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Jyoti Malhotra is Editor, National & Strategic Affairs of The Print website in Delhi. She has been a journalist for 35 years and has worked for India's major news media, including the Indian Express, the Times of India and Star News. She has reported in both Hindi and English and consulted for several foreign media. She lives in New Delhi.

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As Nepal PM Oli mangles constitution & woos Modi, India changes track again, watches silently

Jyoti Malhotra May 25, 2021

It’s no longer clear whether New Delhi is trying to influence Kathmandu or whether Oli is manipulating the Indian leadership. This week as the Narendra Modi government celebrates seven years in power, the biggest change in its foreign…

Why PM Modi putting faith before science on Covid is damaging India’s reputation abroad

Jyoti Malhotra Apr 20, 2021

For the moment, Bangladesh is stuck between a rock and a hard place, although foreign minister S. Jaishankar has said that India will fulfil its commitments.

Jaishankar’s slip of tongue, Lavrov’s Pakistan trip — why all’s not well with India-Russia

Jyoti Malhotra Apr 14, 2021

Tensions between Jaishankar and Lavrov are a tell-tale sign that 'time-tested' India-Russia ties are shrinking because both sides are not willing to be sensitive towards each other.

Why PM Modi and Gen Bajwa mean business with India-Pakistan peace talks. Nothing else matters

Jyoti Malhotra Apr 6, 2021

What can India and Pakistan give each other to save face? This jockeying for a framework of give-and-take is likely what’s going on today. It’s been a week since Pakistan went back on its decision to open up trade with India, stalling a…

As Colombo turns to China, RSS helps Jaishankar tamp down furore on Amit Shah’s ‘remarks’

Jyoti Malhotra Feb 24, 2021

From human rights vote in Geneva to Maldives defence pact, India seeks options to chastise Sri Lanka.

If Biden ignores Afghanistan-Pakistan, ISI will get a long rope. India must play bigger role

Jyoti Malhotra Jan 20, 2021

Giving peace a chance is out of the question in Afghanistan. Several recent attacks show someone in the neighbourhood is not happy with the way the peace talks are going.

Jaswant Singh — communicator, crisis manager, man of letters and a student of history

Jyoti Malhotra Sep 27, 2020

Jaswant Singh, a former Army officer, served as external affairs, defence and finance minister under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's governments from 1998 to 2004.

Japan, Swadeshi Jagran Manch and BCCI: Why Modi’s China headache just got bigger this week

Jyoti Malhotra Aug 4, 2020

From Japan’s demands to Jaishankar’s comment on China, it is clear why India continues to choose ‘strategic autonomy’, the 21st-century version of ‘non-alignment’.

Modi’s Hindutva agenda is unsettling Bangladesh, time Delhi reaches out to reassure Hasina

Jyoti Malhotra Jul 29, 2020

The docking of an Indian ship at Chittagong port is an amazing breakthrough in the on-off bilateral relationship. So why are Modi and Sheikh Hasina silent about it?

In Rahul Gandhi, Jaishankar picks an easy target. Modi govt’s real task is to push China back

Jyoti Malhotra Jul 21, 2020

Everything the BJP govt has done since 19 June is to tiptoe around PM Modi's statement on the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh during the all-party meeting.

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