John Cherian

John Cherian is a specialist in international relations, geopolitics and strategic affairs with a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Focussed on reporting from the global South, he has interviewed many leaders and Heads of State from developing countries for . Frontline

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Julian Assange supporters protest outside the Old Bailey in London, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020.

The fight to free Julian Assange is a fight for press freedom and the right to know

The Wikileaks founder, a political prisoner, faces life in prison amid the danger of extradition to the US after the latest court ruling.

This picture released on June 15 shows the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut destroyed by Russia.

No end in sight to Ukraine war even as global calls for ceasefire get louder

With both Russia and Ukraine digging their heels in, it is the global south that is most impacted by the long-drawn war.

U.S. troops during the joint military exercises between the US and Philippine called Balikatan, or shoulder-to-shoulder, at a naval base in San Antonio, Zambales Province, on April 26.

The Philippines in danger of being sucked into US-China conflict over Taiwan

The Marcos Jr presidency has witnessed the US military regaining control of its bases in the archipelago.

Smoke arises in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on April 19, days after after warring factions began a deadly conflict, plunging the country into chaos.

Sudan plunges into yet another period of volatility as armed conflict erupts

The complexities of the Sudan conflict are such that the crisis is unlikely to abate anytime soon.

Ali Shamkhani (right), Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, National Security Adviser of Saudi Arabia, agreeing to resume ties in the presence of Chinese diplomat Wang Yi.

China helps narrow the gulf between Iran and Saudi Arabia

The agreement brokered by Beijing to resume diplomatic ties is expected to give a fillip to regional cooperation.

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect.

Nigeria elects Bola Tinubu as President but results reveal cracks within

The fractured vote in Nigeria indicates that ethnic and religious fault lines may have widened.

A funeral ceremony for three Ukrainian servicemen in combat in Lviv on February 28, 2023. Initially considered one of the safer places, Lviv in western Ukraine has come under repeated Russian airstrikes.

Russia-Ukraine war continues without an end with no signs of de-escalation

The West, led by the US, continues to support Ukraine’s belligerent posturing.

Zhou Bo: ‘The Asian century is already here’

In conversation with the retired Senior Colonel, academic, and China Forum expert.

Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launched air strikes on the Palestinian enclave early on January 27, 2023. Israel launched air strikes on Gaza on that day in response to militant rocket fire from the enclave, as tensions rise following the deadliest army raid on the occupied West Bank in years.

The far right rises again in Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power

Israel’s new regime wants to bury the two-state solution and annex the West Bank.

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro and the police face off outside the National Congress in Brasilia on January 8.

Right-wing rampage in Brazil as Bolsonaro supporters storm government buildings

The “coup attempt” in Brasilia was nothing short of a blatant attack on democracy.

A view of Peru’s Congress building. On December 7, Congress, under the control of a right-wing opposition, voted left-wing President Pedro Castillo out of office.

Pedro Castillo bites the dust as political establishment in Peru engineers exit

He is the fourth Peruvian President in two years to be removed before he could complete his term.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter walk away from an intercontinental ballistic missile in this undated photo released on November 19, 2022, by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.

Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense

Recent tensions have undone the gains of the past few years, when relative calm prevailed.

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