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Almost two years into the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet has approved yet another military escalation — a proposed takeover of Gaza City. This move, spearheaded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aims to achieve five objectives: disarming Hamas, securing the return of all...

In February 2018 the Trump White House drew up the ‘US strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific’. This paper, declassified in January 2021, says America’s intent is ‘to maintain US strategic primacy … while preventing China from establishing new, illiberal spheres of influence’. It says China’s...

Some stories never make it to file notings or press briefings. They move in murmurs, exchanged in lift lobbies and murmured across dinner tables. One such story is circulating quietly now, involving a pair of student activists, a Delhi Police unit better known for its...

Now, it is the turn of Japan, and history comes full circle. The country is fast catching the contagion of Far-Right ideology that is sweeping vast swathes of land in Europe and other continents. Pro-Nazi forces have emerged in Germany as the second largest outfit...

It kind of seems stupid on the part of anyone who expects any change of attitude in the hearts of rulers of Moslem nations anywhere. For instance, Iran witnessed a rare solidarity among its people in the face of the recent bombardment and missile attacks...

Last week, US President Donald Trump imposed a sharp 25 per cent tariff on India and an unspecified penalty for buying Russian oil and arms, sending financial markets in the country on a downward spiral. Adding insult to injury, a day after this announcement, he...

The United States has 34 crore people (the size of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar). Americans represent 4 per cent of the global population and they are the biggest beneficiaries of what the US called the rules-based order. This order, imposed by the US and its...

The Central Secretariat Service (CSS) may not be the face of government, but it’s certainly its nervous system. And right now, it’s showing signs of paralysis. For years, the CSS Forum has been knocking on doors asking for what basic administrative hygiene should ideally be:...

The Supreme Court on 28 July told the Election Commission of India (ECI) to adopt a voter verification approach based on “mass inclusion, not mass exclusion.” The principal objective of the ECI is to find out eligible voters from every nook and cranny of the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just in time refrained from a suicidal course that was going to turn his own people against him. People were holding back criticism against him to avoid giving the enemy (Russia) an upper hand during the continuing times of war....