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Newsclick Team
COVID-19 Forces US Foreign Policy on Backfoot
02 Apr 2020
Amid its catastrophic domestic handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, US foreign policy has swung between its regular aggressiveness and instances of compromise.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Russia Quizzes US on Coronavirus’ Parentage After Trump’s ‘China Virus’ Jibe
31 Mar 2020
Russia’s foreign ministry statement signals that it knows something about coronavirus’ parentage that is explosive in its impact on world politics and international security.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
A Russian Firewall for Venezuela Against US Sanctions
30 Mar 2020
Suffice to say, the Kremlin is playing the long game, while strengthening in the process in immediate terms the Maduro government’s capacity to withstand the US pressure and to retain its strategic…
Jignesh Patel
No, Putin Has Not Left 800 Lions on Russian Streets to Ensure Lockdown During COVID-19 Pandemic
23 Mar 2020
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, one Pakistani Twitter user – one of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other of a lion roaming on streets – with a claim that Putin has left 800 tigers and…
Newsclick Team
Ceasefire in Syria Faces Fresh Challenges
21 Mar 2020
On March 19, two Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack in Syria by Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Oil Price War is More About Market Share
17 Mar 2020
Despite their differences, Saudi and Russia have a mutual interest in seeing that the current collapse in prices damages US shale producers who now look vulnerable.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Russia Cannot Do Without Turkey’s Cooperation in Syria
11 Mar 2020
Curiously, what Erdogan is doing is almost ditto what Putin tried and achieved to a great extent in Russia or what India’s Narendra Modi is presently attempting
AFP
Oil Crashes Over 20% After Saudi Arabia Launches Price War
09 Mar 2020
A meeting of cartel OPEC and its allies was expected to agree to deeper cuts to counter the impact of the new coronavirus -- but Moscow refused to tighten supply.
Newsclick Team
Intra-Afghan Conflict is Biggest Barrier to Peace
07 Mar 2020
Former Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar and Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talk about the US-Taliban agreement to bring peace to Afghanistan.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Regional States Won’t Oppose US-Taliban Deal
03 Mar 2020
The reactions of the major regional states surrounding Afghanistan reveal fault lines that are useful pointers in the Afghan peace process.