Category Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies

India’s Digital Diplomacy: Unveiling Brand Building & Public Policy

Dr. Palit presented a PPT on Digital and Tech Diplomacy in International Relations. Her PPT briefed us on India’s Digital Public Diplomacy and Brand Building Efforts, Social Media Enabled Public Diplomacy, Social Media Deployed Communication and Brand Building, The Nation as a Brand, What do Brand Building Achieve for the Countries? How is India Communicating its Brand?

Strategic Alliance: India and Japan Unite Forces in Southeast Asia

Upon dropping a series of Chinese-led infrastructure projects due to sustainability and geopolitical concerns, the Philippines is now redirecting its attention to Japan and India as alternative sources of development and security. Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista reaffirmed this earlier this month when he noted that the Philippine government is willing to tap both countries for development assistance. This statement intersects with Manila’s desire to deepen and broaden its security and economic partnerships with like-minded partners amidst Beijing’s growing unwillingness to act and behave like a responsible neighbour. India

Navigating Diplomacy: US and China Seek Common Ground in Xi-Biden Summit

One thing is clear from the separately issued Chinese and the US statements that the two heads of state had a candid conversation and in-depth exchange of views on strategic and overarching issues critical to the direction of Sino-US relations and major issues affecting world peace and development.

Dimensions of UN and Evolving Multilateralism

Professor Bhattacharya, presented a ppt on UN and the evolving Multilateralism. Her PPT gave a holistic summary on What is Multilateralism, Challenges to Multilateralism in the UN, Evolving Multilateral Institutions, Preferred level of involvement of UN in Countries across the World and reform in the UN needed on an urgent basis. 

Global Impacts of The Killings in Gaza

The war will have an impact on societies worldwide with a rise in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and generalized xenophobia, weakening democracy in general.

Around 10,000 Palestinian residents of Gaza have been killed, about 40 percent of them children, in Israeli attacks on Gaza so far. The slaughter continues. This will have an impact, less directly lethal but no less malign, on societies around the world, with a rise in anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and generalized xenophobia, strengthening conspiracy theorists and extreme right-wing parties, and weakening democracy, in general.

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