The Infamous Farm Laws: Waterloo For Modi?
The public discourse on the farm laws, even in government-friendly print & television channels, has demonstrated the inability of the laws’ defenders to advance arguments that convince the alert citizen.
K. P. Fabian retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 2000, when he was ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. His book Commonsense on War on Iraq was published in 2003.
The public discourse on the farm laws, even in government-friendly print & television channels, has demonstrated the inability of the laws’ defenders to advance arguments that convince the alert citizen.
COP 26, the climate change conference in Glasgow, gave out a lot of hot air. The leaders could have done more to save the planet.
It is evident that the P-5 will not let go their stranglehold on the organisation & the U.N. is unlikely to become the Parliament of Man.
State terrorism has not been effective in reducing, let alone eliminating, terrorism.
The crisis in Afghanistan teaches us that the law of unintended consequences, inevitably, applies to history.
By using the bomb, Truman made a huge error; he inaugurated the Atomic Era & the Cold War.
President Saied’s act of ‘freezing’ the Parliament and taking over all powers of the state has stunned the world. But it was not totally unexpected.
Why is the Biden-Putin Summit significant? What does it say about the nature of global politics?
Biden’s erroneous approach in dealing with Iran is leading to a China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan & Afghanistan axis.
Is it possible to realise the ‘two–state solution’?
A key question unaddressed by most pundits is this: why did the crisis erupt now & who is the prime beneficiary thereof?
The state elections amidst the pandemic are a reflection of the grim reality we are living through.
If the JCPOA is not revived, an Iran-China-Russia axis may emerge, much to Washington’s disadvantage.
Will the end of Qatar’s blockade foster cooperation among the GCC members?
There is nothing wrong in starting on a moral note; Biden will be demonstrating that America is a benign hegemon.