History is fascinating to those have created or been a part of it and in a hope that future generations would glean from the past and learn relevant lessons. Perhaps …
Sridhar Krishnaswami
Sridhar Krishnaswami
The author is a Columnist at South Asian Herald. He is a senior journalist who has reported from Washington DC on North America and United Nations.
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Opinion: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readNearing its second week, the conflict in the Middle East appears to have only one direction: from bad to worse by the day. The dizzying speed at which the war …
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Opinion: Missiles, Markets and Madness
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readA full week into a conflict where principal policy makers are yet to make up their minds on whether it is a “war” or simply an “operation.” There is no …
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Forget President Donald J Trump for a minute. Even his trusted advisors seemed not to have a clue about the endgame in the ongoing war with Iran and generally a …
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Regime change by any other name is still regime change. Going after Iran’s nuclear program was nothing more than a ruse, it appears. For close to two months now the …
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Opinion: Japan Faces Pressure From China
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThe whole world is watching nervously at the Middle East, where the Trump administration is flexing its muscles over a nuclear deal that should be to the satisfaction of Washington. …
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Opinion: Entering the Fifth Year on a Dangerous Note
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 4 minutes readNothing can be more stupid than playing games with nukes. Even talking about using nuclear weapons, and that too in highly casual ways, is foolhardy, especially in a world that …
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Opinion: The Tariffs Game is Hardly Over
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt was indeed a stunning verdict. Three conservatives in the United States Supreme Court joined three of their liberal colleagues in springing one of the biggest upsets for the Trump …
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Opinion: Getting Ready for War in the Middle East
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt is a conflict that no one really needs at this point in the international system. And some of it has to do with the question of what really it …
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Even before the expiration of the New START Treaty on February 5, there were problems aplenty, starting with the thinking that perhaps the international order was slowly slipping into anarchy, …