Russia & Ukraine

The lingering war: Scope of Russia-Ukraine conflict widens

The scope of the war has widened, with the Russian military announcing that Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian government forces would henceforth

The way forward in India-China relations

To reach a settlement with China, India must promote an honest discussion about the history of the boundary dispute and remove the simplistic narrativ

K.S. Subramanian

Conservatives’ turn in South Korea with Yoon Suk-yeol's victory

The conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, who fuelled his election campaign with a rhetoric of confrontation with the North reminiscent of the Cold War era, is

Sanctions farce: The U.S.' move to steal the Afghan people's money

The Biden administration’s decision to freeze $7 billion of Afghanistan’s assets, which has pushed the country into a deeper economic and humanitarian

Operation Ganga: The botched-up evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine

Unlike the historic Kuwait airlift of 1990, which was a study in efficiency, the Narendra Modi government’s evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine

Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky responsible for crisis

Presidents Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky should urgently find a way out of the crisis they are responsible for. If these three men

Ukraine conflict: Western provocation

The Soviet leadership was promised in 1990 that NATO would not “move an inch eastward”, so the military alliance’s decision to include Ukraine touche

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A delegation from the United Nations visits a site destroyed in the Saudi-led air strike in Saada in North Yemen, on January 27.

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