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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, May 28, 2021.(AP/PTI)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | To improve India's image, govt needs a reality check

    The US will help but may extract greater alignment with its interests in the Indo-Pacific against China, on climate...

    1 Jun 2021 7:08 AM IST

    How does India return to being seen as the worlds vaccine hub rather than a troubled victim? Political mismanagement, electoral partisanship, religious pandering and the lack of foresight have damaged Indias image. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    K C Singh | Covid mess to cost govt dear at home & abroad

    Covid-19's 2nd wave hit India soon afterwards, with India's leadership preoccupied with crucial state elections, the...

    27 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    K.C. Singh | India's isolation likely to grow in the entire region

    Some recent diplomatic events, many of them flowing from shifting global power equations, hold much significance for...

    13 April 2021 11:55 PM IST

    Of concern to India is the United States pushing Afghanistan towards what the draft paper sent to all parties, including the Taliban, calls the Afghanistan Peace Agreement. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Afghan trouble looming: Pak likely to make gains

    The Biden presidency has directly or indirectly impacted other South Asian developments too

    11 March 2021 4:11 AM IST

    President Bidens words need closer attention to understand that this is a new America, traumatised by four years of Trumpian undermining of US institutions. (AP /Evan Vucci)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Ignoring Biden mantra may be costly for India

    Indian government has so far ignored subtle hints from the US that freedom of expression includes the freedom to protest...

    25 Feb 2021 1:07 AM IST

    The Ladakh de-escalation may just be both sides stepping back, having tested each others red lines , to try rebuilding trust and resume the usual path of cooperation, competition and calibrated friction. (Representational Photo: AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | De-escalation at LAC: Is a real solution in sight?

    It is unimaginable that a nationalist Indian government will concede Chinese hegemony

    14 Feb 2021 4:58 AM IST

    PM Narendra Modi with then Vice President Joe BidenOpinion
    K.C. Singh | Challenges for Modi as world faces Biden era

    Thus, like the rest of the world, India is now running to cover the exposed ground as the sun sets on the Trump...

    6 Jan 2021 6:53 AM IST

    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Prime Minister of UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during a meeting, in Dubai. (PTI)Opinion
    K C Singh | New Delhi tries to reset its ties with neighbours

    Multiple events with geopolitical impact are compelling diplomats to scurry for meetings

    30 Nov 2020 10:02 AM IST

    Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, gestures towards U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, left, with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, standing beside him, ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.(AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | As US embrace deepens, watch for pitfalls ahead

    Significantly, they were meeting just a week before Americans go to the polls to elect the President on November 3

    29 Oct 2020 9:04 AM IST

    Indias Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (lower L), Japans Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (lower R), Japans Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (centre R), Australias Foreign Minister Marise Payne (centre L) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (top L) attend a Quad Indo-Pacific meeting at the prime ministers office in Tokyo. AP PhotoOpinion
    K.C.Singh | Can ‘Quad’ grow into a force that China fears?

    This week’s Quad meeting was timely also because Japan had a change of leadership, with the ailing Abe passing the...

    9 Oct 2020 4:04 PM IST

    A UN handout photo shows delegates attending the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. (AFP)Opinion
    K C Singh | Covid shadow at UN-75: Some lessons for India

    Covid-19’s shadow looms over the 75th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly

    27 Sept 2020 3:01 PM IST

    An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. PTI PhotoOpinion
    K.C. Singh | De-escalation in Ladakh: Mixed signals after talks

    China has chosen the moment well, with the world distracted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the US presidential election and...

    13 Sept 2020 4:55 PM IST

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