War or peace, truth suffers
UKRAINE has published a list of some 620 academics, journalists, military veterans and politicians who it says are Russian propagandists. Three such worthies in the list are Indian, and they…
Violence and the ‘Other’
THE response in Western-centric countries to the Russia-Ukraine crisis displays duplicity, racism and supremacy. The conflict is also presented as unusual. Since the crisis started, journalists from the US to…
War and peace
UKRAINE’S independence day today will be bereft of any public celebrations in Kyiv because of the elevated risk of Russian attacks on the capital. Precisely six months into Vladimir Putin’s “special military…
Flexing for war
The recent sabre-rattling by Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast a shadow of a potential military showdown between Moscow and Nato. Putin appears to be enraged by Ukraine's demand to…
Capital suggestion: Force multipliers
Gotham is the new force multiplier. Gotham is the battlefield management system that integrates and analyzes vast amounts of data from multiple intelligence streams, including SIGINT (signals intelligence), HUMINT (human…
For the record
This article is a refutation of an article published in these pages (‘State of a failed promise’, August 24). Published on Ukraine's Independence Day, the article is a blatant display…
State of a failed promise
On August 24, which falls today, Kiev marks Ukraine’s Independence Day. Each anniversary is an opportunity to examine what has happened over that period, sum up the achievements, and review…
As Modi tries to disown Nehru
A CURSORY glance at Wikipedia shows that Pakistan has had as close a relationship with Ukraine as India ever had, or possibly better, including vital defence ties. In fact, in…
Poking the bear
TWENTY-FOUR years ago, just months into his first term as Russia’s second post-Soviet president, Vladimir Putin was pictured partying at a dacha in Sochi while his nation coped with the…
Possible solution
THE Russia-Ukraine conflict traces its origins back to the Soviet era when certain districts in eastern and south-eastern Ukraine, most notably Crimea in 1954, were transferred from Russia to Ukraine.…
