NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Modi’s three-day swing through Germany, Denmark and France underscores India’s growing interest in continental Europe and Scandinavia. The former because circumstances (Ukraine) have triggered a chain of responses that have renewed the strategic focus on Berlin and Paris. And Scandinavia because the five Nordic countries bring a range of technology and […]Read More
“Abolish the Executive Presidency” has been a common rallying call in Sri Lankan politics since the inception of the office of the Executive President in 1977/1978. So much so that every successful candidate at every presidential election between 1994 and 2015 made it a central campaign promise. Sri Lanka’s Executive President is a uniquely powerful […]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: Sri Lanka’s current financial mess is a combination of inheritance, strategic mistakes and circumstances and there are no easy answers to the problem, Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry told Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale in an exclusive interview from Colombo. The beautiful island country has defaulted on its international repayment and is faced […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘TalkingPoint’, Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s Former Envoy to France, Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Dean, International Affairs and Global Initiatives & Professor of Diplomatic Practice at the School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University and Dr. Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, Natixis, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Non-Resident […]Read More
Following queries made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarians, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said he has not asked Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign, nor does he have any intention of doing so, The Morning has learnt. At a meeting with the President on Thursday, also attended by the Prime Minister, several SLPP MPs […]Read More
No Comment? The last day of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi on Wednesday began with a tribute to the late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. Moderator Lisa Singh from the Australia-India Institute said “General Rawat led the Indian Armed Forces into a new era of transformation and the Chair of Excellence and the […]Read More
A recent meeting of China and India’s ambassadors with Myanmar’s junta-appointed electoral body has raised concerns that the two neighboring countries are offering additional disguised support to the military regime. Chen Hai, China’s ambassador to Myanmar, and Vinay Kumar, India’s ambassador to Myanmar, held separate meetings with Union Election Commission (UEC) head U Thein Soe […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Europeans and Americans may have been vocal against India not taking sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict but many of their leaders have made a dash for New Delhi of late. That shows India’s rising clout, says Velina Tchakarova, Director of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The current economic crisis in Sri Lanka that has led to spiraling prices of essentials has drawn people onto the streets calling for the ouster of the Rajapaksas—President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Changes made by the President, including changes to the Cabinet, has done little to assuage […]Read More
Communication Gap India has been getting more than its fair share of advice regarding Ukraine and it got to the extent that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar – a normally unflappable man – lost patience. The minister who was in the rare position of taking questions from his counterparts from various countries, told the minister […]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: The guns were out on the opening day of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi with Russia the obvious and expected target. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, after meeting Narendra Modi earlier in the day, hinted at what she had told him. “In Europe we see Russia’s aggression as a direct threat […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A list released in the first week of April by the Deputy Commissioner of Kohlu district in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, had the names of 22,600 missing persons including over 348 from the same district. The numbers are staggering but the issue has plagued Pakistan’s poorest province for over two decades with little hope […]Read More
NEW DELHI: West Asia has seen some of the most horrific wars in recent memory. The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 did result in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein but also saw the rise of the Islamic State and its atrocities, inflicted mostly on co-religonists. There followed the short lived Arab Spring where hopes […]Read More
Amid rising armed resistance against his rule in Myanmar, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has invited the leaders of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) for talks “to end armed conflict”. However, given his recent statement that his regime would not hold talks with the opposition, the shadow National Unity Government and its armed wing People’s Defence […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi and his visiting British counterpart Boris Johnson appear to have struck the right notes as they wound up talks in Delhi. Modi confirmed that detailed discussions had taken place on the India-Britain “strategic and defence partnership” and major agreements had been finalised between the two nations. “We welcome the UK’s keenness […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Shambhu S.Kumaran, India’s Envoy to the Philippines, Republic of Palau and Federated States of Micronesia in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In this wide-ranging interview, Ambassador Kumaran discusses External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar’s upcoming bilateral meeting in Delhi with Teodoro L. Locsin Jr, the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lands in Ahmedabad on Thursday with the Indo-Pacific and under negotiation FTA high on his agenda. British officials said, “the Prime Minister is expected to announce major investment in key industries in both the UK and India, boosting jobs and growth at home, as well as new collaboration […]Read More
NEW DELHI: An agreement on an interim trade deal with India is doubtful during UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s two day visit beginning Thursday. That’s the view held out by Rahul Roy Chaudhary, head of the South Asia research programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. interviewed on The Gist programme, Chaudhary […]Read More
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