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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh.
    Earlier, India and China held 11 rounds of talks at the Corps Commander level to reach the arrangement to disengage from the Pangong lake area. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    KC Singh | Rising India’s challenge: Tackling China, Pakistan

    The year 2023 opened with interesting developments involving Pakistan and China and their impact on India’s...

    24 Jan 2023 12:31 AM IST

    n early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the US Capitol Building in Washington Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the US Congress. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Dems defy midterms’ rout: Ties with India won’t be...

    The midterm elections to both Houses of the US Congress and for the governorships of several states were held on...

    10 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    K.C. Singh | As world is realigning, India sits on the fence

    November opens with geopolitics being complicated by ideology and the self-interest of nations. The protracted war in...

    1 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | China’s hard talk: Sign of Xi’s confidence or worry?

    It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

    7 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting with various political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, in Delhi, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | After J&K olive branch, will Pak ties normalise

    The PM’s session with the Kashmiri political leaders is a recognition that the government’s Kashmir policy has...

    29 Jun 2021 7:20 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the first Outreach Session of the G7 Summit virtually.(Photo: Twitter/@PiyushGoyal)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Challenges will rise for India at home, abroad

    The G-7 communique captures the main themes under six headings

    21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Critical COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen at a Sikh Gurudwara, amid the rise in coronavirus cases across the country, at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | Heal at home first, then try to be a global leader

    Mr Jaishankar, even when overseas, has become a flag-bearer for the current Hindutva model, precursor to the RSS' Hindu...

    8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Whether people and voters will see through the BJPs cynical use of diplomacy for electoral gain or lap it up as realpolitik will be known only on May 2. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | National interests hurt if politics, diplomacy mixed

    India-Bangladesh relations get impacted by the BJP's divisive and majoritarian politics, over illegal immigrants and...

    27 March 2021 4:24 AM IST

    Will the BJP government finally realise, as foreign parliaments debate whether democracy is degrading in India, that denial and anger is not the answer. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | To fulfil Quad promise, will India self-correct'?

    Self-correction is the answer. Otherwise, the Quad will merely be a limping Triad-plus

    15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

    India is now caught between Biden administrations call for united action and the traditional Indian policy of playing both ways. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | India caught in a fix on dealing with Myanmar

    The military coup that took place in Myanmar early on Monday morning took the world by surprise

    3 Feb 2021 4:23 AM IST

    Peace at home, constitutionalism, rule of law and respect for human rights is a precondition to any genuine partnership abroad with major democracies recovering from the right-wing onslaught on their institutions. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    K.C. Singh | India, world must gear up as Biden era begins

    While India would be happy with the tone and tenor on China, though what the new China containment strategy will be is...

    21 Jan 2021 4:47 AM IST

    Representatives of signatory countries are pictured on screen during the signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact at the ASEAN summit that is being held online in Hanoi on November 15, 2020. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)Opinion
    RCEP shifts Indo-Pacific dynamics, blow to Delhi

    The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has significantly altered the Indo-Pacific strategic...

    17 Nov 2020 9:41 AM IST

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