NEW DELHI: Over three days beginning Thursday, the Indian Ocean archipelago of Seychelles will hold simultaneous elections for a new president and parliament. Like other major powers, India too is keeping a close eye on the upcoming polls. The western Indian Ocean archipelago’s geo-strategic location is what has kept major powers like the US, China […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sounded a clear message to China while visiting Vietnam on his first foreign trip after taking over from Shinzō Abe last month. After reaching security and economic agreements with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, he announced “an agreement in principle on the transfer of defence equipment […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The abrupt resignation of Kyrgyzstan’s president Sooronbay Jeenbekov after days of mass demonstrations, would appear to have opened the door for Central Asia’s first democracy. But the way ahead is uncertain. Jeenbekov’s troubles began soon after the October 4 polls were won by parties close to him. His detractors alleged the elections were rigged […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the second meeting of Quad foreign ministers wound up in Tokyo with a commitment for regular summits at that level, one question loomed large: for a country facing aggression by China on its northern frontiers, for which it has lost lives, India made no mention of that. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army Chief Gen Naravane wound up their Myanmar visit with a “commitment not to allow their respective territories to be used for activities inimical to each other,” and maintain security and stability in their border areas. That was the easy part. The tough one was the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the Armenia-Azerbaijan military conflict showing no sign of de-escalation, the former has released pictures of one of its Sukhoi-25 warplanes which it said was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet over Armenian airspace, killing the pilot. Yerevan says the F-16 flew from the ‘Ganja’ airport in Azerbaijan. Turkey and Azerbaijan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Lack of consensus thanks to the veto power commanded by UNSC members has stymied decision making for some time now. But never has the organization seemed so divided or unable to function as it is at the moment. Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Azerbaijan is “preparing the ground for launching aggression on the territory of the Republic of Armenia” with the Azerbaijan Defence Ministry in Baku “spreading disinformation” that Armenia is “shelling from the territory of the Republic,” Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Anna A. Naghdalyan says. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “India doesn’t need to articulate clear support” to Armenia in military clashes with Azerbaijan despite Yerevan’s public support on Kashmir and Baku siding with Pakistan and Turkey on the issue, says former Indian Ambassador to Armenia, Dr T. Suresh Babu. A status quo on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area suits Armenia, he said, adding he “doesn’t […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As conflicts go, the latest round of bloodletting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave has underscored the region’s deep ethnic fissures and rivalries. It’s not clear which side started the fighting, but some facts are indisputable. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but is dominated by Armenian Christians who […]Read More
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