KATHMANDU: Something is missing in Kathmandu amid the noisy honk of vehicles, the press of people on the streets and the hubbub of the bazaars. Missing are the politicians, cadres of various parties, their sympathisers and supporters who, with elections just over two weeks away, should have been out there in constituencies across Kathmandu and other […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The mood in Moscow is grim. It’s been around 24 hours since Russia carried out air, land and undersea drills involving its nuclear forces, simulating a massive counter strike. It flowed from President Vladimir Putin’s warning to use “all means available” to defend Russian territory. U.S. President Biden had earlier warned Russia that using […]Read More
SAMARKAND: The SCO summit in Samarkand was a Made for Uzbekistan event, designed to showcase its natural beauty, magnificent and perfectly preserved historical monuments and organisational (read government) competence and efficiency in carrying through a successful world summit. But in a move perhaps harking back to Soviet times, access to Samarkand was tightly controlled for the […]Read More
SAMARKAND: Does the India-China agreement on withdrawal of troops from Gogra-Hot Springs lay the ground for a Modi-Xi Jinping bilateral at Samarkand’s SCO summit? The withdrawal meets the line in the sand drawn by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar—no improvement in bilateral relations could take place without China pulling back its forces from areas occupied […]Read More
SAMARKAND: Welcome to Central Asia, the biggest geopolitical battlefield in India’s neighbourhood. This is where India’s mettle will be tested against a China that has made aggressive inroads into the region. The big question: does India have the stomach to take on China here? Prime Minister Modi’s presence at the heads of state summit of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sheikh Hasina lands in Delhi on Monday at a time when political and economic headwinds threaten to undermine the stability she has underwritten over three terms in office. Elections are due next year and it’s widely expected that she will win (by hook or by crook as some predict). The real issue is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Getting India to Net Zero is the title not of a Government of India policy document but a paper authored by the Asia Society Policy Institute, which was released at the India International Centre in Delhi on Friday. As the title suggests, it is all about nudging India to do more heavy lifting […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “China is the long-term strategic challenge; 10 years ago that was not the case. The growth of China has been so rapid that we cannot face them alone. Not that we seek to contain China but we want to work with other countries that share our values.” This is not just an Indian […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first visit by China’s special envoy on Afghanistan to New Delhi comes more than four years after the two sides decided to cooperate on economic projects in that country. Little has happened since then given the downturn in relations following clashes in Ladakh in 2020. There was, however, some movement on training of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With less than five months to go before India takes over the G20 presidency on December 1, a question doing the rounds is whether the issues that arose during Indonesia’s presidency could “spill over”. Recall that within two months of Indonesia taking over the G20 presidency last year, the Ukraine war exploded on the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Here’s a thought: India’s ambitious Atmanirbhar plan to vastly expand the indigenous design, development and manufacture of military hardware does not necessarily imply any dilution of the decades-old Russia connection in defence. Rather, given U.S. and European sanctions because of its Ukraine adventure, Russia may see it worthwhile to invest in India’s military […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Largely missing from the Indian media coverage of developments in Sri Lanka is the role of left-wing organisations such as the Janatha Vimukthi Perumana (JVP) and its more radical offshoot, the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP). There’s growing suspicion (perhaps more so in the Sri Lankan government) that the mobs on the streets are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The India-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) FTA may not happen at the same pace with which the agreement with the UAE was negotiated and operationalized. GCC states are currently in “prep mode”, sources told StratNews Global, each of them (except UAE) reviewing what the requirements would be, and the implications, a process that could […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When is an India-China thaw a thaw? More to the point, does a possible Chinese withdrawal from Patrolling Point 15 indicate (as some reports suggest) a thaw in the making? Or the fact that Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave an audience to newly appointed Indian ambassador Pradeep Singh Rawat last week (after keeping […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As Narendra Modi wings his way to Germany for the G7 summit beginning Sunday, some thoughts. At a Washington briefing, US National Security Coordinator John Kirby was keen to dispel the impression that G7 members intended to ‘encourage’ India to “splinter away from Russia.” But he also acknowledged: “We want as much pressure put […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “By the end of this decade, we should be able to launch 6G services and our task force has started working on this.” That announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a telecom event in Delhi earlier this week reportedly triggered alerts in some world capitals and the headquarters of international telecom firms, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A hop, skip and a jump would almost describe Prime Minister Modi’s helicopter flight from Kusinagar in Uttar Pradesh to a helipad in Lumbini Park, across the border in Nepal. At a day-long event combining elements of faith, politics and diplomacy, Modi will, along with his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, lay the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It would be fair to say that the BrahMos missile deal with the Philippines may have done more to put India on Manila’s radar (and vice-versa) than anything else. The wonder is the $375 million deal was signed and sealed in January even as preparations got underway for the May 9 election. The […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When Narendra Modi touches base with the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, it’s against the backdrop of the Ukraine war that is seen to have triggered Berlin’s decision in late March, to “rearm” with plans to spend an impressive 100 billion Euros. But not many may recall that two months earlier, the same […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Derided, disparaged as “Im the Dim”, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has proved, at least for now, he’s not so dim after all. In an operation that may have been known only to a close circle of confidants, he had the rug pulled from under the opposition move for a no-confidence motion in […]Read More
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