Non-alignment was first envisaged by Nehru as a moral and political stance of opposition to bipolarity, with the aim of preserving sovereignty and participating in superpower confrontation space (Acharya, 2014).
As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday on July 6, all eyes are on his expected announcement on his reincarnation. He, himself, stated that the 15th Dalai Lama would be found in the ‘free world’. China, which ‘liberated’ Tibet in 1951 with a military invasion, on the other hand, declared its intention to select the next Dalai Lama through a ‘golden urn’ lottery process.
The bombing of Iran represents the return of old-style imperialism, making the point that might is right with the biggest bang possible without exploding an atomic bomb. Which cat got the tongue of India, leader of the Global South, when the US bombed Iran? Why did the tongue of India, leader of the BRICS, turn mute, when the world called on Israel, at the UN, to end its genocide in Gaza? Cat, Cat burning bright, in the forests of Mt Zion and Washington DC, why this appetite for India’s respect among nations?
After more than three years, China’s top diplomat and Politburo member Wang Yi visited New Delhi this week for the 24th round of India-China Special Representative talks.
The last round took place in December 2019, but the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020 brought the dialogue to a halt. Talks resumed only in December 2024 in Beijing, following a Narendra Modi–Xi Jinping meeting in Kazan, Russia, in October that year.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this month, imposing an additional 25% tariff on India for its imports from Russia, thereby raising the total tariff level to 50%. This World Trade Organization (WTO)-inconsistent tariff, whose implementation was notified by the Trump administration on Tuesday, is going to heavily affect India’s $48.2-billion merchandise exports to the US. The merchandise exports account for almost 60% of India’s export to the US. The US has already raised the tariffs for all other trade partners with a variation between 10% to 50%.
India and the Maldives are both key players within the IOR in terms of seaborne trade, the former a peninsula, the latter an island nation; both have large EEZ and coastal regions. Both nations have always strategically and economically realigned their defence, maritime, and economic partnership to foster their relation and collaboration within the IOR In October 2024, both nations had an agreement to elevate the ties for a comprehensive maritime security partnership, which underscores the stability of the Indian Ocean Region.
The history of cultural and artistic exchange between India and Russia is very old, as far as in the beginning of the 20th century the Russian artists, thinkers and performers were under the strong influence of the Indian heritage, and the Indian thinkers and writers were under the influence of Russian literature, music and art.