Opinion | It's Time The US, Forever Preaching To Others, Got Off Its High Horse
Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday July 02, 2024In releasing the State Department's 2023 International Religious Freedom report recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to India by name for violating religious freedom.
Opinion | Modi 3.0: Continuity At The Top Will Add Heft To India's Foreign Policy
Kanwal Sibal | Sunday June 09, 2024The world has to deal with leaders in power. Whether India will have a stable government and therefore stable policies is of greater importance.
Opinion | Europe, China And US: An Awkward Love Triangle
Kanwal Sibal | Thursday May 23, 2024Even in an adversarial atmosphere, China has shown a willingness to engage the US. Meanwhile, Europe wants to befriend the dragon despite US pressures.
Opinion | Plot Twists: Why US And China Are Trying To Fix Their Relationship
Kanwal Sibal | Friday May 10, 2024The idea of "decoupling" the US economy from China's has now been abandoned. The talk now is of "de-risking", which means reducing dependency in select critical areas.
Opinion | The Irony Of West's 'Democracy' Memos To India
Kanwal Sibal | Thursday April 18, 2024The West's approach is judgmental and lacks empathy. There is little intellectual effort to look at the problems their own democracies are facing and the erosion of the credibility of their own democracies internally and externally.
Opinion | Why India Must Deepen Its Ties With Myanmar To Counter China
Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday March 26, 2024China's penetration of Myanmar is a major challenge to India. It is treating Myanmar as its backyard.
Opinion: Hard Realities - Is India Ready For A Real Taliban Outreach?
Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday March 19, 2024India cannot withdraw from Afghanistan as it did during the first Taliban regime. The country is an important geopolitical piece not only in the larger geography of the Indian subcontinent, but also that of Central Asia.
Opinion: India-UAE - A Budding Affair Powered By Chemistry And Opportunity
Kanwal Sibal | Monday February 19, 2024Both nations today see each other as important partners in their growth trajectories. This shift in ties has been possible, in no small measure, due to the personal chemistry between PM Modi and the UAE's Emir.
Opinion: The Strong Political Message Behind Macron's India Visit
Kanwal Sibal | Monday January 29, 2024President Emmanuel Macron's visit to India as chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations had a ceremonial aspect, no doubt, but in relations between states ceremonial gestures convey a message at many levels.
Opinion: Hard Realities Will Soon Catch Up With Maldives
Kanwal Sibal | Saturday January 20, 2024Fractious and divided internal politics, Islamism and the Chinese hand explain the antagonism of the new government of Maldives towards India. The government before it, the Solih government, made "India First" its foreign policy priority.
Opinion: After Pivotal 2023, India Boldly Steps Into 2024
Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday January 02, 2024India strode prominently on the international stage in 2023. It chaired the G20 summit, as also the SCO summit (virtually).
Opinion: The Pannun Report And Agenda-Setting by The Anglosphere Media
Kanwal Sibal | Saturday November 25, 2023What the local media in non-western countries may say about the western countries, good or bad, is ignored as it has no international resonance.
Opinion: What Did The Biden-Xi Meet Really Achieve?
Kanwal Sibal | Friday November 17, 2023The Biden-Xi meeting in San Francisco on the sidelines of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit hasn't, on the face of it, produced any path-breaking results.
Opinion: The Heavy Cost Of A Widening Israel-Hamas War
Kanwal Sibal | Friday October 27, 2023The outrage in Israel provoked by the horrific Hamas killings of Israeli civilians and the taking of hostages is understandable, but how far will Israel go?
Opinion: For G20 Delhi Declaration, G7 Ceded Major Ground On Ukraine
Kanwal Sibal | Sunday September 10, 2023The G20 Summit has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, with its success in delivering the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration.