NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s was at his quintessential best in announcing surprise plans to make sweeping constitutional reform. Russia specialist Nandan Unnikrishnan discusses the Russian leader’s motives and whether he looks at himself as a ‘leader for life’ with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In a comprehensive review of India-Russia relations, the interview looks at President Putin’s […]Read More

NEW DELHI: India is closely monitoring Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar. It’s his first overseas visit in the new year, usually an indication or warning of strategic import. That was the case in 2017 when Xi was at the World Economic Forum in Davos and in 2018 when he flew into Tehran shortly […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Tehran’s belated admission of downing a Ukrainian passenger aircraft is embarrassing for the regime, externally and domestically. President Donald Trump has tacitly encouraged Iranian protesters on Twitter, but curiously, there hasn’t been any significant announcement by him on Iran so far. Professor AK Pasha, of the Centre for West Asian Studies at Delhi’s Jawaharlal […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The killing of Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. has opened an interesting question. How long would it take China to muscle that kind of hard power to carry out an operation of a similar kind? Some would say at least a decade, others even longer. The point is that kind […]Read More
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