The official 22nd India-Russia annual summit took place in Moscow on the 8th of July 2024. This was also the first time PM Modi visited Moscow since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2021.
In the last four decades, however, attempts to assassinate presidents or presidential nominees had seemed relegated to the past.
Empathise with a victim of violence, but do not let up on opposing the violence he fans.
PM Modi’s July 8-9 visit in Russia was symbolic, substantive and significant in many ways, even though it attracted undesirable attention and unsolicited comments from certain western countries and their representatives exceeding their diplomatic brief, writes Former Diplomat Amb. Anil Trigunayat.
Macron’s call for snap elections was a political gamble, and it has succeeded in deflating the Right’s political momentum.
There's a Stone Age-like preference for leaders who strut tall, talk big, look bold; Biden is being judged not for his policies but for his fumbling at the debate
Orangutans and chimpanzees offer an insight into the public reaction to the recent debate between US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
No, we are not suggesting any particular resemblance of either candidate to these primates, who still have not come down from the trees, unlike the primates we are more familiar with.
Rather, the point is that some quirks of human character make rational political choice rather difficult.
As the SCO expands its agenda and welcomes new members, deep-seated contradictions threaten its efficacy. Can an organisation that purports to fight terrorism effectively do so with members who engage in it?