President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, joined by President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan (L) on a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing, November 8, 2017 (File photo) The United States used to be an ardent supporter of the rechristening of the Asia-Pacific region as the Indo-Pacific, and in all …
Trump may not follow through on Russian oil or Tomahawk
A filling station of Rosneft, Russia’s biggest oil company, which has been put under sanctions by the Trump Administration (File photo) The US President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted gear in the US strategy to stop Russia on its tracks from creating new facts on the ground in Ukraine. Russian forces have the upper hand …
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India’s Russian oil saga is indeed ending
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a press conference with US President Donald Trump, White House, Washington, Feb 13, 2025 (File photo) The latest US-Indian fracas over Russian oil has been rather odd with Trump attributing to PM Modi explicitly that India has terminated its imports of Russian oil. Why would Trump bluff? One possibility that …
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Neocons celebrate Donald Trump’s humiliation. Why it matters
File photo of Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado and US President Donald Trump. (Agencies) I still miss the inimitable tag line, Tukde Tukde Gang, literally meaning ‘fragments’, after all these eleven tumultuous years of Indian politics. It was the political catchphrase invented by India’s ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party, revelling in the sheer exuberance of …
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Sir Creek comes alive from slumber
Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with Border Security Force , Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel near Indo-Pak border in Kutch, Gujarat, Oct 31, 2024 (File photo) In the Jean-Jacques Annaud film based on William Craig’s 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, Nikita Khrushchev, immediately after arriving in Stalingrad front as the …
India, Pakistan in dead heat to promote Trump’s Nobel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump held a meeting to announce Gaza Plan at a joint press conference, White House, Washington, Sept 29, 2025 The much-awaited olive branch from India to the Trump Administration to let bygones be bygones comes as a pleasant surprise with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exuberant …
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Ukraine war at crossroads as Trump pulls out
US President Donald Trump (R) aired frustrations that his efforts to end the Ukraine war are not working with Russian President Vladimir Putin The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came out of a meeting in New York in the weekend with the US S secretary of State Marco Rubio showing a thumbs-up sign as he …
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India needs a cultural revolution to get rid of the American Dream
Former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar argues India must break free from US dominance, trade pressures, and H-1B visa woes to embrace a Swadeshi cultural reset. India’s muted response to US provocations contrasts sharply with South Korea’s assertiveness https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/india-needs-a-cultural-revolution-to-get-rid-of-the-american-dream-3741109#google_vignette
Chabahar sanctions is a strategic move by US
Chabahar Port, Iran, File Photo God giveth and God taketh away, the Bible says. The US State Department announcement to reimpose sanctions on India’s Chabahar Port project in Iran fits into the Biblical maxim, although from a theological viewpoint, Job might have uttered those words at a moment of great distress having suffered devastating losses, …
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Trump threw India under the bus to appease China but things only got complicated
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to discuss trade issues at Madrid, Sept 14-15, 2025 How far US President Donald Trump’s goodwill towards India and its PM Narendra Modi via social media would translate into action remains to be seen. Trump does have a master plan in mind to put …
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