Harsh V Pant How Delhi can make the most of its ties with Dhaka IN THE END, the outcome was as predictable as the whole process. As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh ended up securing her fourth consecutive re-election,…
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has made it clear that he has no intention of bringing Delhi-Male ties from the edge of a precipice. In fact, he has doubled down with a rhetorical escalation after his return from China. Even as his ministers were passing derogatory remarks against the Indian Prime Minister, Muizzu, during his five-day state visit to China last week, described China one of its "closest allies and development partners" and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects as "the most significant infrastructure projects witnessed in Maldivian history."
The victory of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, Lai Ching-te (William Lai), in the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election is remarkable, given that no party has previously secured a third consecutive term in office.
The helplessness on the part of the Biden Administration to contain the ongoing war for over three months has caused accusations of complicity and a loss of credibility among various regional partners.
An online certificate course on “Emerging dimensions of India’s foreign Policy and Global Politics” aimed to cover various topics concerned with Geopolitics and India’s role at the International podium organized by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. The day 1 of the program witnessed a session by our esteemed speaker, Professor Sanjay Chaturvedi introducing India’s special position in the UN Security Council with a special focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
An online certificate course on “Emerging dimensions of India’s foreign Policy and Global Politics” aimed to cover various topics concerned with Geopolitics and India’s role at the International podium organized by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. The day 2 of the program witnessed a session by our esteemed speaker, Miss Nandita Baruah, Country representative at the Asia Foundation discussing the various facets of the feminist foreign policy.
In this day and age of social media, diplomacy is facing new challenges. At times, the cacophony of social media drowns out the really important issues that need engagement, but sometimes it manages to bring to the fore the underlying trends that otherwise would take time to shape up. The India-Maldives spat is one such case where the simmering tensions have boiled over with some needless comments from Male highlighting how the once-close neighbours seem to be drifting away. The rhetorical exuberance of some members of the new government in the Maldives have exposed the substantive differences between New Delhi and Male as well as with the Maldives.