Zelensky: âIâm not playing cards. Iâm very serious, Mr President. Iâm very serious.” Trump: âYouâre playing cards. Youâre gambling with the lives of millions of people. Youâre gambling with World War III.” Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky that the latter had no cards no fewer than five times in the last 10 minutes of their…
In any word association test, âDiegoâ would cue the name of football legend Maradona. But for elderly Indians, it recalls Diego Garcia, a geopolitical bugbear of the Cold War era, when India wanted the US to withdraw its forces from an air-base on a small island by that name in the Indian Ocean. About 2,000km…
The Earthâs core might be shifting shape invisibly, as scientists suspect, but its surface is clearly in for the seismic shock of a geopolitical rupture. This week, the US under Donald Trump sent shudders across Europe with a stern message on the latterâs security. By asking its trans-Atlantic allies to fend for themselves, America might…
By the time our presidency ended, at least a dozen countries had signed MoUs with the Indian government to assist with assessing what DPI they could deploy. At the time, we had all patted ourselves on the back for having secured so many international commitmentsânot realizing that mere agreement to consider adopting DPI can hardly…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend a press conference at a Quad Ministerial Meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan July 29, 2024.. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) has additional responsibilities of…
