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Rakesh Sood

Rakesh Sood

Articles by Rakesh Sood

‘Political meltdown in Nepal was a long time coming'

Flames rise from Hilton hotel after it was set on fire in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2025. (AP)

Updated on Sep 10, 2025 22:30 IST

India-US ties: Up, close and personal

India was upset at Trump pre-empting the ceasefire announcement on May 10 and claiming credit that it was a “US-brokered ceasefire”. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Aug 13, 2025 14:47 IST

The future trajectory of India’s oldest partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting in Paris. (AFP picture)

Updated on Jul 20, 2023 16:49 IST

Global implications of Erdogan’s historic win

Erdogan’s nimble foreign policy in recent years helped him establish an image as a nationalist.

Updated on Jun 12, 2023 04:23 IST

It’s time to tweak the nuclear policy

The Vajpayee government reached out to key countries to ensure that India was seen as a responsible nuclear power (HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 14, 2023 12:47 IST

A new model of nuclear arms control is needed

During the bipolar era, it was perceived that with the advent of nuclear weapons, wars between major powers would be disincentivised. However, the real problem is that nuclear weapons did not create any incentives for conflict resolution. Putin’s recent speech reflects this reality.

Updated on Feb 28, 2023 14:26 IST

As prospects of arms control wane, the rise of nuclear risks

Growing nuclear rhetoric, together with new nuclear doctrines defining new roles for nuclear weapons, are being explored by the major nuclear powers.

Updated on Mar 8, 2022 14:28 IST

Putin is forcing a third reordering of Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022 (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 8, 2022 15:11 IST

The beginning of a new nuclear arms race?

Statements and actions by the US, Russian, and Chinese leaders indicate growing tensions, with rapidly receding prospects of any arms control (AFP)

Updated on Jan 12, 2022 14:30 IST

AUKUS: How not to win friends

Now that the US has breached the taboo regarding nuclear propulsion, the time has come for India and France to set a new milestone for strengthening their strategic partnership (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 24, 2021 14:20 IST

From 2001 to 2021, the return of the age of strategic rivalry

Twenty years ago, the events of 9/11 changed the world, hurtling it into a new era. A “global war on terror” was launched. That era has ended, and presumably, so has America’s global war on terror. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 12, 2021 14:16 IST

The return of the Islamic Emirate

A member of Taliban forces inspects the area outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 19, 2021 08:14 IST

Theocracy and elections: The Iran way

Representational image. (AP)

Updated on Jun 23, 2021 10:14 IST

In Kabul, be ready for political uncertainty

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (L) and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (R) shake hands after signing the peace agreement between US, Taliban, Doha, 29, 2020 (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Updated on Mar 25, 2021 14:34 IST

Pakistan: Where fact and fiction come together

Into this mix comes a thinly-disguised novel calling out those manipulating democratic politics and hinting at internal differences within the establishment

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 15:06 IST

The challenge ahead for terror-hit France | Opinion

Secularism or

Updated on Oct 31, 2020 16:57 IST

NPT at 50: Celebration or mid-life crisis?

A 2017 file photo of North Korea's Hwasong-10 missile, which reportedly can carry a nuclear warhead. All countries except four (India, Israel and Pakistan that never joined, and North Korea that withdrew in 2003) are parties to the NPT

Updated on Mar 12, 2020 14:05 IST

What the Afghan peace deal means | Opinion

The deal allows Trump to deliver on his promise of bringing the soldiers home

Updated on Mar 1, 2020 12:37 IST

Opinion| Why France is a reliable strategic partner for India

French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 3, 2017

Updated on Jan 20, 2020 24:15 IST

Imran’s paradox: Legal wins, political troubles

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2019

Updated on Dec 25, 2019 12:03 IST

The interplay between China, the United States, and India

Physical, social and physiological lives of human beings and societies are being rapidly digitalised

Updated on Dec 18, 2019 13:18 IST

How Delhi and Paris became friends | Opinion

India and France can look back at the relationship with satisfaction, but there is much greater potential

Updated on Aug 27, 2019 02:02 IST

Alienation of migrants at root of France’s jihadi problem

A woman cries at a memorial for victims killed in the Bastille Day tragedy in Nice. Eighty four were killed when a man drove a truck into crowds watching fireworks in the port town to mark the French National Day.

Updated on Jul 15, 2016 16:50 IST

Paris attacks: Increasing radicalisation of youths in recent years

Dried blood can be seen on the window of the Carillon cafe in Paris, a day after over 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions.

Updated on Nov 15, 2015 04:28 IST

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