Although both China and the US proclaim their support for the ‘Two State Solution’ to the Palestinian-Israel issue, they seem to be on the two opposing banks of the ‘River to the Sea’ chimera claimed by both Israel and Palestine.
PM Modi’s just concluded two-day visit to Russia has not only bridged the annual summitry hiatus, but also reinforced the special and privileged strategic partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on an official visit to Moscow from July 8-9 which happened to be his first bilateral one in the Modi 3.0 era.
This was also in the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and after a gap of nearly five years. His last visit was to Vladivostok in 2019 for the Far Eastern Economic Forum where he was invited as the Chief Guest given Russian focus for attracting greater strategic and economic engagement by India in the region. Several announcements and commitments were made.
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.