TS Tirumurti
Some more Brics, but not a Chinese-Iranian wall
As the group’s 16th summit gets underway in Russia’s Kazan today, a former Brics sherpa argues India is well-placed to *keep the expanded Brics, which includes Iran, from becoming an anti-West bloc *temper China’s dominance & *strengthen ‘multi-aligned’ global governance
Message to UN, it’s no longer 1945
Writing before PM addresses a multilateral summit, a former UN diplomat writes India is among countries that need a larger role to make the body more representative as the old world order falls apart
China-Maldives relationship: Muizzu in deep water
Maldivian president has invited Chinese to India’s doorstep. He is courting financial & security debt load that will end up sinking whatever independence his country has left
Playing in Gaza: Geopolitics of the forked tongue
America talks of casualties but is okay with Israeli assaults. Few cheer Hamas but all are okay with Qatar sending it billions. Most want a 2-state solution but they don’t tell Netanyahu, who’s dead against it
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How much is too much in Gaza?
Israel-Hamas conflict has exposed West’s hypocrisy on zero tolerance for terror and human rights. Ironically, bombing of civilians has revived the Two-State solution
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Why India must not let UN get divided on religious lines
India’s former ambassador to UN argues the global body is wrong in formally recognising hate speech against Islam, Judaism, Christianity but not against Hinduism, Buddhism
Why India's yes and no votes on Ukraine said the same thing
On the continuing Ukraine conflict, India’s stand, led by PM Modi, has stood the test of time
If UN can talk Islamophobia, why not Hinduphobia or anti-Sikhism?
These are just as religiophobic as anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Christianophobia