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TopicJohn Bolton

Topic: John Bolton

Sardesai on Shah’s rise, P Philipose on ‘civic death’ after Assam NRC, Ayoob on Bolton exit

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Disagreeing with Trump was Bolton’s job, not his failing

Donald Trump, who is surrounded by people who fear contradicting him, needs a forceful advocate like John Bolton.

John Bolton’s exit shows Trump has no use for procedural regularity

Bolton is the third national security advisor to leave the White House, pointing to larger cracks in the US administration's organisational structure.

Without Bolton, Trump can now go soft on Iran

Trump has supported maximum pressure, but he has also flirted lately with diplomacy on the Iran sanctions issue.

What NSA John Bolton’s exit means for US foreign policy

With Trump showing interest in striking deals with Iran and North Korea, Bolton’s exit seemed necessary.

Trump-Jinping tariff battle and May’s Brexit exit

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Iran steps away from parts of 2015 nuclear deal

The recent military threats by the US seem to have provoked Iran’s leadership into action.

US deploys bombers to Middle East in response to Iran’s ‘troubling warnings’

 Turkey’s electoral body announces re-poll in Istanbul after ruling party loss.

US won’t renew expiring Iran oil waivers, White House says

The decision could spike crude prices just as Donald Trump begins to gear up to campaign for a second presidential term.

Ajit Doval had discussed Balakot strike with US NSA John Bolton on 16 February

The discussion between the two national security advisers was during a phone call on 16 February, two days after the Pulwama terror attack.

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People of Assam, we’ll fight to the end until it’s victory for us: Nehru during Chinese invasion

On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

What’s standing between Modi & Trump? India’s contradictions

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.