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TS Tirumurti

TS Tirumurti

Articles by TS Tirumurti

How long before India’s permanent UNSC seat?

With the paralysis of UNSC decision-making, there is realisation that reform is the only way to reclaim the UN’s role in world affairs.

Updated on Jul 9, 2026 03:05 IST

The case for India to join Trump’s Board of Peace

A non-representative body like the BoP cannot displace a universally representative organisation like the UN, which is the only body where more than 100 small States have a collective voice. At best, the BoP may eclipse UNSC for a short period on Gaza. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 16, 2026 15:18 IST

After Johannesburg, future of G20 comity

The main concern of the Global South now is undoubtedly that their modest gains will be lost under the US G20 presidency in 2026, which has already pledged to radically reduce the scope of G20, including possibly curtailing crucial developmental issues (AP)

Updated on Nov 30, 2025 14:00 IST

How India can beat the encirclement trap

With China, India has taken steps for an important but symbolic reset at Tianjin. But the tough questions are yet to be answered. (DPR PMO)

Updated on Oct 9, 2025 15:38 IST

An arena for Islamabad to do grandstanding

During its presidency, Pakistan can be expected to do all it can to have an open debate on Jammu and Kashmir (AP)

Updated on Jun 15, 2025 15:50 IST

The politics of UN terror proscriptions

Even as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria — remains on the 1267 Sanctions list, US President Donald Trump warmly shook hands with its former leader, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, now the interim President of Syria (AP)

Updated on May 19, 2025 13:33 IST

After Syria, the road ahead for West Asia

Smoke rises following an explosion amid clashes between Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces and militants in the Jenin camp in the Israel-occupied West Bank on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024 15:04 IST

Delhi must speak up for UN peacekeepers

People walk near UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 17, 2024 15:29 IST

With PM’s Russia visit, Non-Alignment is back

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via REUTERS (via REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 5, 2024 15:37 IST

West’s moral claim over a rules-based order lies in tatters

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian man stands amid the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 3, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement continues. (Photo by AFP)

Updated on May 3, 2024 17:23 IST

Moral ground is lost, but Israel will stick to an old script

A shock wave is visible as an Israeli army self-propelled artillery fires a round from southern Israel toward the Gaza Strip

Updated on Feb 2, 2024 17:43 IST

West needs to wake up to rising religiophobia

Supporters hold pro-independence Khalistan flags during a protest outside India's consulate, a week after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the prospect of New Delhi's involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

Updated on Jan 7, 2024 08:15 IST

As developed nations trail, India a beacon of hope on climate change

The latest statistics are unanimous that no developed country in G20 is on course to meet their 2030 Paris commitments on mitigation (AP Photo)

Updated on Oct 28, 2023 08:07 IST

Punish terror groups, but spare the civilians

Members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest outside the Israeli consular office in Cape Town, South Africa October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Nic Bothma

Updated on Oct 11, 2023 16:30 IST

Climate deception in the name of action

The developed countries have actually increased their consumption of fossil fuels (HT Archive)

Updated on Sep 25, 2023 17:52 IST

To untie G20 knot, India must lead Ukraine talks

India’s independent and principled stand on the Ukraine war showed the world that we need to do whatever it takes to create space for dialogue (ANI)

Updated on Mar 2, 2023 04:29 IST

At COP27, developed nations must deliver

India stands as a beacon of hope by adopting robust, upgraded Nationally Determined Contributions, driving down prices of renewables, launching Mission LiFE and spearheading both the International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 30, 2022 14:01 IST

Reforming the UNSC to tackle a changing world

The present process for reforming the UN is regressive and non-inclusive. It’s time the L.69 Group tables a draft in the upcoming UNGA and starts negotiations in right earnest (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 7, 2022 14:07 IST

Diluting the international fight against terrorism

Before 9/11, the world was divided into ‘your terrorist’ and ‘my terrorist’, which viewed terrorism through a domestic prism. 9/11 changed that. However, we are now drifting back to that era.

Updated on Aug 9, 2022 16:05 IST

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