History, it seems, is repeating itself. And once again, it is India that finds itself navigating the fallout of a deeply flawed American realignment.
On June 17, 1972, Watergate erupted as one of the most spectacular political scandals in US history which two years later led to the resignation of the president. Here is a timeline of how the events unfolded.
Politics and the media are more partisan, but don’t be so sure they would have protected their party’s president
The 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests is approaching: The first break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters was on May 28, 1972, but the botched return on June 17 produced arrests and eventually brought Richard Nixon’s presidency to a premature end on August 8, 1974.
G Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, has died at age 90.
Donald Trump is a US President who is unlike any of his predecessors since India gained Independence. Trump is entirely guided by instinct and has so far been good at that.
It all began about 60 years ago when Dwight D Eisenhower became the first US President to visit India to give a fillip to a bilateral relationship which has seen many ups and downs to finally settle down in the last few decades as a strategic partnership.
State Councillor Yang Jiechi will be in Washington for two days beginning today. He will exchange views with senior Trump administration officials on bilateral ties and issues of common concern, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang.
The Obama visit to India comes at a time when China is the projected second superpower, both economically and militarily, making it necessary for the US to seek a tilting factor in the power balance. India is the obvious choice in that role.
British journalist David Frost, best-known for interviewing former USpresident Richard Nixon, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 74, the BBC reported on Sunday.