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Bobby Ghosh

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Ali Khameini’s ruling against nukes has been made conditional

Iran has dropped the fig leaf of a fatwa on nuclear weapons

3 min read . 14 Feb 2021

The election of Donald Trump will not be the last manifestation of the American tendency to make shocking collective decisions. Photo: Bloomberg

The unified theory of Donald Trump

4 min read . 30 Aug 2017

During his speech, OFF’s founder Thor Halvorssen noted how ‘profoundly heartbreaking’ it was that Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi (above) has been silent on the plight of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority that is being systematically oppressed by Buddhist extremists and the Burmese government. File photo: Reuters

Time to rescind Suu Kyi’s Nobel

4 min read . 15 Jun 2017

Kashmir needs an opening of dialogue, first with the mainstream political parties, followed by a widening circle of the willing. Photo: AFP

Changing tack in Kashmir

4 min read . 09 May 2017

If rules allow absurdities to occur, then it behoves the UN leadership, starting with secretary general António Guterres, to call on members to change them. Photo: Reuters

The absurdities of the United Nations

4 min read . 26 Apr 2017

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in New Delhi later this month. Photo: AP

Erdogan comes to India a winner and loser

4 min read . 20 Apr 2017

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, has said that the Trump administration has reconsidered its previous position that regime change was not the necessary outcome of the Syrian civil war. Photo: AFP

Those who use sarin, can’t escape justice

4 min read . 12 Apr 2017

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi. If the Indian prime minister does hear from Arab rulers before his Israel visit, it may very well be in the form of requests to convey cautious felicitations.

Narendra Modi’s Israel visit: The view from Arab palaces

4 min read . 29 Mar 2017

Abdul Basit’s valedictory performance, at an event in Mumbai last weekend, had the usual admixture of mendacity and mealy-mouthedness. Photo: Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times

How Abdul Basit can help Pakistan make sense of Modi’s India

4 min read . 22 Mar 2017

In November 2011, BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati floated a resolution calling for the state to be divided into four smaller units. Photo: HT

Whoever wins UP should demolish it

4 min read . 09 Mar 2017

Voters who allowed their hearts to lead them would pick Modi, or Akhilesh Yadav, while those who went with their heads will more likely have opted for Mayawati’s BSP. Photo: AP

A leap of faith will decide Uttar Pradesh

4 min read . 01 Mar 2017

It will be hard for Donald Trump to undo the damage done by Barack Obama, and immediately restore Crimea to Ukraine: That will likely take years of difficult negotiations. Photo: AFP

Trump’s choice: Ukraine or Putin?

4 min read . 15 Feb 2017

While there can be no doubt that American ideals desperately need defending from Donald Trump’s relentless attacks, Barack Obama (right) should have stayed out of the fight. Photo: AP

Speak now, or be forever damned

5 min read . 31 Jan 2017

File photo. China’s President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which concluded last week. Photo: AP

Don’t bet on China to lead the new world order

4 min read . 24 Jan 2017

Barack Obama’s record in foreign affairs is stained in the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocents and blackened by the betrayal of America’s allies and ideals. Photo: AP

History’s harsh lens on Barack Obama

4 min read . 11 Jan 2017

Donald Trump has actively undermined intelligence agencies by suggesting that they are in cahoots with Hillary Clinton, and making excuses for her defeat. Photo: Reuters

Will Trump be good for India? You got to be an incorrigible optimist to believe so

4 min read . 14 Dec 2016

Most political propositions put to the test in this way are highly complex, and to reduce the choices to ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ is to greatly understate the gravity of the outcome. Photo: Bloomberg

An excess of democracy

4 min read . 07 Dec 2016

A file photo of Fidel Castro. Photo: Reuters

Fidel Castro: India’s hero, Cuba’s villain

4 min read . 30 Nov 2016

Barack Obama suggested that even after his departure, he will dispense with long-standing convention and criticize Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

The silence of ex-presidents

4 min read . 23 Nov 2016

There’s little hope that the Republican Party will be able to impose moderation on Trump. Photo: AFP

With Trump, no hope for change

4 min read . 11 Nov 2016

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