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The first direct parleys between Russia and Ukraine in three years should have been a watershed moment in the ongoing war between the two countries. But, it took less than two hours in Istanbul on 16 May to become crystal clear that the direct negotiations...

The historian Max Hastings described the Second World War as primarily the death grapple between two gargantuan monsters — Adolf Hitler’s Nazi armies against Joseph Stalin’s Soviet forces. The rest, Winston Churchill’s speeches and the American struggle against Japan in the Pacific, was at the...

Hostilities between India and Pakistan have ceased, for the moment, but when your neighbour has a history of lobbing more than just cricket metaphors across the fence, you’d better have a plan. India does. And it’s not all missiles and meetings—it’s bunkers. Those underground shelters...

The outcome of any war between two unequal forces could be predictable – maybe the stronger side wins and the weaker side loses. But, when two mighty forces clash, the result does not show any decisive winner or loser. Hence, the way US President Donald...

I t is of great significance that Robert Francis Prevost, who has succeeded Pope Francis, repeated the word ‘peace’ ten times during his speech delivered recently at Saint Peter’s Square. He also used the word ‘bridge’ three times. At the same time as the new...

India and Pakistan have halted military actions for now, a day after Pakistan breached a ceasefire initially announced to the world by US President Donald Trump on 10th May 2025. This comes after intense cross-border drone and missile strikes that brought both nuclear-powered nations close...

India’s Defence Planning Committee was set up on 19 April 2018. It was chaired by national security advisor Ajit Doval and included the foreign secretary, defence secretary, chief of defence staff, the three service chiefs and secretaries of the Ministry of Finance. It set itself...

On May Day, while the rest of us were honouring workers of the world, the Haryana government quietly launched a department that sounds like it belongs in a Christopher Nolan film: the Department of Future. No manifesto, no press conference, not even a cryptic mission...

With the assumption of office by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany 6 May, Europe’s attempts at consolidation against the belligerence and trade war by US President Donald Trump takes concrete shape. The first step towards this effort was the...

First it was Canada, and now Australia and Singapore: the anti-Trump factor appears to be benefiting parties that are perceived as the best option to counter the US President’s antics. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, 62, secured a second term with a decisive victory over...