INDIA bloc meeting of opposition parties was held in New Delhi on June 8, 2026 (Source: News on AIR) The Pandora’s box has been opened within the month of the stunning election results in the Kerala state assembly election as the Enforcement Directorate under the Union finance minister (re)opened an investigation on Pinarayi’s family, while …
Strait of Hormuz is as ancient as the hills
Google Image Result for Mussandam Peninsula, Oman, and Strait of Hormuz [Source: www.britannica.com] Control of vital sea lanes and narrow chokepoints has been an underpinning of the United States’ foreign policy strategy since the Second World War. It is basically anchored on the so-called Rimland Theory expounded in 1942 by the Dutch-American political geographer Nicholas …
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China-US “constructive and strategically stable relationship” is epoch-making
US President Donald Trump’s historic visit to Beijing raises hopes of “a constructive and strategically stable relationship” between the US and China, Beijing, May 15, 2026 Narratives in international diplomacy are best formed through an organic process as the variables in any given situation get played out in the fulness of time and a ‘new …
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India’s quasi-alliance with Israel and UAE won’t have happy ending
Persian Gulf (Hormuz Strait), Red Sea trade routes Tucker Carlson, like any genius in the media world, has an uncanny knack for zeroing in on men and mice who have something ‘original’ to contribute. His interview late February with the US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, an ex-Baptist minister and Donald Trump loyalist in the …
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Politics in Kerala going forward
Congress workers celebrate with a langar following the party’s victory in Kerala, New Delhi, May 4, 2026 There is an inimitable French expression — ‘ennui’. I first came across it while reading Jean-Paul Sartre as a university student in Thiruvananthapuram in the mid-sixties. It roughly translates as a feeling of listlessness, profound boredom, and dissatisfaction …
Can China curb Trump’s gambit in Hormuz?
Iran’s high-speed patrol boats in ‘asymmetrical’ naval war in Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf (File photo) China’s shock warning to the US President Donald Trump that his road to Beijing goes through the Strait of Hormuz has been an audacious move directly linking his planned visit to China on May 14-15 with the situation around …
Beijing confronts US sanctions on refineries
Children play as bulk carriers, cargo ships sit offshore in the Strait of Hormuz, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2026. Within six days of the Russian President Vladimir Putin rendering a forceful advice to the US President Donald Trump to abandon the path of war in Iran — in particular, any wild plans of …
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Ceasefire served US’ purpose in Iran war
Iranian leadership has said they are preparing for renewed hostilities as US president is unlikely to accept Tehran’s latest peace offer The Russian President Vladimir Putin who is an avid reader of history books, ought to be familiar with the famous quote attributed to the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller indirectly condemning the complicity of …
Trump needs a leap of faith towards Iran
US forces boarded previously sanctioned M/T Tifani in the Indo-Pacific accused of smuggling Iranian crude oil across Asia, according to Pentagon, April 21, 2026 What motivated the US President Donald Trump to order the naval blockade of Iran? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told France’s public television broadcaster in an interview recently that the Trump …
US-Iran détente is inching closer
Jubilant US President Donald Trump dances at a mass rally at Dream City Church, Phoenix, Arizona, April 17, 2026 The US President Donald Trump’s initiative to calm down the Lebanon conflict has brought results as he announced a 10-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect on April 17. The ceasefire may be …