India’s Taiwan conundrum
As India prepares to take over the chair of the World Health Assembly, it is a classic diplomatic dilemma, whether to support the entry of Taiwan with US support or back China’s stand of...
Category: Asia
China’s Upcoming ‘Two Sessions’ Can be Magic Moment to Return to Positive Messaging
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on our world. Although China and a number of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region have been successful at containing the virus, the United States and Latin-American...
Venezuela Crisis: Can India become a potential mediator?
Venezuela claimed earlier this month that they foiled an attempted coup against President Nicholas Maduro. The Maduro administration claimed their military neutralised an amphibious assault force trying to storm into the country from the...
COVID-19: India, Egypt and the new world order
Substantiated by multiple archaeological and historical evidence, relations between two of the world’s oldest civilization, India and Egypt have witnessed a long history of close contact from ancient times. The relationship in modern times...
Analysing President Jinping’s Speech at the World Health Assembly
On Monday, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech via video link in Beijing at the virtual event opening of the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly at the invitation of Director-General of World...
Is Taliban trying to forge strategic ties with New Delhi?
After tweets attributed to a Taliban spokesperson claiming that friendship between the group and India is impossible unless the Kashmir issue is resolved began to be shared widely, the group officially denied having made...
Peace in the Time of Corona: New Delhi welcomes the Power-Sharing Deal between Afghan Rivals
Whilst Kabul deals with the rampant spread of coronavirus and the U.S.- Taliban agreement to withdraw American troops, President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, have signed a power-sharing deal bringing an...
India’s Unrealised Flattop Dreams: Chief of Defense Staff says no to Aircraft Carriers
Last week, in an exclusive interview to the Times of India, India’s Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat targeted the Indian Navy’s carrier plans, saying that “anything on the surface can be picked...
Here’s why Myanmar’s deportation of insurgents is crucial for India
Myanmar on Friday (15 May) deported to India 22 militants belonging to various armed groups active in Northeast India, including senior figures like the National Democratic Front of Boroland-Saoraigwra’s self-styled home secretary Rajen Daimary....
The US-Taliban Deal & The Perpetual Afghan Conundrum: Options for India
On the 29 February 2020, the USA and Taliban signed the much-delayed deal in Doha, Qatar, named as ‘The Agreement to Bring Peace to Afghanistan’. It has since found much traction only in the...
