Trump is back at his game as an Iran peace deal eludes himDonald Trump was enraged. Here he was working tirelessly to make America great again and prevent Iran from making a nuclear bomb. And there all these judges and other busybodies were putting spokes in the wheel.Yet amid tortuous peace talks with Iran, POTUS…
NEW DELHI: As efforts intensify to stabilise a shaky ceasefire between Iran and the United States, a new dimension has come into focus: China’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy. While Pakistan has positioned itself as the venue for talks, officials and analysts suggest Beijing’s role may ultimately prove decisive in determining whether the current truce evolves into a…
When the Don blinks, it’s only to wink at the system to get his way time and againPOTUS was adamant that he wasn’t sleeping on the job like his predecessor “Sleepy Joe” when he appeared to nod off during a Cabinet meeting in December. He had only closed his eyes because “it got pretty boring,…
Photo credit: X/@SusieWiles05 Did the “Ice Maiden,” as Donald Trump calls his no-nonsense chief of staff Susie Wiles, who has quietly run the White House with a relatively steady hand unlike his chaotic first term, have a meltdown or was it a hit job?Washington was abuzz Tuesday with a bombshell Vanity Fair interview with the…
Donald Trump has always been a showman before he is a statesman — a man who understands that in the attention economy, outrage is power. Now, in his second term, he has found a new stage: artificial intelligence.According to a report in The New York Times, Trump has shared dozens of AI-generated images and videos…
United States President Donald Trump (File Image) Photo : AP United States President Donald Trump will arrive in Britain on Tuesday for his unprecedented second state visit. This is the first time any world leader received the honor of a second state visit, and the first time the invitation was delivered in a personal letter…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China. AP/PTI Photo : PTI United States President Donald Trump’s blunt-force approach to diplomacy appears to be backfiring, potentially pushing traditional…
Just a year ago, it would perhaps have taken a big leap of faith for PM Narendra Modi to travel to China. The two countries’ relationship was still on ventilator. The border was relatively quiet, but disengagement of troops at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh was still incomplete.Now, as Modi gets ready to…
When Dmitry Grozoubinski started writing ‘Why Politicians Lie About Trade’, Joe Biden was in the White House. “I did not see the present developments coming,” he laughs. “It’s been great for my book sales, but not so great for the world.” The former Australian trade negotiator and diplomat who has trained officials from several countries,…