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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit two African nations en route to the Brics summit. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Modi's African safari': Of Xi, Brics and more

    The five nations constitute 26 per cent of the world's land mass and 43 per cent of its population.

    23 July 2018 12:39 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump.Opinion
    If Trump comes calling, be ready for the debris

    Others have noted that Mr Trump has never criticised Mr Putin, Xi Jinping or Kim Jong-un, whereas he rarely misses a...

    16 July 2018 2:37 AM IST

    Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    Trump's Europe foray: New options for India?

    Mr Trump, being a business tycoon, is now applying it to global strategic structures. The outcome creates great...

    10 July 2018 7:24 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    A new nonalignment' is India's best option now

    India could, as seems to be happening, apparently accept the US demarche and reel back its outreach to Iran and Russia.

    2 July 2018 6:42 AM IST

    Jammu and Kashmir has been an area of contention for both India and Pakistan ever since the nations were formed in 1947 with three battles having been fought between the two neighbours over it. (Photo: Representational/ AP)Opinion
    UN report on Kashmir is a challenge to Delhi

    High commissioner Zeid has fallen for this operatic ploy while the Modi government has been mired in a one-trick Kashmir...

    18 Jun 2018 6:02 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral meeting with Chinsese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)Opinion
    Summit fever: Qingdao, Quebec and Singapore

    Summits between leaders need to be spaced out to allow for follow-up on the decisions taken and a proper review...

    11 Jun 2018 12:31 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    After swings and hugs, some realism returns

    Relations with Pakistan represent a major policy failure.

    30 May 2018 12:25 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks during informal summit in Sochi. (Photo: Twitter/@PMOIndia)Opinion
    Modi, US & Russia: Is this neo-nonalignment?

    When the hugs began in Sochi, both sides had studied the other's policy preferences.

    23 May 2018 7:13 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Nepal on Friday on a two-day state visit. (Photo: Twitter/@PMOIndia)Opinion
    Nurture links to Nepal, keeping China in mind

    The orientation of Mr Oli as pro-China in the past was also seen in New Delhi as a bad omen for Indo-Nepal relations.

    15 May 2018 12:37 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    After Wuhan, India & China on reset' track?

    The Indian statement, after some introductory moralising on the need for strategic convergence, addresses the border...

    30 April 2018 4:26 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Nepalese counterpart Khadga Prasad Oli as his wife Radhika Shakya looks on during the ceremonial reception at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Closer India-Nepal ties vital, restore trust first

    PM Modi's slogan Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' was extended to the neighbourhood.

    9 April 2018 1:01 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Donald Trump targets Moscow as a diversionary tactic?

    Russia had also not yet resurrected its role in West Asia to defend Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime.

    29 March 2018 1:35 AM IST

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