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Syed Akbaruddin

Syed Akbaruddin

Articles by Syed Akbaruddin

Iran war underlines India's need for a Gulf doctrine: Arrive earlier, act faster

The US-Iran confrontation has quietened for now, the threat to Strait of Hormuz has eased.

Updated on Jun 22, 2026 24:53 IST

Operation Sindoor & the doctrine of consequence

The conceptual core of Sindoor was simple. Not revenge, but consequence. Revenge is emotional; consequence is colder. (PTI)

Updated on May 5, 2026 15:22 IST

Information war in West Asia and lessons for India

In the online world, audiences do not gather around one official message. They gather around language that feels native to their mood. (AFP)

Updated on Apr 22, 2026 15:19 IST

What UNGA can do in a turbulent world order

The UN’s successes are small in comparison to the mammoth challenges we confront. In an imperfect world, however, that is all we can manage.

Updated on Sep 25, 2022 15:08 IST

UNSC is not fulfilling its primary mandate

It is not in the interest of the five permanent members to neuter the Security Council completely. They can work out other uses for it. They could prefer it to be an option to address issues where their primary interests are not at stake (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 20, 2022 12:27 IST

Syed Akbaruddin calls UNSC meeting over Ukraine a ‘sacred drama’

Ukrainian tanks move on a road before an attack in Lugansk region. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 26, 2022 23:01 IST

UNSC fiddles while Kyiv burns

Russian missiles attack an apartment building in Ukraine.

Updated on Feb 26, 2022 13:05 IST

By invitation: Syed Akbaruddin says poverty of results shows the flaws in UNSC design

Slovak customs officers help people to cross the border as they arrive from Ukraine to Slovakia, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia. (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 25, 2022 18:20 IST

UNSC: Forum of little diplomacy and more grandstanding

Ukrainian soldiers take positions against invading Russians on a bridge in Kyviv

Updated on Feb 25, 2022 14:53 IST

Revival of nuclear concert diplomacy

Every effort to deter a nuclear catastrophe should be pursued vigorously. But the sole globally accepted platform for negotiating nuclear issues should be the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva (Reuters)

Updated on Jan 17, 2022 15:30 IST

Omicron: A failure of global governance

Although its origins are unclear, scientists have often warned that new variants are likely if large parts of the globe are unvaccinated, leaving reservoirs from which potentially vaccine-resistant mutations emerge (PTI)

Updated on Dec 2, 2021 15:00 IST

Climate action will affect trade, investment, security

New thinking, new institutions, new actions and new messaging will be required to address the new situations that will inevitably arise. New India needs to be ready for all this (AFP)

Updated on Nov 26, 2021 13:50 IST

When foreign policy comes home

If foreign policy is no longer foreign, in the terms we considered it in the past, do the structures and systems that have been in vogue for long not need to be tuned to new realities? (AFP)

Updated on Oct 20, 2021 10:15 IST

Beyond Quad, the quest for multi-alignment

First Quad Leaders’ Virtual Summit in New Delhi on March 12, 2021. (File photo)

Updated on Sep 20, 2021 12:30 IST

UNSC: Reading India’s global signals right

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at UNSC debate on 'Enhancing Maritime Security: A Case For International Cooperation', in New Delhi. (ANI)

Updated on Aug 13, 2021 11:09 IST

Expanding India’s foreign policy canvas

Representational image. (Bloomberg)

Updated on Jul 22, 2021 15:11 IST

UNSG Antonio Guterres is set for a second term. This time, it will be different

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 17, 2021 06:23 IST

A new chapter for the TRIPS waiver proposal

The idea of TRIPS waiver proposal was that it would allow countries to ramp up the production of medical products, including vaccines, therapeutics and equipment required to treat Covid-19. (File photo)

Updated on May 10, 2021 13:02 IST

In Afghanistan, India must embrace the role of peacemaker

Successful peacemaking requires substantive engagement. India will have to reconcile to the new realities of such responsibilities (Shutterstock)

Updated on Apr 1, 2021 14:21 IST

The evolution of India’s Twitter diplomacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vast appeal across so many social media platforms are tools that give unparalleled traction to India’s diplomatic outreach (PTI)

Updated on Feb 27, 2021 24:55 IST

Is ‘Global Britain’ inimical to India?

A new report by Chatham House describes India as UK’s ‘rival’ or ‘at best, an awkward counterpart’ on par with Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It also weighs in against the idea of expanding G7 to include India (Getty Images)

Updated on Jan 20, 2021 15:40 IST

Indian diplomacy’s climate test, writes Syed Akbaruddin

The world cannot solve the climate crisis without India’s active participation. We will need to seek an equitable outcome based on climate justice that also provides for financing and space for our transition

Updated on Dec 16, 2020 15:58 IST

For multilateralism, a change in climate, writes Syed Akbaruddin

Throughout his campaign, Biden said that he will bring the US back into the Paris Agreement and reverse the intention of moving the US out of WHO. Global public goods in environment and health will be a key focus

Updated on Nov 16, 2020 15:07 IST

At the UN, the quest for new multilateralism

From an Indian perspective, this comes when Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, is displaying more of an internationalist orientation than our leaders have exhibited since the end of the Cold War.

Updated on Sep 21, 2020 24:46 IST

UNSC: A diplomatic ‘two-front’ war

In a fast-evolving multipolar order, bilateral differences among the poles are best addressed appropriately

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 14:11 IST

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