Blinken’s Diplomatic Mission to China Amidst Global Unrest
Blinken’s visit may be another way of signalling to China that it shouldn’t exploit any crisis to escalate new ones, at least until the US elections are over.
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India and Iran Ink Decade-Long Chabahar Port Management Agreement
Amb Anil Trigunayat For India the first ever contract for managing the foreign port is a significant development even as several Indian companies have been engaged in developing ports in Oman, Myanmar and Israel and elsewhere. And this 10 year-term…
Leadership Crisis in Iran: The Aftermath of President Raisi’s Death
The untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi has caused a leadership vacuum, as he was mostly slated to succeed the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamanei, who is 85 and is said to be ailing.
Xi Jinping’s Europe Visit Bolsters India’s Strategic Position
The context of Xi's visit is burgeoning European desire to consolidate a European geopolitical salience
When China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping recently toured Europe, he concluded assorted agreements with France, the more refined of the European Union’s twin hearts, Serbia, a candidate member of the EU, and Hungary, the EU’s perpetual bad boy, often friendlier with Moscow than with Brussels. It was seen as a triumph of Chinese diplomacy, designed to reinforce Europe’s resistance to American pressure to choke off the burgeoning Chinese lead in high-tech and otherwise isolate Beijing.
Xi Jinping’s European Tour: Diplomatic Maneuvers and Strategic Alliances
Chinese President Xi Jinping is trying to win friends and influence people in Europe during his first trip to the continent in five years.
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Cohort 2.0
The IMPRI Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, along with the IMPRI
Impact and Policy Research Institute in New Delhi, organized Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Cohort 2.0, an immersive online certificate training course from April 3rd to April 25th, 2024.
Netanyahu’s Defiance, Biden’s Dilemma: US Support for Israel Strains Under Unrelenting War
Most observers felt that perhaps the only positive outcome of the ongoing war would be a real sincere effort to achieve the ‘two state solution’, but the consistent denial by Netanyahu to even consider it and the US vetoing the Palestine state’s recognition at the UNSC last week don’t augur well for this prospect in the near future.