How COVID- 19 weakened American leadership
Unlike Hollywood movies where Americans have the lead in saving the world, the crisis of the corona virus pandemic has shown the opposite. The first major test showed that the American health care system...
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Reflections on the Tibetan Election 2021: The fate of the Tibetans in-exile
Tibetans in exile went to the polls recently to elect their political leader and parliament members. With Tibetan population spread across 26 countries around the world, this democratic exercise, led by Central Tibetan Administration’s...
QUAD in the Indo-Pacific
The QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) leaders had their first summit-level meeting on 12th March 2021. Leaders of all four member-states had a virtual meeting to discuss the issues of common interest. Combating the Chinese aggression in...
Vaccine Passports: More harm than good?
The first known case of COVID-19 infection emerged around November-December 2019. The disease reached pandemic levels by 2020. Subsequently, the world invested in finding potential vaccines to fight against this virus. The scientists faced...
Indian Foreign Secretary speaks at Aspen Centre: India’s Neighbourhood Policy to India’s Vaccine Maitri
On 15th March 2021, the Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla addressed at Ananta Aspen Centre on the theme ‘What Next for Neighbourhood First?’. Shringla started his talk by stating that ‘India’s destiny is...
First QUAD Leaders’ Summit: China angle being stretched too far?
A page in the history of diplomacy was added as the QUAD leaders presided in the first-ever leaders meet. Although virtual, this meeting sent out both direct and indirect signals to nations across the...
Is Vaccine Diplomacy inoculating India’s political ambitions?
Neighbourhood First approach of India remained inefficient in soothing the bilateral tensions with South Asia’s neighbouring countries. For the last few years, India is witnessing an escalation in political antagonism with the neighbours, for...
India urged the States to follow the pre-2020 pace: Reiterates for an inclusive and robust partnership
The UN Security Council concluded an open VTC debate on 23 February 2021 on ‘Maintenance of International Peace and security: Addressing climate-related risk to International Peace and security’. The 15 member gathering under the...
Afghanistan begins its vaccination drive receiving first CoviShield shipments from India
New Delhi has shipped 500,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Kabul becoming the first country to provide Afghanistan with the coronavirus vaccine. Tahir Qadiry, Minister-Counsellor for Afghanistan (Charge d’Affaires) in India Arab talking...
UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka, New Delhi to play a key role
The UNHRC is gearing up to launch its 46th session virtually on 22nd February. Following that Sri Lanka has now officially sought India’s support ahead of Next Week’s UNHRC session on its rights and...
