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Does Indian Foreign Policy towards West Asia have to be as fragmented as the region? Probably not. One could start by enunciating a few guidelines that are minimalist; that we are against religious extremism, toppling established states and condemning disproportionate use of force by Israel.

India needs to be aware of the potentially disastrous consequences for its national security.

The strength of Jordan has been its acute awareness of its geographical vulnerabilities

Malala's achievement need not be measured in terms of the Nobel Peace Prize she did not get but in the awakening she can continue to create. For this, she and her kind, all over, need more than just periodic rewards.

Since Putin and Modi last took stock of ties, a new energy and economic relationship has emerged, driven by Russia’s war

Water has entered the turf of a verbal war between political parties serving the purposes of egotistic claims, rather the serving the people's cause.

While the visits by political leaders to the Yasukuni Shrine potentially exacerbate regional tensions, it is the right of every country to honour those who have sacrificed their lives for their country. All countries have war memorials where they honour such sacrifices. The Yasukuni Shrine should not be seen as an exception.

The last multilateral negotiations in the field of nuclear disarmament took place more than 20 years ago, resulting in the long awaited Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The treaty, however, has yet to enter into force. India is often held responsible for such uncertainty, in spite of having withdrawn from the negotiations before it was even concluded; at other times, it is the US which is blamed for failing to ratify the CTBT—giving reason

The United States presence in Iraq is going to continue in one way or another, with or without assistance from allies. The reason this assumption can be made forcefully is because of the arguments made before the war and the expectations that arose after victory was declared.

The Alliance, a concoction of tribal leaders and warlords held out in the northern parts of Afghanistan against the Taliban more than 25 years ago. However, the rapid fall of the north brought to the front that many who had previously helped the Northern Alliance, and even the US-led forces later in 2001 to depose the Taliban, were now in cahoots with the same group.

Hanoi is gradually becoming the linchpin of India’s eastward move.

Yakub Memon is not innocent, but he does not deserve death penalty. He was aware of the conspiracy and even aided it, but he was not the main player. More important was his behaviour subsequent to his escape from India and his role in exposing the Pakistani hand in the blasts.

Al-Shabaab's decision to pull out of the capital city of Mogadishu has been viewed widely as a positive development and brings hope to the people of Somalia. Kenya's war against the militant group has also been largely welcomed.

Like Syria, both the opposing camps in Egypt do not seem to have any common meeting ground. Also, like Syria, both have enough support and resources to bear losses and continue the conflict. The developing situation, therefore, could not only spiral off into a bloody civil war domestically, but could also polarise the region.

One way or the other, Germany's Bundestag is about to make history with the upcoming vote on the issue of recognising Palestinian statehood. The Bundestag has a choice to make. It can continue looking backwards in history on this issue and ignore its leading role in securing peace in the Middle East, or it can courageously look forward, maybe even recognising something it owes history.

While Shinzo Abe might be thinking that LDP supported independent Yoichi Masuzoe?s win in Tokyo gubernatorial poll will help him carry forward his pro-nuclear energy plans, defeated candidates Hosokawa and Koizumi are determined to intensify their campaign for a nuclear free Japan.

Narendra Modi's warm response to Putin's congratulatory message, in contrast to a business-like acknowledgement of Obama, has a well-thought out back story and may prove all those predicting a business-as-usual foreign policy regime wrong.

Bush Blair duo is finding it extremely difficult to justify the invasion of Iraq to the world in general and to their local constituency in particular. The United States military has been unable to locate WMDs in Iraq in spite its best efforts. This has led the entire world to believe that the war was an unjust war.

That the Yadavs also constitute the political class is a fact but in this instance neutralized by the backward environment in which women of intermediate castes live

On 15 and 16 March 2007, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation of the Fourth Freedom Forum, USA, convened a two-day South Asia Regional Workshop, "Security and Liberty," which examined the relationship between human rights and counter-terrorism. This Chairmen's Report highlights some of the themes and recommendations put forward during the workshop.

Delhi, which saw President Obama build on Bush's strategic initiative towards India, has no dog in the presumed fight on foreign policy between the Democrats and Republicans in this election. There is no argument between the two candidates on the US relationship with India.

A deterrent to no war between India and Pakistan: Nuclear Weapons

European efforts to find a footing in China present opportunities for India.

Although Yuan appreciation is warranted, politicians in the US should be aware that this is not a panacea for global imbalances and especially their huge trade deficit. Appreciation of the Yuan will not change the import needs of the US and the widening of the trade deficit to $48.1 billion in March.

Accountability, like any other term associated with modern good governance, is a grossly abused word in Pakistan. Just as the victors of a war determine what the terms of the peace are, the people running the government determine what sort of accountability, and whom to target with it, the country requires.

To expect that an activity which draws on all the ills of the world — fanaticism, crime, bloodshed and illegal trade — will not have a corrosive impact beyond its intended arena is unrealistic.

खरा प्रश्न असा आहे की, आज अधिकृतरित्या नऊ देशांकडे अण्वस्त्रे असतानाही जग भविष्यातील अणुयुद्ध टाळण्यात यशस्वी का झाले आहे?

केवळ राष्ट्रहित, स्वसंरक्षण या एवढ्याच मर्यादित उद्दिष्टांसाठी भारत अण्वस्त्रधारी राष्ट्र बनले, हाच भारताच्या ‘एनएफयू’ धोरणाचा गाभा राहिला.

पाकिस्तानाच्या आशीर्वादाने भारतात दहशतवाद वाढवू शकतील, अशा संघटनांना अफगाणिस्तानात थारा मिळू नये, यासाठी प्रयत्न करण्यात भारताचे हित आहे.

अफगाणिस्तानात अमेरिकेने तालिबानचे पुनरागमन रोखण्यासाठी नवीन घटनात्मक लोकशाही राष्ट्र बांधण्याची गरज होती. पण तसे झाले नाही.

यूक्रेन युद्ध की बड़ी वजह ही नाटो के प्रति उसकी दिलचस्‍पी थी. यूक्रेन की नाटो की सदस्‍यता को लेकर ही रूस ने उस पर हमला किया था. स्‍वीडन और फ‍िनलैंड की नाटो सदस्‍यता को लेकर ए�

अमेरिका का यह बयान भारत-अमेरिका के संबंधो के लिए अहम है. पहली बार अमेरिका ने भारत और रूस के संबंधो के स्‍वीकार किया है. आइए जानते हैं कि बाइडेन प्रशासन के दृष्टिकोण के क्‍या �

वैश्विक भू-राजनीति में निरंतर परिवर्तन देखा जा रहा है. चीन के उदय की वज़ह से अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रणाली में अधिक प्रतिस्पर्धा देखी जा रही है. इस वज़ह से संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका और �

हालिया अमेरिका यात्रा के दौरान यूक्रेनी राष्ट्रपति वोलोदिमीर जेलेंस्की ने गर्व से कहा कि यूक्रेन जिंदा है और कभी समर्पण नहीं करेगा.

अमेरिका-इराण संघर्षात भारतासह अनेक आशियाई अर्थव्यवस्थांचे मोठे नुकसान आहे. कारण हे देश मध्यपूर्वेतील तेलाचे सर्वात मोठे ग्राहक आहेत.

अमेरिका-चीन यांच्यातील नव्या शीतयुद्धाने भारताला मध्य आणि पूर्व युरोपात आपले पाय रोवायला मोठी संधी प्राप्त करून दिली आहे.

भारताला अमेरिका आणि ‘क्वाड’चा आधार वाटत आहे. पण भारत-चीन यांचे खरोखर युद्ध झाल्यास अमेरिका कितपत सहकार्य करेल, याबाबत साशंकता आहे.

अमेरिकेत नोव्हेंबरमध्ये होणारी अध्यक्षीय निवडणूक जशी जवळ येईल, तसे चीनविरोधातील अनेक निर्णय आपल्याला पाहायला मिळतील. हुवेईबद्दलचा हा निर्णय त्यातीलच एक.

सुरक्षेपासून ते व्यापारापर्यंत अनेक बाबींमध्ये या त्रिपक्षीय युतीसमोर चीनचे मोठे आव्हान उभे आहे.

पिछले दिनों यूक्रेन के मसले पर डोनाल्ड ट्रंप और वोलोडिमिर जेलेंस्की के बीच हुई तीखी नोंकझोक के बाद अमेरिका और यूरोपीय देशों के बीच तनाव बढ़ गया है. लेकिन क्या इस तनाव से वै�

आंतरराष्ट्रीय घडामोडींमध्ये, इच्छुक विद्यार्थी असतील तरच इतिहास एक उत्तम शिक्षक आहे, या म्हणीचे इराक युद्ध हे एक सर्वार्थाने उत्तम उदाहरण आहे.

सध्या चीन एक उदयोन्मुख जागतिक महासत्ता म्हणून आकाराला येत असून, त्यामुळे अमेरिकेचे वर्चस्व असलेल्या विद्यमान जागतिक व्यवस्थेपुढे आव्हान उभे आहे.

अमेरिकेने केलेल्या चीनी कापूसबंदीकडे भारताने इष्टापत्ती म्हणूनच पाहायला हवे. भारत-अमेरिका संवाद वाढवून, चीनच्या शिंजियागमधील कारवाया रोखायला हव्यात.

अमेरिकेच्या फेडरल ब्यूरो ऑफ इन्व्हेस्टीगेशन (FBI) चे डायरेक्टर ख्रिस्तोफर रे यांनी चीनच्या वाढत्या आक्रमक सायबर क्षमतांबद्दल गंभीर इशारा दिला आहे. विशेषत: चीन अमेरिकेच्य�

कोरोनाकाळात बऱ्याच ठिकाणी कर्मचाऱ्यांनी वेळेपेक्षा अधिक काम केल्याचे आढळून आले. पण, ब्रॅण्ड्सने नफा कमावला तरी, त्यात कर्मचाऱ्यांना फायदा होईलच असे नाही.

रणांगणावर वर्चस्व गाजवण्यापेक्षा घटनांचा अन्वय लावण्यावर नियंत्रण ठेवणे हे या युगातील आव्हान बनले आहे. अशा वेळी राष्ट्रांनी प्रतिक्रियात्मक संरक्षणाऐवजी सक्रिय सहभा