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Author Archives: M.K. Bhadrakumar

Posted inAnalysis

Russia, Turkey come together in Syria to Uncle Sam’s chagrin

by M.K. Bhadrakumar January 2, 2023January 7, 2023

The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year-old Syrian conflict, which former US president and Nobel laureate Barack Obama initiated as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States suffered yet another big setback in West Asia as the year 2022 drew to a close. The unfolding Turkish-Syrian reconciliation […]

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A Germany-China-Russia triangle on Ukraine

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 25, 2022January 3, 2023
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New era of China-Saudi ties riles Iran

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 17, 2022December 22, 2022
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Mongolia unrest looking eerily like a color revolution

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 15, 2022December 21, 2022
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EU cracks a gentle sanctions whip at Iran

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 15, 2022December 20, 2022
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US internationalizes Iran’s unrest

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 9, 2022December 14, 2022
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Multipolarity on the rise in the Kazakh steppes

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 24, 2022November 30, 2022
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US gets a nasty surprise in Ukraine

by M.K. Bhadrakumar October 27, 2022October 31, 2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other after an exchange of agreements during a joint press conference in New Delhi on May 1, 2017.Photo: AFP/Prakash Singh
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Why the US isn’t happy with Turkey or India

by M.K. Bhadrakumar October 3, 2022October 6, 2022
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India can live with a US-Pakistan makeover

by M.K. Bhadrakumar September 29, 2022October 4, 2022
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US-Iran deal dangling in the air 

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 17, 2022August 20, 2022
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China-US decoupling gushes out

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 14, 2022August 20, 2022
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Beyond the Abe eulogies and praise

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 12, 2022July 16, 2022
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Turkey, NATO joined at the hip but of different minds

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 5, 2022July 9, 2022
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India in trapeze act balancing US and Russia

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 4, 2022July 7, 2022
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New hope for Iran nuke deal revival

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 30, 2022July 5, 2022
A US marine looks out as an evening storm gathers above an outpost near Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on February 22, 2011. Picture taken February 22, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
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Obituary for America’s war in Afghanistan

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 16, 2021April 20, 2021
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India should welcome US withdrawal from Afghanistan

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 15, 2021April 19, 2021
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Erdogan snubs UAE, backs Palestinian resistance

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 28, 2020August 28, 2020
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India, China standoff needs a political solution

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 11, 2020June 12, 2020

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