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Vikram Sood was a career intelligence officer for thirty-one years. He retired in March 2003 after heading the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency. He is currently Adviser at the Observer Research Foundation. He is also the author of ‘The Unending Game - A Former R&AW Chief’s Insights into Espionage’ published by Penguin Random House in 2018.
POLITICS
| 8-minute read
New India's Voice: Narendra Modi has been voted in despite elite derision. We need to understand what lies ahead
We have a ruling party that cares. We also need a responsible Opposition. And we need a passionate, yet unsentimental view of the challenges before us.
VOICES
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Stop the Waffling: The Sri Lanka terror attack was definitively about religion. It was an Islamic attack on Christians. Why fudge the truth?
When Christchurch happened, the liberal reaction was loud and clear, but when Colombo happened, there was a deafening silence. Why are we so hesitant to call one stream of religious thought out?
POLITICS
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They were Mirages. And they were real
India has finally responded with appropriate strength to Pakistan’s misdemeanours. It now must take the following steps too
POLITICS
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Pulwama Attack: In anger and anguish
Terrorist attacks of this nature do not happen overnight. The signs were all there. And there's more to be deciphered.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Rafale: The deal is kosher, politics over it is not. The price we are paying is national security
The political ambitions of a few could potentially derail the Indian defence purchase mechanism for a long time to come. This will delight our nation's adversaries.
POLITICS
| 7-minute read
Warning bells: If US troops exit Kabul, and the Taliban holds sway, Pakistan could unleash 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' against India
We could soon see America leave Afghanistan's brutal war half-finished. The implications of this will be dreadful for ordinary Afghans. This is no good news for India either.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
The rose-tinted glasses we see Kartarpur through
The lead-up to the Pakistan visit by Navjot Sidhu et al has been bizarre. How do we understand this? What could now follow?
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered. But the US doesn't care because its interests lie elsewhere
The murder of one dissident journalist won't upset larger US-Saudi interests because of greater strategic aims, including targeting Iran.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
China's great wall: The mysterious case of the missing Interpol Chief
Meng Hongwei was reportedly detained over corruption. But Beijing is steadily 'vanishing' dissidents and diaspora Chinese from around the world.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read