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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...

    1 Sept 2022 6:33 PM

    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...

    20 Nov 2019 6:52 PM

    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 1:53 AM

    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.

    3 Oct 2018 8:00 PM

    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 2:08 AM

    US president Donald TrumpOpinion
    Geopolitical waters are getting choppier

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

    22 Jun 2018 6:40 PM

    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...

    20 May 2018 7:14 PM

    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 12:20 AM

    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.

    31 Dec 2016 9:16 PM

    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.

    13 Oct 2016 7:10 PM

    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.

    28 July 2016 7:31 PM

    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...

    14 July 2016 7:16 PM

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