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Skand Tayal
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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea
    Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Iran-US standoff: A policy challenge for India

    India's ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla said last week that all imports of Iranian crude oil to India have now been...

    6 Jun 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    War clouds gather in Persian Gulf

    Since 2018, Mr Netanyahu has found a soulmate in US President Donald Trump, who is willing to see West Asia and the Gulf...

    15 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

    Japanese minister Masatoshi Akimoto (centre) poses at a site for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project (Photo: AFP)India
    Japan's investments in India have not been without pitfalls

    Japan is the 3rd-largest investor in India with a cumulative FDI of $26 billion in the period 2000-2017, constituting 8%...

    16 April 2019 12:03 AM IST

    Kim Jong-un and Donald TrumpOpinion
    2nd Trump-Kim meet fails, amid Hanoi distrust

    The absence of any definite outcome from the second summit is disappointing both to the principal parties and the...

    2 March 2019 1:56 AM IST

    President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump-Kim courtship full of uncertainties

    The roadmap for reaching these objectives has, till now, been laid out in three bilateral agreements.

    5 Feb 2019 2:10 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A dealmaker and a strategist in battle of wits

    In the Pyongyang joint declaration, some concrete steps towards the denuclearisation of North Korea were included.

    29 Sept 2018 12:44 AM IST

    A file photo of the Afghanistan: Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity conference that brought together Afghanistan, the five Central Asian countries, the United Nations and other stakeholders to work towards peace, increased security and regional development in Afghanistan and the regionWorld
    Amid a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, strategic coordination with...

    Both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are secular democratic Republics and are ideologically strongly opposed to the Taliban.

    28 Aug 2018 6:12 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)World
    Trump-Kim summit leaves S Korea, Japan vulnerable

    In the agreement there is mention neither of easing sanctions against North Korea nor of any economic assistance.

    15 Jun 2018 1:40 AM IST

    A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Expect the unexpected at Trump-Kim meet

    Trump's numerous tweets and impromptu remarks reveal his conviction that he holds all the cards.

    12 Jun 2018 12:59 AM IST

    A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)World
    All eyes on Trump-Kim summit: Will it happen or not?

    The denuclearisation of North Korea can only be a process with major reciprocal steps by the United States and South...

    21 May 2018 1:00 AM IST

    Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leaderOpinion
    US must talk to Tokyo, Seoul & Beijing on how to tackle Kim

    This makes the task of US President Donald Trump very difficult when he sits across the table with Mr Kim in May 2018.

    4 April 2018 2:31 AM IST

    President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet in Washington. (Photo: AP)World
    Koreas on the path to d©tente... But will Trump & Kim derail it?

    It would be reasonable to hope that North-South summit would be held in April with tangible outcomes for inter-Korean...

    15 March 2018 1:11 AM IST

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