Increasing climate change challenge: India sets the bar high
A recent Reuters report confirms that India has managed to cut its greenhouse emissions rate faster-than-expected — 33% in the past 14 years.
Anil Trigunayat
Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation.
Revitalizing Bilateral Relations: PM Modi’s UAE Visit Sparks New Vigor
Strengthening cooperation in the cross-border payment systems by enabling integration of transactions between the UAE and India more efficiently, PM Modi's latest UAE visit witnessed the signing of a landmark MoU between the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to promote the use of local currencies --rupee and dirham-- for cross border transactions. This cooperation will also include the mutual acceptance of domestic card schemes by interlinking national card switches.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit’s Relevance Endures, but Terrorism Threatens
SCO’s original mandate since 2001 has been to fight against terrorism and it has a robust tool in its kit for cooperation among members under the aegis of RATS. However, Pakistan has not only sheltered and supported large number of terrorists but has also used them against India.
PM Modi’s State Visit to Egypt: Key Implications for Asia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on two highly important State visits to the US and Egypt-- India’s strategic partners, this week. While the US is the Global Comprehensive Strategic Partner of India the relationship with Cairo acquired the historic heft yet again during the visit of President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi as a Chief Guest at the 74th Republic Day of India a few months before. The Indian Prime Minister is scheduled for a state visit to Egypt on June 24-25, upon the invitation of President Sisi.
Old Security Ties builds a new QUAD in Indo-Pacific
Given Beijing’s constant disregard for the sovereignty and sovereign rights of its regional neighbours, along with its growing disapproval of the established rules-based order, the makings of a new security arrangement seem to have emerged on the sidelines of the Shangri La Forum in Singapore early this month to address these very challenges.
Deciphering Diplomacy: Prospects for the Indian Ocean’s Future
Recently, I happened to attend the 6th Indian Ocean conference ,2023 in Dhaka which was organized by the India Foundation in collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs of India and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh among others.