Recall that debate during the primaries ahead of the US election in 2020, when then presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to make Saudi Arabia “the pariah they are.” Those words may be weighing on his mind when he lands in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Friday for his first summit with an old but estranged […]Read More

NEW DELHI: On #TalkingPoint, Dr. Foad Izadi, Associate Professor at the Department of American Studies, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran and Author of the book, ‘United States Public Diplomacy Towards Iran’ and Dr. Deepika Saraswat, Associate Fellow at the West Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and Author […]Read More

NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Navdeep Suri, Former India Envoy to UAE, Egypt in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Suri discusses the fallout on India’s interests following the now suspended BJP national spokesperson and expelled Delhi media head’s remarks on the Prophet Muhammad, the external affairs ministry statement that the […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The BJP remains in damage control mode in the wake of the furore generated by remarks on the Prophet Muhammad by party members. Only authorized spokespersons and panellists will participate in TV debates, is the new directive from the top. No religion will be criticized nor its symbols or religious figures. “Spokespersons and […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian lands in Delhi later this evening, which suggests that outrage in Teheran over remarks on the Prophet Mohammad by BJP members is not being allowed to decide the course of the bilateral relationship. Iran has its reasons. It is facing censure with the IAEA board of governors […]Read More
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