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Pentagon’s Internal Memo Expects The US’s Iran War To Run Till September
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: By a seven-vote margin, the Republicans-run U.S. House backed Donald Trump’s war on Iran, but that wasn’t the big war story out of Washington on the sixth day of the war. A Pentagon memo saying the military expects the war to continue through at least...
Spain Shows Europe How To Oppose Donald Trump’s Illegal War In Iran
By Pablo Castaño MADRID: Pedro Sánchez has done it again. The Spanish prime minister has once more become the sole voice among major European countries standing up to Donald Trump, this time over the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran. The Madrid government has denied...
Gen Z Supported RSP’s Resounding Win In Nepal Elections Is A Gamechanger
By Nitya Chakraborty The resounding victory of the Gen Z supported Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in the March 5 general elections in Nepal is a game changer not only in the political history of this tiny Himalayan nation but also in the evolving polity of South Asia. Nepal is...
Reshuffle Of Governors Is Manifestation Of Centre’s Changing Political Stance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest reshuffle of the governors in 9 states and UTs of India seems not merely an administrative exercise, but has greater political significance. It is actually a manifestation of Centre’s changing political stance vis-à-vis most politically sensitive states and UTs of the country at...
A Oil Buying Waiver That Reveals The Limits Of India’s Strategic Autonomy
By R. Suryamurthy The United States’ decision to grant India a temporary waiver for Russian oil purchases may appear, at first glance, to be a pragmatic gesture designed to stabilise energy markets during a geopolitical emergency. In reality, the episode reveals something far more consequential: the structural limits of...
With Nitish Kumar In Rajya Sabha, NDA In Bihar Will Not Be The Same Again
By Arun Srivastava Never write off a politician. Yes, media plays a key role in showing the door or refurbishing the image of the politician, but it is the resilience of the politician that defines his role and survival, the political durability. It is a general perception that once...
The Architect Of His Own Obsolescence: The Paradox Of Nitish Kumar
By T N Ashok The Rajya Sabha — India’s upper house of Parliament — has long served as a dignified parking lot for politicians past their prime. Former ministers, retired bureaucrats, loyal party functionaries: they fill its benches comfortably, delivering occasional speeches to a half-empty chamber. On March 5,...
U.S.-Israel Combo Is Looking At Destruction Of Iran As A Divine Mission
By Asad Mirza US and Israeli leaders are framing the ongoing conflict with Iran as a religious war primarily for domestic mobilisation, civilisational framing, and strategic narrative construction. While the US-Israel led war against Iran could primarily be described as the one which is aimed at reducing Iran, the...
The Iran War By US-Israel Is Becoming Too Costly For President Trump In Mid Term Year
By Anjan Roy Henry Kissinger, the doyen of twentieth century diplomacy, had once observed “to be an enemy of US could be dangerous, but being its friend is fatal”. The truth of this observation made years ago is being learnt by the West Asian allies of the US much...
With Nitish Set To Join Rajya Sabha, Stage Set For BJP To Take Over Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar joining the Rajya Sabha, the avenue is now fully open for the Bharatiya Janata Party to appoint its own chief minister in Bihar for the first time. However, Nitish will formally enter the Upper House once the new Rajya...
Nitish’s Exit Marks The Most Consequential Political Transition In Bihar
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s exit from Bihar politics not only marks the most consequential political transition in Bihar but also has greater implications on BJP’s national strategy and realization of its dream that it may appear at first glance. With negotiated removal of the CM...
After Five Days Of Iran War, India Has Started Feeling The Impact
By T N Ashok As the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran spills deeper into the Gulf region, India—thousands of miles away from the battlefield—finds itself confronting a cascade of economic risks that extend far beyond rising oil prices. For decades, the Middle East has been a...
Amit Shah Is Using Bengal Elections As A Test For BJP’s 2029 Lok Sabha Strategy
By Arun Srivastava Having lost hope in judicial intervention to force the CEC Gyanesh Kumar to look to the ground and do justice to 64 lakh disadvantaged people, which is likely to shoot to 1 crore by the time elections are held, who have been consciously deprived of their...
Decoding The Post-Ayatollah Khamenei Transition In War-Torn Iran
By Asad Mirza The latest Israeli-US war on Iran began with airstrikes on the home and offices of the Late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Apparently, the strategy behind this stemmed from the wishful thinking that Khamenei’s sudden elimination would pose a dire threat to the current ruling system of...
Bonhomie Between Modi And Netanyahu Is Hitting At The Very Root Of Indian Foreign Policy
By Nilotpal Basu It is now clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel was most ill-advised, ill timed. It is not merely a moral question but goes far beyond, into the realm of geopolitics and national strategy. The monstrosity of the Gaza genocide has not ended in...
Can Germany Be Allowed To Hold Olympics In 2036, A Century After Nazi Olympics In 1936?
By Tirthankar Mitra A century after “Nazi Olympics”, Germany pitches for hosting 2036 Olympics. Meanwhile, it is confronted by a question overshadowing its past “should Berlin stage the Games again?” Opinions are divided on the issue. Supporting and dissenting voices ring out loud and clear. A former Chancellor sees...
Tamil Nadu CPI Leader R Nallakannu Led From The Front Against Both British And The Feudals
By Krishna Jha It was legendary peasant leader P. Srinivasa Rao who had said about the 23 – year old, who was yet to prove his worth, “…sturdy, village-bred R Nallakannu would evolve into an exceptional party worker”. His prophetic words stood all the vagaries of time. In little...
Communalism Of All Hues Is Getting Resistance In Different Regions
By Dr. Ram Puniyani Communal Hate is the most divisive tool. Roughly the degree of violence is proportional to the prevalence and accentuation of ‘Hate’. This in turn leads to polarization and the situation where ghettoisation and accompanying phenomenon become the norm. As we have witnessed the rise of...
