NEW DELHI: Two diplomatic broadsides delivered on Twitter, underscoring once again how China’s actions in India’s Ladakh, have resonated through the world. The first from Barry O’Farrell, Australia’s high commissioner to India, who had called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday. In a statement released to the media, the high commissioner called for […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Widening mistrust between Delhi and Beijing fuelled by an assertive President Xi Jinping has compelled India to enlist the support of others. Former diplomat turned academic Prof. Rory Medcalf of Canberra-based Australian National University told StratNews Global in an interview after the Modi-Morrison virtual summit on June 4 that the elevation of ties to […]Read More

NEW DELHI: How has India’s foreign policy changed since Narendra Modi took charge as prime minister in 2014? And what has it achieved? There’s some continuity with the foreign policy of the earlier government (led by Manmohan Singh) but it aspires to be transformational, says Australian academic Dr Ian Hall, speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Until COVID-19 struck the world, who would’ve imagined that the prime ministers of India and Australia would be forced to hold a virtual summit? Or the two would discuss their tensions with China? Given that, it’s clear Narendra Modi and Scott Morrison will be hoping to further crank up their security cooperation in […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Australia and China are at daggers drawn following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s demand for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. He also called for the overhaul of the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is accused of pandering to Beijing by not calling out the pandemic earlier. China has responded with threats […]Read More
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