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Kanwal Sibal

- Opinion
- November 14, 2023, 12:12 PM IST
Opinion | India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, China and the West Asian Crisis
That both the Secretary of State and the Defence Secretary did not postpone the meeting despite their preoccupation with the dangerous situation developing in West Asia shows the importance the US attaches to maintaining the momentum of growing ties with India
- Opinion
- November 6, 2023, 11:01 AM IST
Opinion | India Maintaining a Fine Balance in West Asia
While supporting Israel in the face of the terrible terrorist attacks it has suffered, including the taking of hostages, India has also reiterated its support for a sovereign, independent and viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel
- Opinion
- October 25, 2023, 3:12 PM IST
Opinion | Why West Lecturing India on Canadian Diplomats Smacks of Hypocrisy
The position taken by Canada’s Foreign Minister that India’s ‘unilateral revocation of the diplomatic privilege and immunity is contrary to international law’ is a dishonest one. So has been the stand of the US and the UK on the issue
- Opinion
- October 13, 2023, 3:27 PM IST
Opinion | How Situation in West Asia Has Entered a Dangerous, Unpredictable Phase
India has issued a statement reiterating its established position on Palestine, namely, supporting the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state existing alongside Israel, besides indirectly cautioning Israel to observe international humanitarian law
- Opinion
- September 23, 2023, 4:30 PM IST
Opinion | Why Trudeau is Willing to Jeopardise India-Canada Ties for the Sake of a Known Criminal
Trudeau’s concern is about the killing of a person against whom a Red Corner Notice had been issued by Interpol. Why was the Red Corner Notice ignored and Nijjar not arrested and extradited to India?
- Opinion
- September 8, 2023, 1:48 PM IST
Opinion | G20 Summit: Xi Jinping’s Absence Not a Snub to India, It’s Defensive in Nature
In BRICS and the SCO China feels secure in its position. Not so in the G20 because President Xi Jinping has lost his standing amongst many key members
- Opinion
- August 21, 2023, 10:06 AM IST
Opinion | What Model Should the Expansion of BRICS Follow?
India seeks an agreement on principles and objective criteria that would form the basis for decisions for expansion
- Opinion
- August 5, 2023, 9:12 AM IST
Opinion | India-China Relations and the Problem of Unprincipled Pragmatists
With 50,000 troops on each side confronting one another in the Himalayas, with China deploying advanced missiles, and India too positioning its assets, any talk of the two nations not posing a threat to each other is empty rhetoric.
- Opinion
- July 21, 2023, 3:07 PM IST
Opinion | PM Modi’s Paris Visit: Sky is the Limit in Indo-French Relations
The canvas covered during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit was vast. India and France can each gain substantially from expanding ties in a host of identified domains
- Opinion
- July 12, 2023, 1:29 PM IST
Opinion | SCO Summit: Differing Agendas, Conflicting Interests
The joint statement, which is based on consensus, does not reflect many vital aspects of the specific agendas of individual member states
- Opinion
- June 24, 2023, 4:31 PM IST
Opinion | PM Modi in US: Altogether a Successful Visit in Substance and Public Relations
Even if all this is choreographed and intended to serve a political purpose, it was not obligatory for the US to give this honour to the Prime Minister. Both sides had political aims and those have been well served
- Opinion
- June 14, 2023, 12:30 PM IST
Opinion | Despite Major Differences, India-US Partnership on Steady Trajectory
An increased understanding now exists that India needs the US as a partner for its rise and the US sees the need to keep a rising India on its side in the years ahead
- Opinion
- May 25, 2023, 3:56 PM IST
Opinion | Hiroshima G7 Summit: Rhetoric and Reality
G7, however powerful it still is in the global system, is no longer in the same dominant position as before, recognised years ago with the decision to form the G20 where other major world economies are also represented
- Opinion
- May 15, 2023, 12:24 PM IST
Opinion | Already Facing Economic Distress, Pakistan Lands in Fresh Turmoil as Imran Khan Takes on Army
It is almost inconceivable that a person who has so openly defied the Pakistan Army will be allowed to come to power, as he will put at risk the many fiefs the Army holds within the country’s system
- Opinion
- May 2, 2023, 2:36 PM IST
Opinion | SCO Is Important for India’s Geostrategic Needs and Realities
To argue that India’s real diplomatic focus is on the QUAD, the engagement with the US and the G20, and that these are far more useful exercises than SCO meetings is to lose sight of the fact that India as an Asian country cannot opt out of an Asian/Eurasian organisation

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Kanwal Sibal

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Opinion | India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, China and the West Asian Crisis

Opinion | India Maintaining a Fine Balance in West Asia

Opinion | Why West Lecturing India on Canadian Diplomats Smacks of Hypocrisy

Opinion | How Situation in West Asia Has Entered a Dangerous, Unpredictable Phase

Opinion | Why Trudeau is Willing to Jeopardise India-Canada Ties for the Sake of a Known Criminal

Opinion | G20 Summit: Xi Jinping’s Absence Not a Snub to India, It’s Defensive in Nature

Opinion | What Model Should the Expansion of BRICS Follow?

Opinion | India-China Relations and the Problem of Unprincipled Pragmatists

Opinion | PM Modi’s Paris Visit: Sky is the Limit in Indo-French Relations

Opinion | SCO Summit: Differing Agendas, Conflicting Interests

Opinion | PM Modi in US: Altogether a Successful Visit in Substance and Public Relations

Opinion | Despite Major Differences, India-US Partnership on Steady Trajectory

Opinion | Hiroshima G7 Summit: Rhetoric and Reality

Opinion | Already Facing Economic Distress, Pakistan Lands in Fresh Turmoil as Imran Khan Takes on Army

Opinion | SCO Is Important for India’s Geostrategic Needs and Realities

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