Aakriti Sethi

The Obama administration has acknowledged that their policy on Cuba has been the most outdated one, considering it has been more than two decades since the Cold War got over. The biggest knot in their relationship has been untied, but that doesn’t spare the leaders from confronting some age-old pinpricks.

• Aakriti Sethi |
• August 07, 2015 |
• Backgrounder

The long conflict between Israel and Palestine took a turn for the worse after the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014.

• G. Balachandran, Aakriti Sethi |
• March 2015 |
• Strategic Analysis

There are many reasons for the decision of the people to vote for the Republican Party in these elections ranging from economy,
governance, foreign policy decisions, the mid-term factor and mostly President Obama's unpopularity

• Aakriti Sethi |
• December 17, 2014 |
• Backgrounder

Much was anticipated from his administration, especially with regard to working more closely with the African continent. But it was only in his second term beginning 2013 that he managed to focus on the African countries by initiating the US-Africa Leaders Summit in August 2014.

• Aakriti Sethi |
• October-December 2014 |
• Africa Trends

The summit is seen as one of the major initiatives of the Obama administration towards the African continent and being the first US President to hold the largest event with the African head of states and governments.

• Aakriti Sethi |
• August 20, 2014 |
• Backgrounder