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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

Singapore and India: A Partnership Deepening Through Strategic Outreach and Cooperation

As India continues to steadily deepen and expand the scope of its strategic outreach in Southeast Asia, Singapore serves as a solid diplomatic anchor for New Delhi. With a bilateral relationship deeply rooted in historical ties, economic synergies, and a shared vision for regional stability and development, Singapore occupies a place of primacy in India’s Act East policy. A defining element of the two countries’ partnership is their diplomatic orientation, which emphasises cultivating and balancing relationships with multiple countries as emerging areas of cooperation, such as technology and regional security, have bolstered historical ties between the two nations.

The Kursk Offensive Unveiled: Ukraine’s Strategic Maneuver and Its Potential Impact

The Ukrainians surprised Russia by launching an audacious attack into the Kursk region of the Russian Federation that also led to the capture of several hundred Russian soldiers. This bold, yet risky, gambit by the Volodymyr Zelenskyy-led regime, to employ thousands of its best fighting units to mount an incursion into Russian territory, was also a fitting one.

Transforming Ties: India’s Strategic Triumph in West Asia

This is not even arguable that one of the biggest successes of the present government is its West Asia policy, which, although proverbially called ‘Link West’, in reality is an ‘Act West’ policy. West Asia and India never had it so good when the much-needed highest-level exchanges have occurred with such regular frequency and special emphasis as has happened in the past decade.

The Great Nicobar Island Development Project (2021): A Contentious Approach to Sustainable Development

Launched in 2021, the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project is a Rs.72,000 crore mega project under the Holistic Development of Islands program, aimed towards transforming the southernmost island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago into a hub of trade, tourism, and strategic military presence.

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