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Moscow–Delhi axis is becoming a template for a post-Western world
Russia-India relations are an example of how to maintain stability in the face of turbulent change
Europe’s animosity brings Putin closer to India
By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, December 5 (The Citizen) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India to attend the 23 rd. Indo-Russian summit on December 6 is expected to result in agreements for wide-ranging military and civilian technology sharing in all domains including land, air, sea,...
Europe and Russia use Indian media to push their clashing Ukraine narratives
By P.M. Amza Colombo, December 3 – With Putin’s New Delhi visit approaching, competing Western and Russian narratives are occupying India’s media space. A fierce debate has taken place in the pages of The Times of India—between the envoys of the United Kingdom, France and...
Wars rarely achieve their objectives
Wars help foreground issues, send a telling message to the adversary and serve political ends at home and abroad but the issues that led to the war remain unaddressed.
Trump’s demand for Bagram airbase in Afghanistan – geopolitical rationale
US thinks that the changing geopolitical situation in West and Central Asia necessitates a renewed hold on Afghanistan
India and China recognise each other’s “strategic autonomy”
By P. K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, September 14 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping who met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on August 31, agreed to respect each other’s core interests, exercise strategic...
A Russian Empire in America
By P.K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, August 17 – The Trump-Putin summit at Alaska held on August 15, had brought into focus a forgotten facet of American history – the fact that Tsarist Russia had territorial possessions in North America till 1867. It had Alaska and...
Trump says no summit deal reached with Putin over ending war in Ukraine
Anchorage, Alaska, Dec 15 (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump said that nearly three hours of direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday did not yield an agreement to pause Moscow’s war in Ukraine, though he characterized the meeting as “very productive.” During brief...
Trump’s policies create new alignments across old divides
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, August 12 -The world order that prevailed up to 2024, is breaking down primarily due to the policies , actions ad style of US President Donal Trump. Trump’s tariffs and sanctions have created new alignments across old divides. In South Asia,...
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