His detractors call him the “Buddhist Bin Laden”. He does not deny this although he chooses to liken himself to James Bond for his “nationalist...

Among the chattering diplomatic community of New Delhi, Nepalese Ambassador Deep Kumar Upadhyay is certainly one of the exceptions. A suave, but...

Afghanistan is likely to witness a recurrence of the Kunduz-like scenario as the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) is now in shambles.  The ANSF...

The key to a solution for the longstanding Naga problem is very simple - just broad base the negotiation and don’t limit it to an agreement with the...

The Union government’s recent notification regularising the entry and stay of minorities from Bangladesh and Pakistan on humanitarian grounds (meaning...

Two very important statements from Kevin Andrews, Australia’s foreign minister, and Kevin Rudd, the country’s former prime minister, have opened up...

Roughly 32,000 new voters enrolled in each constituency for this year’s assembly election in Bihar may play a decisive role in determining the...

With the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the just-concluded Sri Lankan parliamentary election, not only is...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to send a delegation to  Islamabad so that its support to the Afghan Taliban stops clearly shows that with...

Conflicting signals, with security connotations for India, are emerging from Bangladesh. The Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of Ali...

Delay and procrastination often become favourite <g data-gr-id="67">petwords</g> with policymakers, particularly when the government seeks...