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Afghan Taliban militants celebrate a ceasefire on the outskirts of Jalalabad on June 16, the second day of Eid. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Trump’s Afghan withdrawal could pave the way for peace

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A convoy of US forces' armored vehicles near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, in early 2018. The United States is preparing to withdraw its troops from Syria, a major move that throws into question America's role in the region. Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump made the right decision to quit Syrian conflict

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

2018年8月15日，卡塔爾國王塔米姆（左）與土耳其總統埃爾多安在安卡拉的總統府舉行正式歡迎儀式後進行會談。相片：AFP / Murat Kula / Anadolu Agency

卡塔爾助中東加速多極化進程

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 20, 2018February 18, 2020

土耳其總統埃爾多安於2016年4月抵達美國的Diyanet伊斯蘭文化中心。相片：AFP / Olivier Douliery

Uncategorized

美土盟友關係瀕臨絕境

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L) and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting after an official welcoming ceremony at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey, on August 15, 2018. Photo: AFP/Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency

China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Riding on Qatari wings, multipolarity arrives in the Middle East

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 16, 2018February 18, 2020

الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان

الصورة: ا ف ب

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

US-Turkish alliance reaches the point of no return

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 15, 2018February 18, 2020

阿富汗與烏茲別克斯坦之間的關係最近一直在升溫。阿富汗總統加尼於2018年7月15日在喀布爾的總統府發表講話。相片：Anadolu Agency / Haroon Sabawoon

Afghanistan, South Asia

塔利班與塔什干的會議破釜沈舟

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) and President Hassan Rouhani at a meeting with foreign embassies and diplomatic mission representatives of Iran. Photo: Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

Trump scores an own-goal in the game against Iran

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Relations between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have been warming up recently. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the presidential palace in Kabul on July 15, 2018. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Haroon Sabawoon

Afghanistan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Taliban crosses the Rubicon with Tashkent meeting

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

今年7月27日，亞美尼亞總理尼帕希尼揚（圖左）與俄羅斯總理梅德韋傑夫（Dmitry Medvedev ）握手。相片：AFP / Alexander Astafyev / Sputnik

高加索山脈的顏色革命使俄國領袖慌張

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on July 27. Photo: AFP/ Alexander Astafyev / Sputnik

France, Germany, Middle East, Russia, World

Color Revolution in the Caucasus rattles Russian leaders

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

2018年7月25日，伊姆蘭汗在伊斯蘭堡票站投票後向媒體發表講話。相片： AFP / Aamir Qureshi

China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

伊姆蘭汗崛起印度喜憂參半

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds hands with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin after a summit on Syria on April 4. Photo: AFP / Adem Altan

AT Finance, China, Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Singapore, Syria, Turkey, World

The Bleak House of the US-Turkey alliance

by M.K. Bhadrakumar August 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

Hopes and forebodings in India over the rise of Imran Khan

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Regional states muscle in to seek a bigger ‘say’ in Afghan conflict

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 19, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 19, 2013 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller testifies before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been indicted by a grand jury for hacking Democratic Party emails ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced July 13, 2018. The indictment was drawn up by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who is looking into Russian interference in the November 2016 vote. Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017 as special counsel to lead the investigation into links between President Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia.
/ AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB

Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Trump-Putin summit hits last-minute turbulence

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Army soldier from NATO and an Afghan policeman are seen at a checkpoint during a patrol against Islamic State militants at the Deh Bala district in eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. Photo: AFP/ Wakil Kohsar

China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

NATO wary about summit with Trump days before he meets Putin

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 9, 2018February 18, 2020

People hold placards during a 'Familes Belong Together' march and rally in Los Angeles, California, on June 30, 2018. Thousands of demonstrators marched across the US on Saturday to protest against the separation of families under President Donald Trump's hardline agenda. Photo: AFP/Frederic J. Brown

Australia, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, Syria, World

Trump and the meltdown of the European project

by M.K. Bhadrakumar July 1, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

AT Finance, China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, World

Trump riding high and set to meet Putin in Helsinki

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A general view of Pyongyang showing the Juche tower and city skyline on June 11. Photo: AFP/ Ed Jones

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump holds the clock on North Korea while Putin plans his moves

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Wuhan

The Maldives is Modi’s Achilles heel

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 17, 2018February 18, 2020

5530296 14.06.2018 June 14, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong-nam, left, during a meeting. Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russia inserts itself into North Korea game

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump after the Singapore Summit in Singapore. Photo: AFP/Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information/EyePress

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

The Art of the Deal worked on Sentosa Island

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July 2017. Photo: Carlos Barria/ Reuters

AT Finance, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, Syria, United Kingdom, World

A hat trick for Trump’s presidential legacy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 10, 2018

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrives at Qingdao Airport in China's Shandong province on June 8 for the SCO summit this weekend. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Shanghai summit: Is it really a suitcase without a handle?

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Vitaly Naumkin, head of the Centre for Arab Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies, is pictured in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2007. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Top Russian pundit calls for Palestine talks in Moscow

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang on June 1, 2018. Photo: AFP via KCNA and KNS

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, World

Russia pushes back at US on North Korea

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Bobylev/TASS

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Russia censures Iran, expects Israel to help restore ties with US

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and FIFA President Gianni Infantino visit the Fisht Stadium, which will host matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Sochi. Photo: Reuters/Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin

Afghanistan, European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Russia’s World Cup blues are only to be expected

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a meeting with Russian and French businessmen during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Dmitry Lovetsky

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Western leaders back in Russia as tensions appear to ease

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 28, 2018February 18, 2020