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OSCE only security organisation in which everyone important to European security architecture sits at one table. It should be made use of

After services chiefs said no to India joining Enduring Freedom, Atal Bihari Vajpayee said ‘isko thoda sochna padega’, writes Admiral Sushil Kumar who was Navy chief then.

For three years in the early 1990s, Washington encouraged Kyiv to abandon its nuclear arsenal. In December 1994, having finally gotten the upper hand, the United States provided Ukraine with vague promises of assistance should the young country face military aggression.

The media’s current appreciation for the 41st President stands in sharp contrast to how they covered his presidential campaigns and his administration. When George H. W. Bush was still in the arena, liberal reporters were among his most vociferous critics, who deplored his campaign tactics, accused him of exacerbating racial tensions, and bashed him for failing to adopt liberal policy positions.

Next year presents an opportunity for US leadership in providing Ukraine the means to win and set a clear path for Ukraine’s NATO membership.

America‘s Russia policy since the end of the Cold War has assumed too much ability to radically transform Russian politics, economy, and society.  . 

Former president of Finland and veteran diplomat Martti Ahtisaari mediated many conflicts in a long career.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"

India was no lamb and was often the contrarian voice

Containment didn’t win the Cold War—and it won’t defeat China.