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Author Archives: Seema Sengupta

Posted inAfghanistan

Afghan peace talks starting to fall apart

by Seema Sengupta November 11, 2020November 13, 2020

CALCUTTA – The historic Afghan government-Taliban negotiations underway in Doha, Qatar aimed at ending 19 bloody years of war are now in danger of collapsing after nearly just two months of talks. While the Taliban continues to ambush government forces and kill scores of civilians as talks are ongoing, Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) founder and former prime […]

Posted inMaldives

India risks losing its military hold on Maldives

by Seema Sengupta October 3, 2020October 7, 2020
A Hindu devotee carries water from the River Ganges in Kolkata on April 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIndia, Israel, Middle East, South Asia, World

Radical thinking needed if India is to avoid water collapse

by Seema Sengupta July 22, 2017February 18, 2020
Construction of the Kundankulam nuclear power plant in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Photo: International Atomic Energy Agency
Posted inIndia, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

India speeding toward nuclear energy self-sufficiency

by Seema Sengupta July 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi is seen in a closed circuit television capture. Photo: Greater Manchester Police handout via Reuters
Posted inEuropean Union, India, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Europe take note: stopping ISIS needs community-led strategy

by Seema Sengupta June 13, 2017February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi( left) and China's President Xi Jinping are seen at a meeting in Tashkent last year. Photo: AFP/ Michael Klimentyev / Sputnik
Posted inAfghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Bigger Shanghai Cooperation Organization may be game-changer

by Seema Sengupta June 5, 2017February 18, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meseberg, Germany. Photo: Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
Posted inChina, European Union, Germany, India, South Asia, World

Indo-German economic relationship can have real global clout

by Seema Sengupta May 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has pushed through sweeping tax reform that will affect consumers and businesses. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

India’s unique Naga solution offers hope in Kashmir too

by Seema Sengupta May 27, 2017February 18, 2020
Maoist fighters in India. Photo: Flickr
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India stuck for a strategy to combat left-wing extremism

by Seema Sengupta May 4, 2017February 18, 2020
Interns work at a Bangalore start-up, Hacklab. Photo: AFP / Manjunath KIRAN
Posted inChina, India, South Asia, World

The economy is healthy – but India’s not working

by Seema Sengupta April 26, 2017February 18, 2020
A nuclear power plant on the Ganges River near Narora in Uttar Prudesh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Energy interconnectivity key to sustainable growth

by Seema Sengupta April 4, 2017February 18, 2020
A Royal Bengal Tiger rests under a mangrove tree in Sundarbans National Park. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Jayne Stockdale
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia, World

Bangladesh weighs energy needs against environmental anxiety

by Seema Sengupta March 17, 2017February 18, 2020
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard near the village of Bir Fawaz, 20km north of Raqqa on February 8, 2017. Photo: AFP / Delil Souleiman
Posted inIran, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?

by Seema Sengupta February 9, 2017February 18, 2020
A wounded Syrian boy receives treatment at a make-shift hospital after shelling on the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the Syrian capital Damascus, in October. Photo: AFP / Abd Doumany
Posted inAfghanistan, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Rebuilding Syria’s decimated medical infrastructure

by Seema Sengupta January 16, 2017February 18, 2020
An injured Syrian man on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey waits with his child outside a hospital on December 16, 2016. Photo: AFP / Bulent Kilic
Posted inMiddle East, Russia, Syria, World

Blighted: war’s toll on Syria’s health and healthcare

by Seema Sengupta January 12, 2017February 18, 2020
Women, affected by a gas attack, receive treatment inside a makeshift hospital in Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama in 2014. Photo: Reuters / Badi Khlif
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, World

Time to hold chemical war criminals in Syria to account

by Seema Sengupta January 6, 2017February 18, 2020

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