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From Mao to Xi, a peep into the minds of China’s great strategists

Sulmaan Wasif Khan’s ‘Haunted by Chaos’ tells the story of how China’s leaders shaped its destiny through their distinct ideologies, traumatic pasts and disparate visions.

There is new aggression in US Congress to check Trump & Russia before election season

Both parties in Washington are united against Russia after Trump admin’s failure to commit to election security measures.

As US-Russia ties blow hot & cold, Moscow wants same military deal America has with India

Moscow’s draft comes two years after US signed a similar pact with New Delhi, likely to focus on servicing of equipment.

India prevails, US likely to exempt it from sanctions on arms import from Russia

US recommends waiver for India under CAATSA, which, many say, was aimed against New Delhi’s bid to buy S-400 air defence missile systems from Russia.

US, India’s inaugural ‘2+2 dialogue’ to be held on 6 September in Delhi

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and defence secretary James Mattis will visit India for the dialogue.

A 29-year-old Russian spy in US custody and Taliban is not bombing civilian areas

Trump contradicts his own statements over Russian interference in 2016 elections and China gets its own 'Robinson Crusoe'.

Day after Helsinki disaster, Donald Trump claims full faith in US intelligence agencies

Claiming that he misspoke in Helsinki, Trump accepts intelligence's assessment of Russian interference in elections.

After fiasco in Russia, President Trump’s approval ratings may take a hit

His just concluded trip to Russia and other recent visits might cost him backing in his own party back home. 

Putin gets the summit he’d been waiting for, and a crocodile massacre in Indonesia

Senior military officers in Egypt may escape punishment for post-Morsi violence, and British army to hire Gurkha women.

How the World Cup has changed the way we see Russia, and Trump advised May to sue the EU

France beat Croatia to win the FIFA World Cup for the second time, Trump and Putin sit down to meet in Finland.

On Camera

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.