At the 6th Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Lecture attended by retired officials, army chiefs, and academics, Kanwal Sibal and ex-COAS VP Malik shed light on the former PM’s adept handling of complex diplomatic situations.
During the 1970s, Rumsfeld became the youngest-ever defense secretary, at age 43, in President Gerald Ford’s administration. He died Tuesday at his home in Taos, New Mexico.
The victory of the underdog in such an unforgiving society is something that fires your imagination. But there's more behind this elation than merely the colour of Obama's skin.
The great foreign policy challenge for India at this moment is to finally dump the old mindset of a lobbying nation and celebrate its new status as a buying power.
The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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