Rakesh Sood

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Rakesh Sood is a former diplomat who served as Ambassador to France and is currently Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.

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Nepal Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel

Nepal’s coalition politics, a game of musical chairs

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal completing formalities at the swearing-in ceremony

Nepal politics, past, present, and future

An anti-tank “Moon” missile deployed during the missile crisis of 1962 on display at Morro Cabana complex in Havana

The old but relevant script of the Cuban Missile crisis

‘Developments in space and cyber domains are blurring the line between conventional and nuclear weapons, leading to nuclear entanglement and rendering command and control systems vulnerable’

The NPT is beginning to look shaky

‘The longer the war continues, the greater the risk of an inadvertent escalation’

Ending the Ukraine war in an imperfect world

Celebrations, in front of the Eiffel Tower

Macron’s re-election, a victory with challenges

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba flagging off the inaugural run of cross border passenger train services

Repairing the complex India-Nepal relationship

At the U.N. Security Council

‘Bharat Natyam’ in Indian diplomacy

Putin’s moves that are hardly ‘chess thumping’

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. People gathered to mark the 78th anniversary of the battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad. The Nazi German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg, was broken on Jan. 18, 1943 but finally lifted Jan. 27, 1944. More than 1 million people died mainly from starvation during the 900-day siege. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The mind and the state of Russia’s President

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021.REUTERS/Parwiz

Troubling prospects in Afghanistan

The long shadow of political turmoil in Nepal

The vital but delicate task of reviving the Iran deal

Washington : National Guard troops stand outside the U.S. Capitol before a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the Capitol, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington. AP/PTI(AP01_19_2021_000017B)

A stress test for American democracy