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P S Raghavan
About the AuthorP S Raghavan
The writer was secretary in the ministry of external affairs and a former Ambassador of India to Russia
    Mikhail Gorbachev. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    P.S. Raghavan | The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has frequently been quoted as saying that the breakup of the Soviet Union was...

    2 Sept 2022 12:03 AM IST

    Geopolitical and economic challenges formed the backdrop to the recent Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in Brasilia.Opinion
    Amid a changing world, can Brics find new role?

    A British economist had coined the acronym “Bric” in 2001, identifying four high-growth economies that could...

    21 Nov 2019 12:22 AM IST

    India, Russia: New contours of an old partnershipOpinion
    India, Russia: New contours of an old partnership

    The India-Russia joint statement says bilateral relations are a foreign policy priority for both countries.

    10 Sept 2019 7:23 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks during informal summit in Sochi. (Photo: Twitter/@PMOIndia)Opinion
    Putin in India: Test of a strategic partnership

    Russia is under pressure from Western actions seeking to constrain its international political and economic activity.

    4 Oct 2018 1:30 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Chemistry of a thaw at encounter in Helsinki

    Chemistry dominated over substance in the Trump-Putin interaction, with Russian election meddling still ominously...

    19 July 2018 7:38 AM IST

    US president Donald TrumpOpinion
    Geopolitical waters are getting choppier

    India's options are conceptually simple, but diplomatically challenging.

    23 Jun 2018 12:10 AM IST

    Indian PM Narendra Modi with Russia President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    New strategies for an old partnership

    Equally, in relations with China or its proxy war with the US in Afghanistan, Russia would be sensitive to India's...

    21 May 2018 12:44 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam (Image: AP)Opinion
    Diplomacy by blackmail

    Unlike the Cold War era when there were established mechanisms for talks, none exist now. Is the world becoming a more...

    22 April 2018 5:50 AM IST

    A strategic alignment of Russian and American foreign policy will bring solutions to problems that have been haunting world politics.Sunday Chronicle
    2016 Fear vs Hope: Putin could be Trump's trump card for 2017

    Putin's recent moves indicate Russia is equally willing to make the required compromises.

    1 Jan 2017 2:46 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russia President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Ufa, Russia. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    What's on the agenda as Modi & Putin meet

    India and Russia share borders with an increasingly assertive neighbour.

    14 Oct 2016 12:40 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had led the second International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21 in Chandigarh.Opinion
    Use of soft power: Myth & reality

    Soft power should be used subtly, since advertising it defeats its purpose.

    29 July 2016 1:01 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    In diplomacy, let's get more focused

    Implementation shortfalls are often attributed to the narrow bandwidth' of the external affairs ministry and its...

    15 July 2016 12:46 AM IST

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