Frankly my dear, they do not give a Damn
If you are someone who has a taste for foreign policy and all that it entails, then you must have realised by now that the world has developed an enormous capacity for obsessing over the phenomenal rise of China.
Medium & the Message
A couple of years ago, when some of the developing countries, especially India, were talking about the "natural demise" of the idea of Non Alignment in its original form and were talking about Non Alignment 2.0 and other half-baked concepts, nobody could have predicted the electrifying atmosphere that the NAM Summit created last month. To give them their due, they were not wide off the mark. Some of the previous NAM Summits were lacklustre affairs focussed more on fun, frolic and photo opportunities than on real diplomacy. But this year, there was a big difference: the venue was Tehran.
What is this man up to?
There is no doubt that because of his affiliations with the Brotherhood, he is more likely to be influenced by the Qatari regime.
We as moral agents are no more at the mercy of NYT
There has always been a correlation between events such as the Arab Spring and its manifestation in art and literature including poetry, film and drama.
Big Swings on Small Hinges
Four years ago, when Barack Obama trounced John McCain by what was the biggest margin for the Democrats in years, many experts noted it was not the so-called "Blue States†that voted overwhelmingly for him.
Of Comrades and Commissars
There has hardly been any indication ever that the Communist Party of China (CPC) dithers when it comes to operating in chaos. In fact, evidence suggests that they actually revel in it.
The die is cast for the Republicans
Following Thursday's Supreme Court ruling to uphold President Obama's healthcare reform law, it did not take long for Republicans to shift en masse from public displays of anger and disappointment to reaffirmation of their commitment to repeal the law.
Quid Pro, and a definite No!
There is immense anticipation and excitement in the media and among experts as P5+1 and Iran head for next round of talks in Moscow over latter's alleged nuclear program. There is the usual optimism that precedes any such talk and articles predicting it to be a breakthrough or at least a "good start†continue to appear in different media outlets. Under the circumstances, even a cautionary reality check appears to be cynical, to say the least. However, there is a need to take a dispassionate look at what can be expected and what can definitely be not from these talks.
Nepal: The fog thickens
The dissolution of the Nepal Constituent Assembly would have not hurt its citizens as much as the the squabbling going on after it.
"Tamils in Sri Lanka have rejected separatism"
Some of the countries, including India, may have voted for the resolution for their own reasons. We are ready to move on.
The White Skin Legacy!
During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Ionian islands were the only territories in Greece that could not be controlled by the Ottoman empire successfully. It wasn't that the group of islands was the epitome of independence; in fact, far from that, they were ruled quite incongruously by Venice, then a geographical power on its own. Greece, by itself too, post the golden era of the 4th century, has really never had a chance to truly be ruled by Greeks themselves, until the mid-1800s.
Realpolitik sinks in
The NATO summit at Chicago is expected to be high on realpolitik and low on grandiosity; a clear climb-down from its previous outing at Lisbon.
Agent Provocateur?
Kiir's spectacular show of hubris indicate that SPML still thinks, acts like a militia and not as a responsible ruling establishment.
Engineered implosion
With the majority support that Assad has, it is impossible for the regime to implode without external intervention, and that is what the West and Gulf are precisely trying to do.
Obama Whizzes By
As the long-drawn-out Republican race saps money and momentum out of Mitt Romney's kitty, Obama is quietly building new grassroots political infrastructure.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
