Fast-Paced Progress: Igniting Regional Cooperation within BIMSTEC
India recently seconded a senior diplomat to drive BIMSTEC, or ‘Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation’
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India’s Boost on Global Stage: Article 370 Judgement
A process that started in August 2019 finally culminated this week when the Supreme Court placed its seal of approval on the Narendra Modi government's decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution.
India’s Role in the Colombo Security Conclave Amid Shifting Dynamics
In early December, India’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval, took part in the sixth NSA meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC). The meeting reviewed the developments and progress made by the CSC in the last year and agreed upon a road map for the year 2024 to promote a safe, secure, and stable Indian Ocean.
Houthi Challenges and Global Concerns in the Red Sea
While efforts are being made to ensure freedom of navigation, the hotspots in the region, including in Gaza and Yemen and the civilian and humanitarian strife which can spiral out of control, need to be addressed on global priority. The Red Sea, with its strategic maritime routes, is an important artery for trade and sea borne traffic as well as for the choke points in the Bab-El Mandab which needs to be kept open.
Analysing the current Sino-US Truce: Road towards improved relations?
Neither of them wants an economic MAD (mutually assured destruction), and this is a tactical pause. This is the third column in our Year End Special series on making sense of the biggest economic and geopolitical shifts and what they signal
The Xi-Biden Meeting and the Future of Sino-US Relations
Xi and Biden, neither of them wants an economic MAD (mutually assured destruction), and this is a tactical pause.
Kashmir’s Crossroads: Challenges and Dreams in a Post-Article 370 Era
Now that the abrogation of Article 370 has received the Supreme Court’s imprimatur, and all laws passed by India’s Parliament would apply in equal measure to Jammu and Kashmir as to any other state of the Union, have we regained the Kashmir of tranquil beauty depicted in films like Kashmir ki Kali?