Ukraine Crisis – A War of Choice
Russia’s military has moved into Ukraine despite threats of sanctions repeated ad nauseum by President Biden and other leaders of the West. Obviously, the repeated threats of sanctions have not…
K P Fabian
COVID-19, Scientific Temper and Governance
COVID-19 has come to us in 2020 where the world leaders, with a few exceptions, lack a 20-20 vision as well as the scientific temper that goes in with such…
COVID-19, Governance And Scientific Temper In India
The media, the Indian as well as the international, have covered the continuing plight of the inter-state migrants resulting from the nation-wide lock-down announced with a calculated abruptness, not uncharacteristic…
The ‘Modi’fied India 2019
All of us in India, including the BJP, have been stunned by the unprecedented and unanticipated landslide victory of Modi who like a juggernaut swept across the electoral landscape smashing…
Reality Check: Where Is The ‘56-Inch’ Chest?
Now that the Modi government has done more than four years and we still do not know as yet whether Modi will succeed in his plan to succeed himself as…
The Jamal Khashoggi Affair
Seventeen days after the October 2 "disappearance" of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia officially stated that he was killed in its consulate in Turkey when he went there to collect papers…
Kerala Floods Disaster: No Established Policy To Reject Foreign Aid
It is appropriate and necessary to scrutinize the response of the Central Government in a non-partisan and fearless manner as required in a democracy. When the 2001 Bhuj earthquake occurred,…
India should have spelt out its Iran policy clearly
It is only a coincidence that this piece is being written on the day of protests against petrol and diesel prices , but that draws attention to the domestic impact…
US Sanctions against Iran: What are India’s Options?
Ambassador (Retd) KP Fabian analyses the big picture and the pros and cons of oil imports from Iran for India in the backdrop of US sanctions on Iran The US…
The Singapore Summit: A Good Beginning
Confounding his critics and an army of pundits who were confidently predicting an unsuccessful summit, President Trump has demonstrated that his deal-making approach can deliver results in an area where…
President Trump And Jerusalem
President Trump’s decision announced on 6th December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to order the transfer of US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem reminds…
Trump And Jerusalem: Long Term Implications
On 7 December, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital; ordered the US Department of State to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem;…
Is It The Beginning Of The End For The GCC?
The Gulf Cooperation Council consisting of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirate, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain was formally established in May 1981.The…
US-North Korea Face-Off Escalates
The U.S.-North Korea confrontation has reached a perilous level and the risk of war is serious. The best starting point to take stock of the perilous face-off betweenthe Democratic People’s…
The March of Folly Jointly Led By Kim Jong-Un And Donald Trump
The crisis over North Korea’s reckless but successful pursuit of nuclear- weapon capability and the misguided response thereto by the United States (US) is taking the world nearer to an…
The North Korean Nuclear Conundrum
The world is watching with much fear and anxiety, admixed with some curiosity, the unfolding confrontation between President Trump and Kim Jong-un the supreme leader of North Korea. We still…
Is President Trump’s Foreign Policy Shaping Up?
April has been an eventful month geopolitically so far. President Trump carried out a much-trumpeted-about Tomahawk missile strike at the Syrian regime, held responsible by him for a nerve-agent attack…
President Trump: A Bull In A China Shop?
Presidents and Prime Ministers assuming office in mature democratic countries after an election start with a period of honeymoon with the public and the rest of the world. President Kennedy…
The State Of The State Of Syria
Significant developments took place regarding Syria in December 2016. The partial cease-fire brokered, or rather, brokered and imposed, by Russia and Turkey, with Iran’s concurrence, on President Basher al Assad…
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