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: On #TalkingPoint, Ambassador P.S. Raghavan, Former Head, National Security Advisory Board and India’s Former Envoy to Russia and Jayadeva Ranade, President, Centre for China Analysis & Strategy, Former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat and Author, ‘Xi Jinping’s China’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel discusses Prime Minister Narendra […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first BRICS summit since Russia invaded Ukraine saw President Putin throw a few more challenges to the West: he called for alternative mechanisms to ensure international payments between BRICS nations. Pointing out that trade between Russia and the other BRICS nations has increased by 38% in the first three months of this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is Kashmir again on the brink of the kind of violence that swept the valley in the 1990s? While the targeted killings are alarming and have had widespread impact, the point is the army and state and central police forces have not lost their grip on the situation. So the short answer is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Quad joint statement released at the end of the summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, could well be described as a masterpiece of managing differences. On Ukraine, without mentioning Russia by name and in obvious deference to India, the statement said, “We strongly support the principles of freedom, rule of law, democratic values, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Narendra Modi made no reference either to Russia or Ukraine in his public remarks during the Quad summit in Tokyo. This is when both President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida did, with the former describing Russia’s invasion as a “dark hour”, while Kishida warned against the same thing happening in the Indo […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Two ancient civilizations but two young nations—that summarises relations between India and Israel as establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries completes 30 years. A relationship that began on two legs—defence and agriculture—has now grown to be “multi-leg because we are cooperating on everything”, says Naor Gilon, Israel’s ambassador to India. As […]Read More
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar offered some advice as European leaders at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi stepped up their campaign on Ukraine. He told them: “Return to diplomacy and the end to fight is what is necessary. Our position is that we have to find some way to return to diplomacy and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador P.S. Raghavan, Former Head of India’s National Security Advisory Board and Ex-Envoy to Russia and Seema Sirohi, Columnist at ‘The Economic Times’ in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel discusses the U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for international economics, Deputy Director of the National […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s new updated Arctic policy is out. It is based on “six pillars” including climate change and connectivity but there is also a strategic element to it even though there is no reference to that in the policy. In this conversation on The Gist, Dr. Uttam Sinha of the Delhi based Institute for […]Read More
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