NEW DELHI: As the West tightens the sanctions leash on Russia for its attack on Ukraine, China is watching the events quite closely, especially the Western response. Despite his ideological affinities with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping hasn’t supported Russia’s actions outright at the United Nations. If Russia gets bogged down in Ukraine, the West (read […]Read More
All Russian banks already subjected to sanctions will be disconnected from SWIFT, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced. The EU, the UK, Canada and the U.S. agreed to implement the measure over Russia’s “special operation” to “de-militarise and de-nazify” Ukraine. “The removal of Russian banks from SWIFT means that while transactions can […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On the 100th episode of ‘Talking Point’, Dr C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute, New Delhi—a division of the Asia Society India Centre, Mumbai— in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In Putin’s Mind In this interview, Dr Raja Mohan says “there’s been a significant […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s cabinet committee on security met late on Thursday to discuss the situation triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Perhaps the most crucial phone call of the day was Narendra Modi’s chat with Russia’s President Putin on Thursday night. The foreign office press release said the prime minister “called for an immediate cessation […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a sense, may have been preordained given that US sanctions were mounting and Ukraine was refusing to return to the Minsk Accords that offered a solution to the current crisis. In this conversation on The Gist, Velina Tchakarova, director of the Austrian Institute for European & Security Policy, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “We’ve cut off Russia’s government from western financing. It can no longer raise money from the west and cannot trade in its new debt on our markets or European markets either.” Within hours of that statement from US President Joe Biden, Moscow mobilised its diplomats in key world capitals to respond. In New […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Dr Maxim A. Suchkov, Director of the Institute for International Studies and the Centre for Advanced American Studies and Associate Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations(MGIMO) in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The discussion centres around […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russia’s military shadow boxing over Ukraine may have overshadowed the rather fascinating display of lunch diplomacy that played out at the Kremlin, where President Putin hosted his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. While the 16-feet-long table that separated the two has conveyed conflicting interpretations (including reportedly Putin’s determination to remain Covid-free), the lavish menu […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Dr Tanvi Madan, Senior Fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy in the Foreign Policy Programme and Director of The India Project at the Brookings Institution and author of the book ‘Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped U.S.-India Relations during the Cold War’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: StratNewsGlobal spoke to P S Raghavan, former ambassador to Russia and ex-chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, on US and Russia sabre rattling over Ukraine and whether that would lead to war. India has vital stakes in a peaceful resolution as that would enable it to develop strategic ties with all players […]Read More
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