Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.

March 10, 2022 01:55 IST
The CSC, which was formed in 2011 as a trilateral maritime security grouping of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, is expanding. It welcomed Mauritius as a fourth member at Wednesday’s meeting.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022
March 09, 2022 10:20 IST
Crude oil prices, which touched $128 a barrel for Brent on Tuesday, are expected to soar after US President Joe Biden announced a ban on all crude oil and natural gas imports from Russia into the US.
Wed, Mar 09, 2022
March 08, 2022 12:24 IST
Russian troops are pushing through to Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv. According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian troops are encircling Kyiv from the north, west and east, in apparent preparation for an assault on the capital.
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
March 08, 2022 03:40 IST
Beijing was not looking at the current conflict between Russia and the US in military terms, rather it was assessing Western capacity to wage a financial war and how to firewall its own economy if that same weapon was wielded against it, Gokhale said.
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
March 07, 2022 23:43 IST
Vijay Gokhale, former Foreign Secretary and India’s Ambassador to China, speaks to Nirupama Subramanian, National Editor, Strategic Affairs
Tue, Mar 08, 2022
March 03, 2022 15:59 IST
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu said the US Secretary of State had been “in the frontline” of a “pitched battle” to get India on the same page as the US on the Ukraine issue.
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
March 02, 2022 15:37 IST
After independence, Ukraine gave up the nuclear weapons that the USSR had placed on its soil. In return, Russia, UK and US guaranteed its security. Russia has now threatened Ukraine with a nuclear attack.
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
February 26, 2022 12:13 IST
With the abstention, India has managed to hold its balancing act for another day, despite the considerable pressures from the West to get off the fence, and an open call from the Russian envoy in Delhi for its support.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
February 25, 2022 03:59 IST
Key Russian leader: India is a great democratic state with a long democratic tradition. It is an independent state. Of course, we would like to have India, as we had in our past, as our strategic partner and friend, partner of the state, and a friend of our people.
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
February 24, 2022 18:34 IST
Alexey Kupriyanov, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, spoke to Nirupama Subramanian
Sat, Dec 31, 2022
February 23, 2022 21:09 IST
Imran Khan is visiting Russia on the Kremlin's invitation, and Pakistani officials have said the visit was scheduled well ahead of current developments. In an interview to Russia's state-controlled RT channel on Tuesday, Imran said the visit would focus on Pakistan's relations with Russia.
Thu, Feb 24, 2022
February 23, 2022 03:56 IST
Russia has formally recognised the Luhansk and Donetsk ‘People’s Republics’ in Ukraine’s Donbass. A look at the history of the troubled region, its connections with Russia, and what the recognition signals to the West.
Wed, Feb 23, 2022
February 17, 2022 09:43 IST
In recent years, bilateral relations between India and the UAE have strengthened in all areas, and both sides have embarked upon a comprehensive strategic partnership, the MEA said.
Fri, Feb 18, 2022
February 17, 2022 03:01 IST
Russia has announced withdrawal of some troops from the Ukraine border, but US concerns remain around the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. A look at the economics and the geopolitics involved.
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
February 16, 2022 02:34 IST
With this, India and Pakistan appear to have resolved a key difference that was holding up Delhi's commitment to sending 50,000 tons of wheat as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
Wed, Feb 16, 2022
February 12, 2022 17:00 IST
Peiris said the fishermen's issue – Indian fishermen trespassing in Sri Lankan waters and getting arrested – was now a “serious” flashpoint in ties with India.
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
February 09, 2022 23:38 IST
Peiris, who assumed office in August 2021, said relations between India and Sri Lanka had reached a “high point”. India's concerns about China, which he said had no “rational basis”, had been “consigned to the past”.
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
February 09, 2022 00:41 IST
Xi Jinping is seemingly with Vladimir Putin against the US, but the relationship between the countries is complex; their interests do not always converge. The situation in Ukraine is fluid, and all parties are hedging their bets.
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
February 03, 2022 04:30 IST
Diplomatic relations between the two countries have just completed 30 years. A look at how the relationship has evolved, with India of late walking a tightrope between its ties with Israel and Palestine.
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
February 03, 2022 03:25 IST
'Pakistan wants to be at peace with India. But the sad reality is that India is now in a situation where the prevailing ideology of the Indian government, if I may say so, has blocked all avenues, because the conversation with us is not rational.'
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
February 01, 2022 20:51 IST
Masood Khan was nominated by the Pakistan government to the prestigious post of ambassador to the United States in November last year, but is still awaiting word from the Biden Administration to take up his new role. Who is he?
Wed, Feb 02, 2022
February 01, 2022 04:00 IST
The "India Out" protests, which began two years ago, have increased in pitch since the release from house arrest of Opposition leader and former pro-China president Abdulla Yameen late last year.
Tue, Feb 01, 2022
January 30, 2022 03:12 IST
As Pakistan’s first woman SC judge, Ayesha Malik is many things to many people — a milestone in its patriarchal society; a tough judge who gave a landmark rape ruling; even an example of gaps in judicial appointments. She herself sees her role as “a voice that nudges, to improve, to include”
Sun, Jan 30, 2022
January 24, 2022 03:39 IST
🔴 Milinda Moragoda spoke about his country's economic crisis, relations with India and big power rivalry in the Indian Ocean.
Mon, Jan 24, 2022
January 22, 2022 02:54 IST
🔴 Among those who arrived in the last two weeks were four persons with shrapnel wounds. They took admission in a private hospital in Aizawl, where one succumbed to his injuries.
Sat, Jan 22, 2022

