NEWZ18
The release of the first combined intelligence assessment of the United States is no small thing, given that there is a new administration under an ebullient President, Donald Trump. Add to that the fact that it comes under the leadership of Tulsi Gabbard, only the second…
When the Trump administration decided that Europe had no place at the table in peace talks with Russia over Ukraine, the continent was left gasping. For decades, Europe had been the junior partner in transatlantic affairs, but never had Washington so bluntly slammed the door in…
“Let’s get out of the Defense mess before it’s too late…Be brave, Jack.” Less than two years before his assassination in November 1963, US President John F. Kennedy (JFK) received this letter from filmmaker Rod Serling, best known as the creator of the popular television series…
Years ago, I dined at an exotically named restaurant, ‘1001 Nights’, in St. Petersburg, Russia. There, I met four young students from southern Indian states, all studying medicine. To earn some pocket money, they worked part-time at the restaurant. Curious, I asked if they liked being…
During the infamous televised confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this month, Donald Trump shouted at the Ukrainian leader saying, “You don’t have any cards.” Trump was right as he also reminded Zelensky that he was losing the war with Russia and wouldn’t survive without US support.Trump…
One would have thought that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi settled this debate long ago. That real power dressing lies in how powerfully your dress transmits who you are and what you stand for—and not in donning a so-called appropriate set of clothes. Or, indeed, a sharp suit.…
US President Donald Trump is on a roll after his re-election, which he believes amounted to a validation of his thinking and policies on the entire gamut of US domestic and foreign affairs. Internally, the Democrats are in disarray after the election loss. With both the…
There were little surprises about what US President Donald Trump told his country and the world in his joint address to the US Congress last week. The ramifications of the over 90-minute speech, considered one of the longest delivered in decades, would be experienced in America…
Two days after US President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on live television, European leaders met in London to present a united front to support him. They agreed on a plan to achieve peace in Ukraine with some security guarantees,…
There has probably never been such a public trimming in the history of diplomacy. The joint presser between the President of the United States and Ukraine President Zelensky has set the internet on fire, with condemnation of both parties, and speculation about the outcome. Zelensky was…