NEW DELHI: In Session One of ‘Talking Point’, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS), Author of ‘Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy’ and Singapore’s Former Ambassador to the UN and Ex-Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry is in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As Joe Biden edges closer to the magic mark of 270 and the presidency, there’s speculation about whether India-US ties could see a sharp turnaround from the heady days of “Howdy Modi” and “Namaste Trump”. Some warn of heat on the J&K front, pointing to Kamala Harris’s remarks on India removing the state’s […]Read More
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cannot afford to ignore India’s strategic interests in this region, says Admiral Jayanath Columbage, foreign secretary in the new government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. India is a powerful country, an Indian Ocean power and Colombo needs to be mindful of those concerns, he told the Ada Derana TV network. He acknowledged Sri […]Read More
NEW DELHI: President Donald Trump had threatened to take the legal route if he felt the Democrats were trying to ‘steal the election’. On Thursday, he followed through on his word with lawsuits filed in three key states, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia. The lawsuits cited lack of access of Republican campaign observers to where the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Being two ancient civilisations, India and China have known each other almost since the beginning of time. Even the mighty Himalayas could not prevent the two civilisations from getting acquainted with each other. Contacts between the two countries go back to 2nd century BC though China/Chinese related references can be inferred in earlier Indian […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the election results poised on a knife edge, President Donald Trump declared victory early on Wednesday morning and launched a broadside against postal ballots, threatening to go to the Supreme Court to get them stopped. “We want all voting to stop and we will be going the Supreme Court to ensure that. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The annual Modi-Putin summit looks increasingly unlikely, given the pandemic. It is Putin’s turn to visit but the Russian leader is rarely known to step outside his Kremlin residence and it seems most of his meetings are virtual affairs. Given that, there could be a bit of a risk for Putin to fly […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Voting opens in the US early on Tuesday morning (although in India it will be 3.30 pm) with the state of Vermont in the north east. Voting ends late in the evening (which would be early morning Wednesday in India). All US citizens numbering around 240 million are eligible to vote but for […]Read More
Sorry Mr Secretary @SecPompeo, we’re busy promoting #China-#SriLanka friendship and cooperation, not interested in your #AlienVsPredator game invitation. The US can play two roles at the same time as always. NEW DELHI: Thus went the tweet by the Chinese embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Tuesday afternoon as it mocked the visit of the US […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The great game in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) continues. In yet another signal of the importance India attaches to its immediate neighbours and the growing salience of the IOR and the wider Indo-Pacific, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is set to visit Maldives early next month. That Shringla has chosen to visit […]Read More
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