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Thitinan Pongsudhirak Few parts of the world paid as high a cost during the Cold War as Southeast Asia. The superpower conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union divided the region into pro-and anti-communist camps, spawning five wars in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam...

RK Pattnaik The focus of the Union Budget 2022-23 presented to Parliament February 1, 2022 is to facilitate “the process of strong growth.” Accordingly, the Budget “seeks to lay the foundation and give a blueprint to steer the economy over the ‘amrit kaal’ of the...

It could be a coincidence or an attempt to brazen it out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxed eloquent on India-Israel ties January 29, a day after the New York Times reported the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the ‘centrepieces’ of a...

It goes to the credit of the British institution of democracy and the people’s awareness of their democratic right to criticise, without fear or favour, the government of the day perceived to be indulging in wrongdoing. This is glaringly visible in the instance that two...

I have not been to Uttar Pradesh in some time, and what I am saying is not based on material that is recent or on any groundwork I have done recently. However, it is interesting to see the patterns of voting in the state over...

The trend is now too pronounced for the IAS lobby to ignore. In recent years, the government has been empanelling officers from all services and posting them to crucial positions in important ministries, positions that were the once-exclusive preserve of the IAS. So, the recent...

War clouds are ominously gathering across the European sky. Things are getting hot along the borders of Ukraine and in territories in Eastern Europe surrounding that country. The US and Britain have started moving some of their diplomatic staff and similarly church authorities also are...

It is no music to US President Joe Biden’s ears that the euphoria over his presidency has considerably dissipated only within a year of his assuming office. As he has just completed the first year in office, he is not only greeted with a series...

War as a tool for grabbing land and resources by force has been going on since time immemorial. It was the war poets during World War I who exposed the hypocrisy and hollowness of war in which soldiers’ lives are used as pawns to satisfy...

Is it safe for women to be alone on India’s roads and do they feel constantly threatened and fearful of their safety? To know the answer to this I put this question to 50 men who assured me that women felt safe and there was...