Suranjali Tandon, assistant professor at the National Institute of Public Finance & Policy and a specialist on international trade, gave written answers to questions put to her by Opinion Editor Ashwin Ahmad, on the monetary issues thrown up by the Ukraine war. Q: President Putin recently said that banks from BRICS nations can freely connect […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The false narrative peddled by Pakistan about it having no role in terrorism in J&K needs to be countered strongly by India through well-documented hard facts and evidence that should be shown to the whole world time and again, says former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (Retd). Commending stratnewsglobal.com and our […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Russia was always the big bad boy for NATO, now at its recent Madrid summit, China has been formally designated an adversary for its support of Moscow in Ukraine, its muscle flexing in the Indo-Pacific and its weaponizing of economic instruments in pursuit of strategic supremacy. In this conversation on StratNewsGlobal, Dr. Velina […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The changing geopolitical scenario in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has led to “international rivalries, competition and clash of interests” and it is important for India to protect its interests and be vigilant, said National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. He inaugurated the first meeting of the Multi-Agency Maritime Security Group (MAMSG) chaired […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Nepal Army brass has come under criticism from opposition party politicians for inking agreements with foreign governments, in this case the US. From an Indian point of view it would seem rather innocuous, signing an agreement for cooperation in disaster relief management with the US National Guard. But as Maj. Gen. Binoj […]Read More
New Delhi: On #TheGist, Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, India’s Former Envoy to Afghanistan in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Mukhopadhaya, who also went to Kabul as Liaison Officer and re-opened the Indian Embassy in Kabul in November 2001 as Charge d’Affaires after the ouster of the Taliban in November 2001 outlines […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, Former Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Wadhwa discusses India’s participation and role at the highest level at the G7 Summit in Germany closely following the BRICS, Quad and Nordic Summits this year, the G7 extending support […]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: Myanmar’s steadily widening civil conflict with the military junta at odds with a range of ethnic groups, has made the completion of the Kaladan multimodal connectivity project uncertain. Even if it is completed within the next couple of years, unless the conflict comes to an end, who will invest or use it. In […]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: 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: India needs to reach out to Pakistan as the current situation of “non-dialogue” is not an option, argues Suba Chandran, head of the school of conflict and security studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore. Chandran believes that if India can go out of its way to talk to Bangladesh, Nepal and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Agnipath recruitment scheme—violent and high-decibel protests against it notwithstanding—primarily aims at preparing India’s military for the future: building forces that are lean and mean, a judicious blend of youth and experience, soldiers trained to meet future challenges through adept use of technology, data analysis and artificial intelligence, in line with the changing […]Read More
Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) says its armed wings, the People’s Defence Forces (PDF), have matured and are getting closer to the level of a professional army, over a year after they were first formed. “More than a year after they were formed, PDFs have achieved certain progress in training, grouping, command, arms and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy will take part in the Australian maritime exercise Endeavour in October. That was a key takeaway from Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on Wednesday in Delhi. Earlier Marles had visited Goa Shipyard and was briefed on the autonomous boat project being developed there. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor in International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of London, Deputy Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Author, ‘My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As military talks between India and China continue to resolve the remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, India has made its intentions very clear. Any transgression by China will not be tolerated, says National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. In an exclusive interview to news agency […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, India’s Former Envoy to the World Trade Organisation(WTO) and Ex Secretary, PM’s Economic Advisory Council in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Dasgupta discusses the World Trade Organisation’s 12th ministerial conference (#MC12) outcomes, India’s gains and losses, agriculture, fisheries subsidies, Trade Related Intellectual Property […]Read More
Cambodia has ignored an appeal by Myanmar-based as well as regional and international civil society organizations not to invite the Myanmar regime’s defence minister to the upcoming ASEAN defence ministers’ meeting The meeting, which is scheduled to be held this week, will be joined by defence ministers from 10 countries. Cambodia currently holds the rotating […]Read More
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