NEW DELHI: In the latest move to ramp up its strategic imprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and to counter Beijing’s power play, New Delhi has reached out to Colombo for stepping up maritime cooperation. The outreach to the new Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led Sri Lankan government was done during the visit of India’s National Security Adviser […]Read More
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday defended his legacy of the past five years, saying the country made significant achievements in various fields including security and counter-terrorism. Speaking on a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ghani said that five years ago there were over 140,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan—with 100,000 of them […]Read More
COLOMBO: World powers have sought a bigger stake in Sri Lanka as the cold war between the U.S. and China intensifies. Top officials from the U.S., China and Russia were in Sri Lanka last week for the first set of high-level talks between their respective governments and the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. China’s State […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The inauguration of an Integrated Check Post at Biratnagar on the India-Nepal border saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi ooze charm and goodwill when he said via a video link to Kathmandu: “I wish that with your cooperation and support in the new year, we take our relationship to a higher level.” He hoped […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There is no question of India deploying troops on the ground in Afghanistan. StratNews Global has learnt there have been a couple of requests from the U.S. during recent conversations with India at the highest political level. Those appeals have been rejected outright for several reasons. The Indian Army has told the government […]Read More
“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” —Sun Tzu on the ‘Art of War’ (III.2) MUMBAI: India’s relations with Pakistan have been frosty for the last many years. When India isn’t actually fighting the Pakistani strategy of death by […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Faris Maumoon, Executive Council Member of the Maldives Reform Movement (MRM) in conversation with StratNewsGlobal Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The discussion ranges from how and why the MRM headed by former President Maumoon Gayoom split with ex-President Yameen, how India is back as the primary strategic partner, what is China’s role in trade and development and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Will he, won’t he? That’s the big question after India on Thursday said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be invited for the summit of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in New Delhi, later this year. Raveesh Kumar, Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, said: “As per established […]Read More
COLOMBO: Two rights bodies today claimed that the new government of Sri Lanka, headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has unleashed a chilling process of repression targeting critics and human rights defenders. The International Truth and Justice Project – Sri Lanka (ITJP) and Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS) said intimidation and threats to critics […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid reviews 14 months of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s government and how relations with India have been restored across the board. In this interview with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi, Shahid answers questions on China’s debt, India’s $1.4 billion assistance, whether there are two voices within his party on Beijing’s […]Read More
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