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TopicGeorge W. Bush

Topic: George W. Bush

Manmohan Singh told me he had no political ambitions. As PM, he wasn’t in full control

Manmohan Singh had been dealt a very difficult hand: A rickety coalition government in which every coalition partner did what it wanted.

US Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin pledges continued military presence in Iraq

US Defense Secretary made an unannounced trip to Iraq Tuesday, nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein & led to the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians.

White House shifts portraits of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush to ‘rarely used storage room’

CNN reports that the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush portraits have been moved to a room that is largely used as a storage space for unused linen and furniture.

When Bush, top US officials compared Afghan War to Vietnam War — a war America lost

Successive American governments followed the 'same talking points', claiming US was making progress in the Afghan War even when it wasn't.

Not just Rahul Gandhi, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties

At the same time, 71 per cent of all the female world leaders surveyed by a new study attained the highest office without any family connections to politics.

Trump not first arrogant US President. Richard Nixon talked nuclear strike on India in ’71

Ask historians of the 'third world' how the US instigated or supported illegal wars, death squads and legal blockades. President Donald Trump, it is clear,...

New pitch, front foot forward

With the nuclear deal, India is signalling willingness to bat on front-foot. That opportunity has come about because of a combination of our own secular politics and economic growth.

Stars and gripes

By the moral logic that countries should withdraw from multilateral organisations whose policy they do not believe in, the US should make a beginning by leaving the United Nations.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.