International Relations in India & Beyond
The relationship has moved on to strategic dimensions with significant mutual trust and regard for each other’s concerns and sensitivities. This does not obviate India taking independent positions or expressing its views on issues...
While we commemorate 25 years of ASEAN-India relations, India’s ties with Southeast Asia date back more than 2,000 years. Ancient trade between India and countries such as Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand is well-documented. Southeast...
The Convention of diplomatic immunity-intended to prevent embassy staff being harassed when operating in hostile countries-is a long-standing cornerstone of International Relations that dates back centuries prior to being enshrined in the Vienna Convention....
Africa was exploited by multiple and competing colonial powers for over two centuries and the worst of that outcome was dehumanising exploitation and degradation of the population through who until a few decades ago...
It really does not matter how grammatically correct your sentences initially are, as long as they communicate the intention of the sender and are understood by the recipient in the desired matter. It is the...
First, Xi, widely known to have a soft spot for Tibet, hitherto kept his own approach close to his chest, fearing resistance from hardliners. Unlike others, he held the view that the prospects for solving the...
Jerusalem, a cherished and combustible landmark, is one of the very few unifying issues in an Arab world plagued by wars and sectarianism. But even the prospect of Trump recognizing it as Israel’s capital...
The first thing Putin promised Russians was ‘Strength’. He started reducing democracy and centralizing power in Kremlin. He seized control over media from where 90% of the Russians get the news. From here begins...
As for India, I recall a meeting in 1997 when the Singapore PM at a CII meet gently chided us by stating the obvious that “ India had far too long looked westwards and...
India witnessed an unusually large number of important incoming high-level visits during the past month or so which clearly attests to India’s rising international stature. This will probably be capped by the 2018 Republic...
