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Yanis Iqbal
USA’s Game Plan in Venezuela: Strangulation through Sanctions
21 Jan 2021
‘Perhaps the irony of all ironies is that the sanctions were meant to ‘save or liberate’ Venezuela from some supposed tyranny. The method for US-styled liberation is peculiar. When a country is in…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Perfect Storm Gathers in Persian Gulf
03 Jan 2021
Iran has warned a “crushing response” to any attack by the US or Israel.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
US Risks Confrontation with Russia?
27 Dec 2020
Certain remarks by President Vladimir Putin at this annual press conference in Moscow on December 17 suggest that the Kremlin has had a rethink on the policy of “strategic patience” pursued so far…
D. Raghunandan
The Climate Cloud and a Thin Silver Lining
18 Dec 2020
As many as 45 countries, among them 24 high-emission nations, announced additional cuts than those in their PA commitments by 2030, either at the summit, or over the past few months, despite the…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Getting India out of the Hole with China Is Still Possible
14 Dec 2020
The efficacy of the entire foreign policy line that Jaishankar pursued — shepherding India into an alliance with the US — has become questionable.
Nilakshi Srivastava
Brandon Bernard is the First Execution in Trump’s Presidential Lame-Duck Period Despite Widespread Pleas for Clemency
12 Dec 2020
Five of the sentencing jurors came forward saying that if they had been aware of the undisclosed information, they would not have agreed to sentence Bernard to death.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Cannabis ‘Not a Dangerous Narcotic’. What does the UN Reclassification Mean?
09 Dec 2020
After 35 years, the same set of nations (who had banned it earlier) are bringing up the issue for various reasons, and we should not blindly follow the rules and bring about changes in our laws.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
How Fakhrizadeh’s Murder Will Help Netanyahu
30 Nov 2020
The Israeli PM can claim decisive leadership, which would mitigate to an extent a terrible patch in his political career when his political standing has touched a nadir.
Subodh Varma
Silence Please! Modi Government is Very Busy!
29 Nov 2020
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the various BJP-led state governments are super busy, as always.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Biden Casts a Spell on Arabia’s Shifting Sands
27 Nov 2020
The most dramatic and emblematic of changes in the US’ Middle East policies is expected to be towards Saudi Arabia, which could include the cutting off of arms sales to the kingdom.