International Relations in India & Beyond
By most accounts, China has behaved badly through the COVID-19 pandemic. Fascinating insights can be derived about China’s present behaviour by looking into its past. An initial cover-up. Punishment of whistle-blowers. Permitting international travel...
In a podcast with India Foundation, the Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla spells out the efforts being made by the Ministry of External Affairs to deal with the global pandemic and how...
As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down two-thirds of humanity over the first half of 2020. It may take...
Last 24 hours have witnessed high drama in Asia as governments of China and Nepal have made gestures that may be interpreted as signs of a thaw in their ongoing confrontations with India, but...
“The men and women serving under the blue flag across the world have a duty to uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and respect for the dignity of the human person.” – United...
“Muslim government would consult with a view to promoting among themselves close cooperation and mutual assistance in the economic, scientific, cultural and spiritual fields, inspired by the immortal teachings of Islam.” The aforementioned lines...
Thucydides Trap, often invoked to envelop relationship between USA and China, was a general theory put forth during the Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) where Sparta, a ruling power was challenged by Athens, a rising/revisionist...
The most distinctive aspect of China’s “socialist market economy” is that it relies on a precisely set and regularly reviewed strategy. Defined in its plans (the Five Year plans, alongside other longer-term objectives, the...
Michael Fullilove of Lowy Institute introduced Carl Bildt, one of Europe’s finest statesman and a prominent political figure in Sweden, in a webinar conducted on Wednesday. Fullilove recounted Bildt’s successful political career where he...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the People’s Liberation Army to step up their war preparedness. In a meeting with the Chinese military leadership on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, the Chinese...
Event / Peacekeeping / United Nations
USI Annual UN Forum 2024: Changing Characters of Conflicts
27th November 2024
30th August 2021
Covid recovery to drive all-time emissions high: IEA
20th July 2021
Why Diplomatic Statecraft Remains Vital for India
15th November 2023
1st November 2021
