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    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.
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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
    opinion
    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
    opinion
    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)
    india news
    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
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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)
    opinion
    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. 
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 9, 2022 16:05 IST
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