Trump’s moving finger writes on Gulf — and having writ, moves on to India-Pakistan

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Royal Palace, Riyadh, May 13, 2025 President Donald Trump is already looming as a Colossus striding 21st century history. Acutely conscious that he’s left with less than four years to create his legacy Trump is undoubtedly a man in a hurry. Amazingly, his agenda in the …

Minerals deal resets geopolitics of Ukraine

Ukraine’s mineral resources, December 10, 2024 [SOURCE: NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence] Moscow and Kiev have been vying with each other to curry favour with the new US administration. Just as Russian diplomacy appeared to be outstripping Kiev, things changed dramatically on April 30 with the signing of the so-called minerals deal between the …

Trump’s diplomacy gains traction, silences sceptics

US President Donald Trump (L) met privately with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at St. Peter’s Basilica on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral, Vatican, April 26, 2025 The US President Donald Trump is a lone ranger in international arena and a self-confessed practitioner of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absolute maxim that ours is not …

Steve Witkoff’s Iran mission holds seamless possibilities

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s senior aide on Russia negotiations, is expected to kickstart talks with Tehran (File photo) The rubric of the US-Iranian talks slated for Saturday in Muscat turned into a vanity fair of sorts — whether the talks should be called ‘indirect’ or ‘direct’. The US President Donald Trump sought direct talks and …

Modi presents himself on the landscape of history

As an avid follower of Lex Fridman’s podcasts, I can say that his 3-hour interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a fantastic media management success for the Indian establishment.  Fridman is something of a celebrity himself to celebrities like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West and Tucker Carlson. Donald Trump interrupted his presidential …