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Dipankar De Sarkar

ARTICLES BY DIPANKAR DE SARKAR

The certainty of family-based elder care is ending, but there’s nothing to replace it (istockphoto)

Eldercare crisis: Why families are drowning and what the government must do

4 min read . 18 Sept 2025

The building housing members of Palestinian militant group Hamas's political bureau which was targeted by an Israeli strike in Qatar's capital Doha, on September 10, 2025. (Photo: AP)

What does the Doha strike mean for Middle East peace?

5 min read . 11 Sept 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 25th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Source: ANI X)

Explained: How the SCO summit is shaping a post-Trump global order

6 min read . 01 Sept 2025

US President Donald Trump’s long-standing view is that Ukraine is essentially a European problem and that the EU must take the lead in supporting Ukraine’s fightback against Russia. In pic: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)

Mint Explainer | The shifting balance in Ukraine’s war financing

7 min read . 24 Aug 2025

US President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on 22 February. (AP)

Ultimate guide to Trump riddle: Trade wars, Russian oil, India-US ties

10 min read . 13 Aug 2025

The trial of exiled former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina opened in Dhaka on Monday. (REUTERS)

The Sheikh Hasina trial: Where is Bangladesh headed?

5 min read . 05 Aug 2025

Age-barring vehicles is a misguided policy that is quite rightly being challenged by the Delhi government. (istockphoto)

Could I please have my Thar back—if not an Ambassador?

4 min read . 31 Jul 2025

European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen. Photo: AFP

Mint Explainer: Why does the EU keep sanctioning Russia?

7 min read . 22 Jul 2025

More than 100 nations attending the conference in Seville pledged to help defuse the ticking time bomb of developing countries’ ballooning debt. (AFP)

Global poverty: How to deal with funding cuts

2 min read . 04 Jul 2025

Suspicious of WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism, the US has blocked all appointments to the appellate body since 2017.

Mint Primer | Down, not out: Will WTO live to see another day?

2 min read . 17 Apr 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Mauritius counterpart Navin Ramgoolam at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden in Mauritius on Tuesday. (Reuters)

Chagos: Why India supports a cause forgotten by the world

2 min read . 12 Mar 2025

A Palestinian woman walks through a ravaged street following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, early on Tuesday. (AFP)

Mint Primer: A fissured land: Israel, Palestine and Hamas

2 min read . 23 Oct 2023

The Indian Constitution.

The reasons why it’s okay to call India, Bharat

2 min read . 06 Sept 2023

Bob Dylan in 'Shadow Kingdom'

'Shadow Kingdom': Bob Dylan cruises the digital highway

3 min read . 21 Jul 2021