Between Russia and Iran all is well that ends well

President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, October 11, 2024 The mystery about the hastily-arranged ‘working meeting’ between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday has only deepened after the event. This was their first-ever meeting. Putin didn’t even have the post-event …

The Arabs are transparently displaying their crossover to multi-alignment in a US-led Middle Eastern war

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince, (R), received Iranian  Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, Riyadh, Oct. 9, 2024 Reuters reported on Friday quoting three sources in the Persian Gulf that the regional states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites as “part of their attempts to avoid being caught in the …

Russia aligns with Iran, war clouds scatter

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tehran, July 19, 2022 Israel has apparently shelved its planned attack on Iran. A combination of circumstances can be attributed to this retreat, which rubbishes Israel’s own high-pitched rhetoric that it was raring to go.   Despite Israel’s brilliant media management, reports …

West Asian crisis prompts Biden to break ice with Putin

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) met Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin (L), Tehran, October 30, 2024 The US president Joe Biden sprang a surprise during a press gaggle with reporters outside the White House on Thursday when he essentially didn’t rule out a potential meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the upcoming summits …

Zelensky’s Victory Plan is his survival kit

President Volodymyr Zelensky presents (L) Hero of Ukraine award to military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov, Kiev, FEB. 9, 2024 Strana, one of the top online newspapers in Ukraine, which is banned in Russia since 2022, reported on Friday that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and the powerful military …

India’s military support to Israel is a hideous mistake

My column in the Deccan Herald newspaper on India’s fractured West Asian policies: Deccan Herald, September 18, 2024  India’s military support to Israel is a hideous mistake  Doesn’t the government realise that this is adding to the growing perception internationally that the current government is ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘anti-Muslim’? M K Bhadrakumar  It came as a …