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Nirupama Subramanian
Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.
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Easter attacks: Bombers had no crime record, Sri Lanka looks at home terror cellSubscriber Only
April 23, 2019 04:36 IST
Sri Lanka bomb blasts: No group has officially claimed responsibility for the attack. But a nationwide alert sent by police on April 11 specified that NJT was preparing to carry out attacks on churches and the Indian High Commission.
Tue, Apr 23, 2019
Explained: The prime suspects behind Sri Lanka bomb blasts on Easter SundaySubscriber Only
April 23, 2019 01:03 IST
What is the background of the group suspected to have carried out the bombings? What jihadist impulses are brewing in Sri Lanka, and in the wider Indian Ocean region? Why were Christians targeted?
Tue, Apr 23, 2019
Easter mass murder: India sent alert, but why Sri Lanka’s guard was downSubscriber Only
April 22, 2019 03:55 IST
The Indian Express has learnt from two sources, one Indian and another Sri Lankan, that earlier this month, India passed on specific intelligence to Sri Lankan authorities that a terrorist attack was imminent there.
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Explained: LoC trade, in perspectiveSubscriber Only
April 22, 2019 00:41 IST
India last week suspended the cross-LoC trade, alleging misuse of the facility by individuals linked to terrorist groups. How and when did this trade start, and what was it intended to achieve for India and Pakistan?
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Vajpayee 2.0: New Kashmir needs a consensus that builds on legacy of former PMSubscriber Only
April 12, 2019 00:05 IST
Since 1947, Kashmir has remained India’s foremost national security challenge, the nature of the challenge changing with the decades.
Fri, Apr 12, 2019
Rukmini Callimachi explains: What the fall of the last ISIS village in Syria meansSubscriber Only
April 01, 2019 00:15 IST
A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and multiple award-winning journalist Rukmini Callimachi and currently foreign correspondent with The New York Times, draws on her experience covering ISIS to explain how far the loss of territory will restrict the group, but stresses that it continues to exist.
Mon, Apr 01, 2019
The land of the lost
March 23, 2019 00:37 IST
A doomed love story that examines a fictional country’s descent into chaos.
Sat, Mar 23, 2019
It hardly matters that Masood Azhar has escaped once againSubscriber Only
March 14, 2019 00:05 IST
A 1267 listing of Masood Azhar would not have changed anything. Pakistan has to change in fundamental ways to stop using terror groups as instruments towards achieving its strategic objectives in India or Afghanistan.
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
Heard huge explosion, soldiers evacuated us: Jaish madrasa student in Balakot told relativeSubscriber Only
March 05, 2019 04:45 IST
This is the first direct account to emerge from Madrasa Taleem-ul-Quran, a prominent Jaish-e-Mohammad seminary in the Balakot area — the target of the February 26 IAF strike — located on top of a ridge called Jabha Top.
Tue, Mar 05, 2019
Explained: Global diplomacy to de-escalate matters between India and PakistanSubscriber Only
March 01, 2019 01:51 IST
Donald Trump claims US helped ease tensions. How have US, others intervened from behind the scenes in the past?
Sun, Mar 03, 2019
Explained: How a Prisoner of War must be treatedSubscriber Only
February 28, 2019 03:26 IST
India has cited the Geneva Conventions while demanding the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan who is in Pak Army custody. What do the Geneva Conventions say about the rights of prisoners of war?
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
Balakot: A 6-acre training camp for 600 terror recruits, run by Masood Azhar’s kinSubscriber Only
February 27, 2019 02:56 IST
The Indian Air Force hit Jabha Top, a forested hilltop where the Jaish-e-Mohammed had its camp.
Wed, Feb 27, 2019
Explained: Why Saudi Arabia matters to IndiaSubscriber Only
February 22, 2019 00:08 IST
India has deep ties with the kingdom, which is the only country apart from China that can put pressure on Pak. But these relations are part of a complex Middle East story in which Iran, Israel and US too, are players
Fri, Feb 22, 2019
Pulwama terror attack: Punishing Pakistan — the options India hasSubscriber Only
February 18, 2019 02:41 IST
Pulwama terror attack: As New Delhi considers coercive diplomacy after the terror attack in Kashmir, a look at the various measures it has tried in the past, and what their impact has been.
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
J&K and the AfPak hyphenSubscriber Only
February 16, 2019 00:00 IST
US-Taliban engagement in Afghanistan has emboldened groups like Jaish and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The jihadist project has also been helped by the political vacuum in the Valley.
Sat, Feb 16, 2019
US-Taliban talks: what’s on table, why it is being greeted with cautionSubscriber Only
January 29, 2019 00:54 IST
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who addressed the nation Monday after being briefed by Khalilzad, cautioned against rushing into a deal.
Tue, Jan 29, 2019
An ex-foreign correspondent on why Tintin’s journeys were more like fun holidaysSubscriber Only
January 20, 2019 06:00 IST
In a sense, Hergé, without leaving his studio in Brussels, was the true foreign correspondent behind Tintin, with his compelling stories about real and made-up places and their rulers such as Raja of Gaipajama.
Sun, Jan 20, 2019
The foreign policy challengeSubscriber Only
January 02, 2019 00:19 IST
Beyond polls at home, India faces the same challenges as before in its relations with the rest of the world. From Pakistan and China to other neighbours and US, five areas at the centre of India’s foreign policy.
Wed, Jan 02, 2019
Kashmir to Middle East, what drives Norwegian efforts to play peacemaker?Subscriber Only
December 10, 2018 02:44 IST
While the visit has fuelled much speculation about the possibility of a new peace effort, that would be unexpected given that several times, New Delhi has turned down — not always politely — offers of “mediation” in the Kashmir issue.
Mon, Dec 10, 2018
Ex-Norway PM: I told separatists must work via peaceful meansSubscriber Only
November 29, 2018 05:06 IST
Bondevik made a surprise visit to the Valley during which he met Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, two of the three leaders of the Joint Resistance Leadership. He also met members of the chamber of commerce and the Bar Association.
Thu, Nov 29, 2018
Kartarpur corridor: How India and Pakistan came on boardSubscriber Only
November 23, 2018 00:46 IST
India approves development of corridor, Pakistan responds that it has already decided to open it. What were the dynamics at play?
Fri, Nov 23, 2018
Churn in the Neighbourhood: In Maldives, storm subsides, ocean calmerSubscriber Only
October 31, 2018 00:08 IST
A new President, Ibrahim Solih, takes over in the Maldives on November 17. India is relieved at the defeat of the pro-China Yameen, but has its fingers crossed over what happens in the Indian Ocean archipelago now.
Wed, Oct 31, 2018
Sudden regime change in Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapakse is back, now as PMSubscriber Only
October 27, 2018 05:19 IST
Wickremesinghe called the move “illegal and unconstitutional” and said he would prove his majority in Parliament.
Sat, Oct 27, 2018
Churn in the Neighbourhood: Sri Lanka | President v PM v ex-PresidentSubscriber Only
October 24, 2018 00:30 IST
As a key vote in Parliament looms, Sirisena and Wickremesinghe continue to pull in different directions. China-leaning Rajapakse and India are both watching — one in anticipation, the other in apprehension.
Wed, Oct 24, 2018
Repatriated by India, seven Rohingya are back home, handed disputed identity cardsSubscriber Only
October 16, 2018 04:56 IST
Kyauktaw is in Mrauk-U district of north Rakhine. Mohammed Maqbool Khan, Mohammed Rohimuddin, and another person called Mohammed Jamal have reached their homes in Foidafara, in Pauktaw village tract.
Tue, Oct 16, 2018Journalism of Courage
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