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Opinion | Sudan Is Staring At A Second Partition, Thanks To Two Warlords
In a testimony to the UN Security Council last week, the UNICEF chief disclosed that the ongoing conflict has evolved into the world's most severe humanitarian emergency, affecting 30 million individuals, two-thirds of Sudan's population
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Mar 19, 2025 13:33 pm IST
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Opinion | Ukraine Summits In US & London: Putting Paste Back Into Tube
Six weeks into Trump 2.0, the opening overture of the White House's high-adrenaline campaign to reconfigure the eight-decade global as well as domestic architecture has generated more heat than light.
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Mar 03, 2025 12:33 pm IST
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Opinion | Trump's European Snub: A U-Turn On Ukraine, Nixing NATO
As we mark three years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, here's a look at Trump 2.0's Europe shakedown and his move to seek a rapprochement with Russia.
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Feb 24, 2025 12:02 pm IST
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Opinion | 14 Years On, The Arab Spring Morphs Into An Islamic Winter
All that one can safely say at this stage about the impact of the Arab Spring phenomenon is that it has shown a harsh mirror to the various stakeholders and made them aware of the limits of their respective powers.
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Dec 16, 2024 13:49 pm IST
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Opinion | An Endgame In Syria
Deep-rooted structural factors make Syria prone to sudden convulsions, such as the recent emergence of Hai'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, in English Syria Liberation Organisation).
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Dec 07, 2024 15:44 pm IST
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Opinion | Trump 2.0: Doubling Down Or Back To Zero?
As Trump prepares to saunter to the White House yet again, it is worthwhile to quote John Wayne, the famous Hollywood Wild West icon: "A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him."
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Nov 09, 2024 11:11 am IST
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Opinion | Joe Biden: President As A Prisoner Of Wars
To be kind to President Biden's legacy, one can concede that it did not cause any of these three conflicts but allowed his administration to be sucked into them.
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Mahesh Sachdev
- Oct 20, 2024 10:31 am IST
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