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President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (Photo: AP)

Trump's Great Game East

The President-elect's relationship with Russian oligarchs is limited to running beauty pageants.

10 Nov 2016 1:48 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Could there be a new Dawn in Pakistan?

The last thing Pakistan wants is a war or even a declaration of war, a long time Pakistan watcher said.

7 Oct 2016 2:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval

The Modi doctrine crafted by super spy Doval

When Ajit Doval's name was announced as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Security Adviser in 2014, eyebrows were...

2 Oct 2016 2:56 AM IST

Soldiers patrol along a closed market in Srinagar after India carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan against terrorists. (Photo: PTI)

Surgical strikes: Was this Pakistan's Abbottabad-II?

The most surprising aspect of India's cross-border strike was that it caught the Pakistan military napping!

30 Sept 2016 3:57 AM IST

Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq and former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

Two assassinations & a conspiracy

Former R&AW chief Verma believed that the assassinations of Rajiv Gandhi and Zia-ul-haq were connected.

4 Sept 2016 3:33 AM IST

Former Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao and former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani during the launch of his book India vs Pakistan: Cant we be friends? (Photo: R.SAMUEL)

Plebiscite? Not in Ayub's time, not now, says Husain Haqqani

Haqqani says that the world's sympathy for Kashmir, never as much of an attention grabber as Palestine, was slipping.

27 July 2016 6:59 AM IST

Gunmen stormed a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka and took about 20 people hostage, including several foreigners. (Photo: AFP)

Pax Indica: In Dhaka, ISI at work under the surface

Banning one tele-evangelist radical preacher, Zakir Naik and his insidious Peace TV is a small step, but unlikely to...

12 July 2016 12:35 AM IST

Bangladeshi policemen stand guard at a barricade leading to Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhakas Gulshan area, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Dhaka attack: Butchers waited as Bangla forces took all of 12 hours

There was no security worth its name for at least another 12 hours until police and commandos launched their rescue...

5 July 2016 3:50 AM IST

ndia and Japan had sealed a broad agreement for cooperation in civil nuclear energy during Abes visit here last year. (Photo: PTI)

Pax Indica: NSG Why is China so nervous?

India believes it has met every concern of the NSG on proliferation issues.

8 Jun 2016 1:17 AM IST

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on charges of sedition, being produced at Patiala House courts in New Delhi on Wednesday (Photo: AP)

Black coats, khadi, khakhi, kaavi, In our politics, men maketh the...

What's stopping the Fekus from jumping on the Jat reservation bandwagon that has brought Haryana to a standstill is...

21 Feb 2016 3:41 AM IST

People queue up to cast their votes during Hebbal by polls in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: KPN)

State of play: DicKenS! Hebbal's unintended consequences

Flaunt all the watches you want, drive the flashiest cars. But do fix our problems garbage, connectivity, and power!

14 Feb 2016 3:35 AM IST

Grandson in drivers seat

State of play: The old Jaffer, sometimes Sharief, sometimes Mir

The Congress' minority politics is as much of a given as the BJP's majoritarian Hindu politics.

31 Jan 2016 2:58 AM IST