Diaspora
When Friendship Meets Realpolitik
‘Official’ India is exercising utmost restraint. But outside it, it is seething with anger at the way the Donald Trump-led United States is treating it. The pent-up frustration with the…
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Diplomacy
What Nepal and China Want From Each Other
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal’s visit to China this week marks a crucial point in Nepal’s foreign policy. Coming soon after his trip to India, the visit highlights Kathmandu’s aim to…
Diplomacy
Opinion: Xi Visits A Changing North Korea
The visit of President Xi Jinping to North Korea has to be seen beyond a fact that it is taking place after seven years or in being the first overseas…
East Asia
Capital Latitude: BrahMos Goes East
“One tree alone cannot make a hill; three trees together make a high mountain.” – Vietnamese proverb Walk through Da Nang or Hanoi today, and it is not unusual to…
Myanmar
South Asia Notes: India Rolls Out Red Carpet for Min Aung Hlaing
India welcomed a rather unusual guest this week. Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing’s four-day visit began on May 30. It comes about two months after he successfully changed his military…
Diplomacy
India’s Nordic Turn and the Future of South Asia
In global politics, there are moments when diplomacy ceases to be ceremonial and becomes transformational. India’s expanding engagement with the Nordic countries appears to be one of those moments. What…
Diplomacy
Rubio’s Four-Day India Tour Carries Strategic Significance
The arrival of Marco Rubio in India this week was far more than a routine diplomatic stopover. It came at a moment when the global order is under severe stress:…
World
Opinion: Trying to Stay Busy and Relevant
North Korea’s strongman Kim Jong Un does not have to try hard to be in the news. Normally on any given day of the week, he is either threatening South…
Diplomacy
Pakistan Says It’s Still Working on Mediating Peace Talks Between US and Iran
Pakistan says it is still working to narrow the gap between Washington and Tehran, even as plans for face-to-face talks in Islamabad between the two nations collapsed over the weekend.…
Africa
Rwanda Genocide: Memory as Warning
On a quiet morning in the capital, grief and resolve shared the same space. India joined Rwanda and the United Nations this week in commemorating the victims of the 1994…
Diaspora
From Remittances to Reach: India Leverages 32-Million Diaspora, Scales Up Global Aid
India is attempting to run a 21st-century foreign policy on what remains, by global standards, a modest diplomatic budget—lean in size but increasingly stretched in ambition—leaning heavily on its 32-million-strong…
India
Deccan Youth Conclave Explores Geopolitics, Security, and Technology’s Role in India’s Strategic Future
The Deccan Centre for International Relations (DCIR), an independent think tank under the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), hosted the Deccan Youth Conclave titled “Perspectives on Geopolitics &…