Kosovo tensions: Will the potential fuse once again lead to a major war?

June 1, 2023

Serbs, again in the Balkans, a southeast region of Europe, are in serious protests over Kosovo that NATO troops are trying to quell. It is a combustible region that even experienced the assassination of a top “political” and royal figure of the Archduke of the Austrian empire that led to...

Dumb ideas of killing leaders like Putin add to global risks

May 30, 2023

India may be the only major adult in the “geopolitical room” these days. That is, be it Prime Minister Narendra Modi talking up real peace and inclusiveness at the G20 India chairs or at the recent G7 he recently attended. He, along with India’s foreign minister, S. Jaishankar, have been...

Putin and the bomb: Lessons from Hiroshima

May 22, 2023

The Japanese city of Hiroshima was atom bombed by the United States and the city represented the first casualties from nuclear warfare with an estimated 1,26,000 people killed by this one bomb. Not coincidentally, G7 leaders have been meeting in this city with a tour of horrific images in the...

Does bullying by US, China and Russia wreck global prospects?

May 8, 2023

Few like bullies in the schoolyard or beyond. However, many may not want to stand up to such disgraceful behaviour in fear of being the next target. In this sense, more than a few are scared of displeasing Washington when it threatens them with sanctions and other vicious punitive measures,...

US-led sanctions worse than protection racket, may endanger India, entire world

April 27, 2023

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US and its allies issued a slew of sanctions in recent years, including an unprecedented 10 rounds of punitive actions in the West’s hope to kneecap its economy and President Putin’s regime so as to get his troops out of Ukraine and even to...

End NATO to save India, world from destruction

April 18, 2023

NATO is the West’s main military alliance. It is often the overly sharp edge to keep or push certain countries into the US line. Despite the West being highly disagreeable to dissension about its efficacy, including most of its main media cheerleaders, NATO is not a “sacred geopolitical cow”. This...

Turkey can borrow from Indian geopolitics model

April 6, 2023

Turkey, a key NATO member, is in the news. Its tensions with its western partners have been substantial. The coming May elections may be crucial as it is not a secret than many in Washington and Brussels would like to see President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, its strong and independent-minded, ousted....

Is UN really addressing interests of India, South?

April 3, 2023

I have spent years promoting the United Nations through NGOs. I was even a chief organizer of a top UN-supported youth conference with official representation from the UN Secretary General. And like many of my staff and those throughout my native country, Canada, we considered for the world the UN...

New ‘colonialism’ that India must resist

March 22, 2023

Tony Blair, ex-UK prime minister, has done it again. As reported by RT news, he is defending openly and publicly the West’s military policies of aggression and regime change to promote its idea of democracy. This is indicative by his recent statement, “At least you could say we were removing...

Soros is a threat to India’s thriving democracy

March 14, 2023

George Soros, 92, is a major New York-based billionaire. He has his own concept of “liberal” democracy he pushes aggressively through his Open Society Foundation controlling tens of billions of dollars. However, there are real growing worries, though, that he is way too influential in deciding election outcomes around the...