NEW DELHI: Is India laying the ground for a shift in its Ukraine policy? Some eyebrows did go up when Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister Emine Dzhaparova, was hosted by the Indian Council of World Affairs, the official think tank of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She also met MoS Meenakshi Lekhi, and Deputy NSA […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India needs to look beyond its immediate circle of friends in West Asia to seize the opportunities Syria could offer, says its Ambassador Bassam Seifeddin Alkhatib. “India has good relations in West Asia that is true. But so far India has concentrated primarily […]Read More
NEW DELHI: What’s the mood in Russia a year since it invaded Ukraine and the application of Western sanctions? StratNews Global spoke to a cross-section of diplomats, frequent travellers to Russia on work and others, to get a sense of how the Russian public is responding. They generously shared their thoughts and observations although nobody […]Read More
What explains the success of an over the top Telugu film RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) at the Oscars? Or rather, to put it more modestly, how did one song from that film Naatu Naatu (meaning Dance Dance), win the Oscar? It was rejected by an Indian film jury, and in every respect is far removed from the sensibilities of American […]Read More
NEW DELHI: If there was one issue Australia’s visiting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would have preferred to avoid, was the spate of Khalistani attacks on Indian temples in his home country. With at least five reported in the last two months, Albanese was notably silent when his counterpart Narendra Modi brought it up during the […]Read More
Why is Iran cooperating with the IAEA? Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA comes after a visit by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s trip to Tehran, where he got an assurance of a probe into uranium particles found at undeclared sites. Grossi wrapped up a two-day trip to Iran on March 4, where he met the top leadership […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There were a number of lessons to be learnt from the Ukraine war but the biggest message for the Indian armed forces was self-reliance, said Gen. Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff. “But we have got to see how these lessons are applicable for the Indian armed forces. The biggest lesson for us […]Read More
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine conflict had prevented member nations at the G20 foreign ministers from releasing a joint communique. Speaking at a media briefing, the minister stated that while member nations were able to agree on a majority of the issues discussed, the division of opinions […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The government would need to take into account public sentiment in any major decision involving Pakistan, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Asia Economic Dialogue in Pune on Thursday. “Obviously, it in is no nobody’s interest that any country, least of all a neighbouring country, get into serious economic difficulties,” he […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Turkey is expected to hold elections for a new president on June 18th, going back on a decision taken last month to hold it in May. Reports that the government may even postpone the June date given logistical difficulties in 10 earthquake-hit provinces, have also been refuted by official sources. The government had […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Earlier this month as China celebrated the Lunar New Year, local media spotlighted the millions of dollars paid out in digital currency to promote consumption. The city of Shenzhen alone doled out more than $14 million dollars worth of digital yuan to help the catering industry. According to the China Daily, Hangzhou, the […]Read More
Quiet US Approval Of India Buying Russian Oil? Despite all the noise from Washington, some senior Indian diplomats insist that New Delhi is receiving little to no American blowback for buying Russian oil. The reason is simple: India is stabilising the global oil market. Currently Delhi and Beijing are buying Russian oil at lowered prices […]Read More
Welcome to the Trilateral or to give it its full due, Trilateral Cooperation Initiative, the latest in the web of minilaterals trending in the region. The Trilateral brings together India with the UAE and France to work on climate change, solar and nuclear energy with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasising “building practical projects that […]Read More
New Delhi: The budget has set aside Rs. 200 crore as aid to Bangladesh, the same as last year (see table below). This may appear odd given that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faces an election towards the end of the year, and in that sense, India as a staunch supporter should have increased aid. It […]Read More
Egypt has joined the list of India’s 30-odd “Strategic Partners”, marking the high point of President El-Sisi’s visit to this country. For exactly what that means, one has to turn to Prime Minister Modi’s statement on the MEA website where he is quoted as saying: “Under the India-Egypt Strategic Partnership, we will develop a long-term […]Read More
The Island Colombo January 18, 2023 State Minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon could have disclosed a decisive decision taken by the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government to reduce the approved cadre of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at the launch of ‘STORY OF THE WORLD: Geopolitical Alliances and Rivalries Set in Stone’ authored by Col. Nalin Herath, at Rock House […]Read More
Who nominated NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for the Nobel Peace Prize? Can the head of a military alliance qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize? The rules governing the award of such prizes don’t specifically say no. Given that, Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian head of NATO who’s been nominated for the prize by Norwegian MP Christian […]Read More
What was the current flashpoint for the problem in Kosovo? Can anybody imagine two countries ready to go to war over car licence plates? Ethnic Serbs in ethnic Albanian dominated Kosovo, a landlocked country in the Balkans, rejected the government’s plan to replace Serbian licence plates with Kosovan. Leading ethnic Serbian government servants and […]Read More
No Indian foreign minister has visited Austria in a quarter century if not more, not solely because that country ranks among the world’s nuclear hawks and had opposed India’s possession of nuclear weapons. But all that it seems, is in the past. As External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised during his visit earlier this week, […]Read More
Despite the unified approach by European nations (with the sole exception of Hungary), to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cracks are now appearing as the war drags on. StratNews Global explains how the unity was achieved, how it has been maintained, which countries remain sympathetic to President Putin and what could happen as the war continues […]Read More
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