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Bobby Ghosh

Bobby Ghosh

Bobby Ghosh was editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times. He has spent over two decades covering international affairs, including long stints as correspondent and editor in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the US. He tweets as @ghoshworld

Articles by Bobby Ghosh

The Unified Theory of Trump: Why America has been resistant to reality checks

US President Donald Trump answers a question during a press conference. A new book argues America was ‘created by people resistant to reality checks and convinced they had special access to the truth, a place founded to enact grand fantasies.’

Updated on Aug 29, 2017 06:53 IST

China’s video games on Doklam show why Beijing finds it hard to exert soft power

The Chinese government struggles to exert any kind of soft power in the world, and especially in Asia. This is not because of its authoritarian nature...Nor is it because the Delhi demonises Beijing (File Photo)

Updated on Aug 23, 2017 01:58 IST

What India risks if it gets on board Trump’s Afghanistan project | Opinion

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on Americas military involvement in Afghanistan at the Fort Myer military base on August 21, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia.

Updated on Aug 22, 2017 15:29 IST

Time to rescind Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize | Opinion

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Updated on Oct 13, 2017 05:50 IST

The Hurriyat never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity in Kashmir

All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, stands with supporters during a protest in Srinagar.

Updated on May 16, 2017 13:26 IST

A speech in Lal Chowk or a ‘Mann ki Baat’, what Modi can do to heal Kashmir

An Indian paramilitary trooper holds a pellet gun in Kashmir in July 2016.

Updated on Jun 1, 2017 03:40 IST

Saudi Arabia on UN commission protecting women — now that’s a cruel joke

Putting Saudi Arabia on a women’s commission will diminish the already slim chances that Saudi women will equal rights anytime soon.

Updated on May 4, 2017 01:55 IST

Erdogan comes to India a winner and loser

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a news conference in Istanbul, April 16. Erdogan is no longer the colossus he once was on the West Asian stage. Turkey’s pretensions of having a major role in the affairs of Arab states have been embarrassingly exposed by its inability to exert much influence on the Arab state on its border.

Updated on May 28, 2017 05:16 IST

Syria gas attack: Those who use sarin can’t escape justice | Opinion

A Syrian doctor treats a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war.

Updated on May 7, 2017 03:17 IST

Why Arabs are not protesting against Modi’s proposed Israel visit | Opinion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, New York, September 28, 2014

Updated on Mar 29, 2017 04:39 IST

How Pakistan’s Abdul Basit could be Modi’s ambassador to Islamabad | Opinion

Abdul Basit, Pakistan's high commissioner to India, during Pakistan's independence day celebrations in New Delhi, August 14, 2016. Basit’s spell in Delhi has coincided neatly with that of the Modi administration, so he has watched the Indian Prime Minister more closely than any other Pakistani official.

Updated on Mar 21, 2017 12:09 IST

Assembly election results are a bigger feather in Modi’s cap than the 2014 victory

The BJP victory in Uttar Pradesh may be a greater achievement for Narendra Modi than his 2014 Lok Sabha triumph

Updated on Mar 15, 2017 07:52 IST

Elections 2017: Whoever wins UP should demolish it | Opinion

Voters at a polling station in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, February 27

Updated on Mar 7, 2017 14:26 IST

Voters liking one leader, voting for another party seems to be a pattern in UP

Women queue up at a polling booth in Amethi during the fifth phase of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, February 27

Updated on Mar 1, 2017 02:19 IST

Trump’s first crisis abroad: He can tell Putin that Russia’s expansion must stop

With his biggest American fan safely ensconced in the White House, Putin seems to have decided to return to his plans to expand Russia’s territorial outlines in the west, while pushing the envelope with his foes in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Updated on Feb 15, 2017 04:09 IST

US politicians who have remained mum in the face of Trump’s attack are cowards

Protesters demonstrate against US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration outside the US Supreme Court January 30, 2017, Washington

Updated on Jan 31, 2017 13:27 IST

Even in the worst of times, China is no substitute for the US on global stage

China's President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2017

Updated on Jan 25, 2017 03:17 IST

Barack Obama’s misses, and their consequences, will be with us for a long time

Obama is lucky to have followed one of the most incompetent of all American Presidents, and to be followed by the most incomprehensible of them. This will colour, in mostly rosy hues, our view of his presidency for years to come. If Trump’s turn at the wheel is as disastrous as his critics fear, it may be decades before the Obama years receive unaffected examination.

Updated on Jan 11, 2017 08:25 IST

By feuding with intelligence agencies, Trump is putting the world in harm’s way

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 9, 2016 shows US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a "get-out-the-vote" rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. President-elect Donald Trump said he will announce his choice to fill the prized post of secretary of state on December 13, 2016, ending weeks-long speculation over the globally important vacancy. "I will be making my announcement on the next Secretary of State tomorrow morning," Trump said December 12, using his favored medium, Twitter. / AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT

Updated on Dec 14, 2016 08:15 IST

The simplicity of referendums is exactly what is wrong with them

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome on December 5.

Updated on Dec 6, 2016 17:06 IST

Fidel Castro may be India’s hero but he was Cuba’s villain

Left Front chairman Biman Bose, CPI(M) state secretary Surya Kanta Mishra and other Left party leaders during a rally to pay respect to Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Kolkata, November 26, 2016.

Updated on Nov 29, 2016 13:36 IST

On Trump, Obama would do well to emulate the silence of some ex-presidents

The President-elect has an exceptionally thin skin: even when he should have been enjoying his victory over Hillary Clinton, he made time to Tweet his dissatisfaction with the coverage he was receiving from the New York Times

Updated on Nov 23, 2016 01:44 IST

Clinton’s defeat weakens Merkel, Trump’s victory strengthens Le Pen

Supporters paste a poster of Marine Le Pen, France's National Front leader, on a wall. (File Photo)

Updated on Nov 15, 2016 18:13 IST

Let’s not kid ourselves, with Trump, what we have seen is what we will get

Donald Trump flanked by members of his family speaks to supporters during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 9, 2016.

Updated on Nov 10, 2016 13:34 IST

Donald Trump: If he’s bad for the US, he’s bad for us

Trump is bad for India because he is bad for his own country, and the wellbeing of the US is now closely connected to our own.

Updated on Nov 9, 2016 13:54 IST

Trump or Clinton: Poor choices for America in this presidential election

Masks depicting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Hollywood Toys & Costumes in Los Angeles, California

Updated on Nov 2, 2016 09:09 IST

On Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi must tell Beijing to mind its own business

Arunachal Pradesh is ripe for tourism, especially of the environmental kind favoured by many Westerners and a growing number of Indian

Updated on Oct 25, 2016 20:19 IST

Baghdad must ensure Mosul is not given over to vengeful Shia death-squads

A convoy of Iraqi security forces advances on the outskirts of Mosul, to fight against Islamic State militants, in Kirkuk, Iraq, October 12, 2016

Updated on Oct 19, 2016 02:10 IST

Yemen brings shame to all

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Updated on Oct 12, 2016 05:08 IST

The war in Yemen will intensify, bringing shame upon all the protagonists

Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebels chant slogans during a gathering aimed at mobilising more fighters into battlefronts in several Yemeni cities, Sanaa, October 2

Updated on Oct 12, 2016 01:25 IST

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