Articles By KP Fabian
US Sanctions against Iran: What are India's Options?
By: KP Fabian | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 11 Jul , 2018
The US first imposed various sanctions on Iran in 1979 when the US embassy was occupied, with the staff taken hostage, following the fall of US-supported Shah. Oil sanctions were imposed in 2012...
The March of Folly Jointly Led By Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump
By: KP Fabian | Date: 18 Sep , 2017
The crisis over North Korea’s reckless but successful pursuit of nuclear- weapon capability and the misguided response thereto by the United States (US) is taking the world nearer to an...
Will North Korea and the United States Go to War?
By: KP Fabian | Date: 17 Aug , 2017
The belligerent rhetoric from Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is causing serious concern. While a war appears rather unlikely as neither side can afford it, it cannot be completely ruled out. A...
Is President Trump’s Foreign Policy Shaping Up?
By: KP Fabian | Date: 24 Apr , 2017
April has been an eventful month geopolitically so far. President Trump carried out a much-trumpeted-about Tomahawk missile strike at the Syrian regime, held responsible by him for a nerve-agent...
Was there ever an Arab Spring?
By: KP Fabian | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 26 Mar , 2017
The unfolding tragedy in the Arab world began as the Dignity Revolution in Tunisia in December 2010. It led to the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ruler since the bloodless coup of...
Despite Ceasefire, no end to Syria's Sorrows in Sight
By: KP Fabian | Date: 10 Jan , 2017
What began as the Arab Spring, with the fall of the dictator Ben Ali of Tunisia (24 years in power) in January 2011 and of the dictator Hosni Mubarak of Egypt (30 years in power) in the very next...
Syria’s Sad Predicament
By: KP Fabian | Date: 15 Oct , 2016
As one contemplates the ever worsening state of Syria, a few thoughts dominate. One, though Russia, the former superpower and the United States, the superpower in decline, appear to be at...
Syria: The Cease-Fire that was and wasn’t
By: KP Fabian | Date: 10 Oct , 2016
On 10 September 2016, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov announced a cease-fire agreement in Geneva following negotiations that lasted over ten months. The...
An Assessment of President Obama’s Foreign Policy
By: KP Fabian | Date: 10 Sep , 2016
As President Obama approaches the end of his eight-year tenure, it is time to assess his foreign policy. Any reasonable assessment should take into account two considerations. One, Obama inherited...
Whither Turkey?
By: KP Fabian | Date: 18 Aug , 2016
Turkey is going where President Erdogan wants to take it to, as those who do not agree with him are too intimidated to stand in his way. To figure out Erdogan’s plans, we have to look critically...
The Attempted Coup in Turkey: What Next?
By: KP Fabian | Date: 24 Jul , 2016
To the relief of most Turks and of most of the global community, the military coup attempt in Turkey failed miserably. But the coup attempt itself and subsequent events in Turkey raise a number of...
The Chilcot Report on Blair and the War on Iraq
By: KP Fabian | Date: 17 Jul , 2016
Sir John Chilcot has finally come out with his 2.6 million-word report that was actually due in 2010. It will take a person seven days to read the report in full, if read non-stop. In terms of...
The Half-Forgotten War in Yemen
By: KP Fabian | Date: 14 May , 2016
The UN-sponsored talks to end the war in Yemen, which started in Kuwait on 30 April, were suspended the next day without results as the Saudi-supported Yemeni government-in-exile walked out on the...
Libya’s frustrating quest for itself
By: KP Fabian | Date: 08 May , 2016
On 31 March 2016, a new government team led by Fayez Mustafa al Serraj reached Tripoli by boat from Tunis. The team had been waiting in Tunis for a while and had to abandon plans to fly in as the...
Will the EU-Turkey Deal Work?
By: KP Fabian | Date: 27 Mar , 2016
After long negotiations in Brussels, Turkey and the 28-member European Union (EU) have signed a deal on Syrian refugees that is both complex and controversial. The deal was inked at the EU...