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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry

The Indian Army had last month made its first-ever military intervention of sorts on behalf of Bhutan by physically blocking Chinese troops from constructing a road in the Bhutanese Doklam area border territory near Indian border defences. (Representational image) .

China's realpolitik is losing its sheen

Mr Trump called China's bluff on North Korea with straight accusations of duplicitousness.

20 Sept 2017 12:43 AM IST

File photo of former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi who was announced as the Oppositions Vice-Presidential candidate on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Democracy survives: When loss' isn't defeat'

Jaswant Singh's book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah was ostensibly his undoing the first time.

17 Aug 2017 1:00 AM IST

Islamic State fighters (Photo: AFP)

Rise of Shia crescent' leaves Mideast rattled

The fact that Iran is working with the Russians in the Syrian theatre further pushes Iran away from the sensibilities of...

4 Aug 2017 12:28 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AP)

N. Korea's game of dare

With tempers running high in the restive Korean peninsula, negotiations seem unlikely.

26 July 2017 12:13 AM IST

The recent stand-off at the Doklam plateau, and the inevitable parallels that are being drawn, makes it worthwhile to take another look at this conflict.

Why 2017 is not 1962

The Chinese are past masters of both muscle-flexing and impressive posturing.

19 July 2017 12:58 AM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

In Mideast spat, pot calls the kettle black

Every nation has blood on their hands and has contributed to the bloody quagmire in the Middle East.

19 Jun 2017 1:05 AM IST

An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a check point during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

In Kashmir, a military solution just won't work

The Centre cannot even complain of the ignorance, intrigues or machinations of state politics as it is part of the...

3 May 2017 12:23 AM IST

Within the next couple of months, the first set of bulletproof helmets out of an order of 1,58,000 (order worth Rs 170 crore) will be given to the northern command of Indian Army.

Whose Army is it anyway?

All the while, the Indian armed forces officially choose to keep mum, as it has for the past 70 years.

11 April 2017 12:24 AM IST

Pakistan army troops patrol near the Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Pathan angst around the Durand Line

Today, over 30 million Pathans are in Pakistan while another 14 million are on the other side of the Durand Line in...

31 March 2017 12:21 AM IST

Afghan officials were summoned at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to lodge protest against the use of Afghan soil by terrorists to carry out attacks in Pakistan. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistan drifts towards isolation

Pakistanis from shifting blame on its deteriorating security situation and growing intolerance on the footsteps of the...

3 March 2017 12:40 AM IST

General Raheel Sharif

Raheel's Saudi role to backfire on Pak?

The move to avoid joining IMAFT initially was driven by internal considerations.

18 Jan 2017 12:43 AM IST

BJP MLA from Khaga Fatehpur constituency, Krishna Paswan alleged she was prevented from voting while MLA Sangeet Som alleged that there was misbehavior with his party legislators. (Photo: Representational Image)

Parties, polls & the identity debate

For any religious nationalism to succeed, all perceived elements, constituents and rituals of the religion must be...

9 Sept 2016 12:42 AM IST