Liberalism is dead: World leans on a new order

Last week’s G20 gathering in Osaka was a signal event: it signaled how much the world has changed. The centerpieces of the new configuration are China, Russia and...

India has moved away from US orbit for good

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, finishes his three-day visit to India today and a beaming him has made it to the front pages of all the dailies. Don’t be fooled...

Who is Donald Trump fooling on Iran?

I am not a stockbroker but if I was I would bet big against Donald Trump unleashing a war against Iran.

India won’t mind US out of Syria and Afghanistan

Sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. For someone like United States which created terrorism in the 1990s that has destroyed the world– think about it: the...

Russia brings Taliban on table as India observes

Russia secured a huge diplomatic victory when it got Taliban to turn up at a meeting on Afghanistan, attended by no less than a dozen countries, in Moscow last Friday. This was the...

India, Iran, Russia look for new trade corridor

India, Russia and Iran are meeting next month to work out the details of a massive project to open a new sea-land transport corridor that would be a cheaper and shorter alternative...

“Reverse Nixon”: US thaw on Russia a bid to contain China

In a conversation with the Financial Times last week, Henry Kissinger made a highly significant remark about President Donald Trump’s attempt to improve the United...