Nation and Neighbourhood: Confronting India’s Regional Realities
Great nations, while being anchored in their regions, rise beyond their periphery and don’t make the mistake of internalizing that geography is destiny.
Category International Relations and Strategic Studies
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.
Zelensky’s Criticism of India’s Russian Oil Purchases: A Case of Double Standards?
Zelensky criticises India’s purchasing of Russian oil while ignoring that his own benefactors in Europe have been buying billions of dollars of gas from Russia
It appears that two hugs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Volodymyr Zelensky in Apulia and Kyiv have been weighed lightly compared to the one given to Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Zelensky had invited and hosted PM Modi and has been asking India, along with other Western leaders, to leverage its influence with President Putin to end the conflict. Hence PM Modi used his personal diplomacy and credit with Putin in July to find a reasonable solution through dialogue, diplomacy, and respect for the UN Charter.
The China-Xizang Initiative: Consolidating Power and Shaping the Trans-Himalayan Region
The delegates invited, the agenda unveiled, and the larger context, indicate China’s efforts to convert Tibet (renamed recently as Xizang) into the fulcrum of sub-regional initiatives as well as to expand China’s influence in the neighbourhood.
Poland and Ukraine in Focus: Modi’s Diplomatic Mission and Its Strategic Implications
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Poland and Ukraine this week
Uniting Voices: India’s Global Development Compact for a Resilient Global South
While hosting 3rd VOGSS, India proposed ‘Global Development Compact’, emphasizing that its own development journey and experiences will be shared with fellow developing countries of the Global South
QUAD Foreign Ministers’ Meet 2024: Strategic Agreements and Future Directions
QUAD, also known as the ‘Quadrilateral Strategic Forum’ is an informal strategic forum which aims for an open, free, prosperous and more inclusive Indo-Pacific region. It comprises four democratic countries and market economies, namely India, USA, Japan and Australia.