A reset of the terms of the US engagement in NATO seems imminent. What is uncertain is if this leads to a cosiness between US and Russia, a move that could have a fallout on Sino-Russian relations
SWAPAN DASGUPTAEurope is being redrawn when it is not even at the table. Donald Rumsfeld once said that the alliance had a habit of being 'saved' once a decade by a new crisis between the West and Kremlin
KRISHNAN RANGANATHANFar from it, the Antilibrary, the repository of unread, ignored books, proves that the library, or its descendant, the modern bookshelf, is the product of a wilful, wily act of curation
UDDALAK MUKHERJEEThe interventions need to be looked in the larger context: that is political. Ms Banerjee cannot afford to alienate either this constituency or public sentiments a year before assembly election
THE EDITORIAL BOARDTrump has managed to capture sentiments among major sections of American society that have felt discontent over the growing assertiveness of racial minorities, women and LGBTQ people in recent years
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