korea launching a missile on October 30, 2024, demonstrated to the world that Pyongyang is willing to assert its presence and powerplay in the...

President Donald Trump's historic victory makes him the second president ever to return to the White House for a second time after a gap of a four-year term. Before him, the only President to...

Within one week, India received Spanish and German delegations and signed a slew of important agreements and outcomes ranging from matters of economy and technology to defence and security in the Indo-Pacific region. India’s...

Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez’s visit to India marked an important milestone in the India-Spain relations. Sánchez along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the final assembly line of the C295 military transport aircraft at...

India’s emergence as a South Asian giant after 1971, followed by its economic growth since 1991, has impacted the global geopolitics also. The nation that survived on doles of PL-480, today exercises “Strategic Autonomy”...

Iran is reconciling with the impact of damage to its air defences as the result of the recent Israeli airstrikes, which targeted Iran’s critical military infrastructure, highlighting Israel's intention to mitigate perceived threats and...

A question generally asked is about Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser Bangladesh – who does he advise? The answer is very simple – to the CIA of course. He was flown in from Paris after the...

Diplomacy is a craft. It not only requires imagination but also deft handling to carve out an exquisite portrait. In this context, the portrait in question is a negotiated solution that is best in...

Historically Israel and Iran have had an adversarial relationship characterised by mutual animosity, ideological differences, geo-political rivalry, and distrust. More recent developments of confrontation and missile wars have raised the notch on the escalation...

Former Prime Minister of India, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee made an apt observation in global geopolitics, “You can change friends, but not neighbours.” The situation becomes all the more complicated when a country...