Harsh V. Pant & Tobias Scholz Germany’s recently elected center-left coalition under Chancellor Scholz chose India as the partner for its first governmental consultations on 2nd May 2022. Beyond the signaling effects that Europe’s and Asia’s largest democracies intend to cooperate…
Some two years into the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi paid a short visit to India last week. The India leg of his trip was shrouded in secrecy even as other parts of the itinerary — Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal — were well publicised. In diplomacy, secret visits are sometimes intended to break long-standing logjams and demonstrate a commitment to the resolution of conflicts. But this was no such visit. It was primarily aimed at testing India’s resolve and assessing if changing global geopolitics made New Delhi more amenable to giving in to China, much like in the past.
Harsh V. Pant One year into office and the Biden Presidency is coming apart at the seams. Normally, United States (US) presidents enjoy a honeymoon period for a year, but Joe Biden’s leadership has been flailing since the disastrous withdrawal…
Harsh V. Pant and Ayajz Wani Since 1991, New Delhi’s ties with the Central Asian countries have developed slowly despite a shared culture and trade links via the ancient Silk Road The first virtual engagement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Chintamani Mahapatra In India, some foreign policy analysts declared non-alignment 2.0 to demonstrate the nation’s strategic autonomy. However, the slow but steady evolution of the India-US strategic partnership made the non-alignment strategy moribund for all practical purposes. Russian President Vladimir…
Anil Trigunayat Over two decades ago President Putin along with the then Indian PM Vajpayee had instituted this vital mechanism that had steered the bilateral relationship into a special and privileged strategic partnership. At the invitation of PM Narendra Modi the Russian…
Anil Trigunayat India continues to have an aversion to structures which tend to undermine her ability to exercise legitimate choices The Democracy Summit called by President Joe Biden on December 9-10 has been his favourite project. It was possibly delayed…