- 17 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityZelensky
The Looming Prospect of The Samson Option in Ukraine
Joe Biden has an antipathy towards Vladimir Putin, the man he holds responsible for Donald Trump winning the 2016 Presidential election, and this may have been among the elements that came together…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
Lessons From Ukraine
Omar Khayyam wrote: Yes, the first morning of creation wrote what the last dawn of reckoning shall read. However, in the present case the tragedy is unfolding sans a script.…
By K P Fabian
Erdogan says Zelenskiy’s referendum call is “smart leadership” -media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his Ukrainian counterpart comments on the need for a referendum for compromises with Russia was "smart leadership", broadcaster NTV and others cited…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says Israel good place for holding talks with Russia
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Israel was undertaking many efforts to arrange top-level peace talks between his country and Russia and suggested they might take…
In call with Putin, Erdogan offers to host him and Zelenskiy for talks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered in a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to host him and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks, according…
Russia says air defence systems for Ukraine would destabilise situation
(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that giving Ukraine air defence systems, as requested by Ukraine's president in the U.S. Congress a day earlier, would be a destabilising…
Hard Power Underpinning of Ukraine War
In the realpolitik world of international politics, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a rude reminder of the exercise of hard power by great powers, to protect what they regard as…
By Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Biden calls Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘war criminal’
Washington, Mar 17 (PTI) US President Joe Biden Wednesday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "a war criminal", as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues with devastating consequences for civilians. "I…
Russia says any Putin-Zelenskiy meeting should be to seal deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday there were no obstacles to a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but that such a meeting would…
Zelenskiy calls on U.S. Congress for more Russia sanctions, defense aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the U.S. Congress on Wednesday for further military assistance to help protect the skies over Ukraine and for further sanctions against…
Mid-Course Through the Ukraine Crisis : Lessons for India
As an international crisis which has led to a high profile conventional war scenario, the first in the last 19 years, the Russia-Ukraine war is drawing the focus of analysts…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
War could be over by May, says Ukrainian presidential adviser
(Reuters) - The war in Ukraine is likely to be over by early May when Russia runs out of resources to attack its neighbour, Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the…
