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The Chinese factor in Modi's Moscow mission
News, Brahma Chellaney & &, Published on 11/07/2024
» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Russia in five years underscores the strategic importance India attaches to its relationship with Moscow. Indian leaders view that relationship as essential to a balanced foreign policy and to provide strategic leverage against China.
Diplomacy may no longer be off table in Ukraine
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 05/04/2023
» The recent face-to-face between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 gathering last month in New Delhi -- the first such high-level interaction since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, suggests that diplomacy may no longer be a dirty word.
Afghanistan withdrawal is Trump's gift to Taliban
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 06/02/2019
» After the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, thereby eliminating a key nexus of international terrorism. But now, a war-weary US, with a president seeking to cut and run, has reached a tentative deal largely on the Taliban's terms. The extremist militia that once harboured al-Qaeda and now carries out the world's deadliest terrorist attacks has secured not just the promise of a US military exit within 18 months, but also a pathway to power in Kabul.