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A closer look at what relations between Washington and Moscow mean for New Delhi.
The international system may not revert to Cold War era blocs. But some tough choices lie ahead for countries
While the controversy risked being added to the list of issues both sides are having, thus far the fallout has been managed relatively well.
Strikingly similar to the crisis that Iran faced at the IAEA Board meeting in Vienna last weekend, India too found itself in a tight spot in April 1994 at the United Nations Human Rights Commission's annual session in Geneva.
Clearly, the prime minister is very good at making speeches.
The Russian president, who will be in New Delhi on December 6, is not just coming to maintain the ‘special, privileged strategic partnership’, but to also deepen bilateral relations
The Japanese Prime Minister may have won a battle, but the war remains.
Japan knows India is the best possible regional counter-weight to a rising China. At the same time, it has to work with China to counter global uncertainties.
Taiwan is not willing to be assimilated, at least politically, into the motherland
The issues in Afghanistan do not exhaust potential areas for India-US cooperation. For example, combating the drug trade, engaging China, Central Asian nations, Iran, and Russia. Successful coordination and collaboration will go a long way towards creating a post-2014 Afghan scenario amenable to both India and the US.
Potential security engagements among the three have spotlighted their increasing convergence.
While the impetus for closer alignment is clear, much work remains to be done on the security side and within the wider bilateral relationship.
A closer look at the trajectory of an important relationship.
If we do not stand up and reclaim the space we have conceded to criminals and other low-life who now sit in judgment over us, it will be our children who will pay the price in the coming years
A final draft resolution at the United Nations, passed in July 2014, has focused on the UN General Assembly's review process of World Summit on the Information Society outcomes implementation.
By overdoing soft power, India isn’t going to be able to fix the challenges of today, nor will it be able to exploit and benefit from the opportunities of today and tomorrow.
A closer look at what the recently released US Missile Defense Review means for New Delhi.
There is an element of Shakespeare in Bihar politics. It has over the last 40 years seen so many historical developments impacting national politics that the ongoing election will once again throw up a surprise.
By pulling the US out of the INF Treaty, US President Donald Trump is only hastening the inevitable
For Narendra Modi, going into elections next year, the focus has been to put across India as a major global economy.
Past discussions surrounding Jammu and Kashmir’s possible Balkanisation almost always envisioned Jammu being severed from Kashmir.
The Indian state must use the opportunity that the political crisis has offered to fix the many things that are broken.
Beijing has been Africa’s largest trading partner since 2008.
On December 20, 2003, a landmark in the history of modern India was achieved. The nation's forex reserves for the very first time crossed the $ 100 billion mark, to be precise clocked 100.048 billion. The high, coming just after a decade of reforms, remember 1990-91, could well be termed as the coming of age of India¿s liberalisation program.
From geopolitics to space cooperation, Paris has always been supportive of New Delhi’s decisions
The 2014 campaign was a pulsating and historic one but its essential architecture was unorthodox.
The problem is less to do with ideology, and more about the clumsiness and coarseness with which the ideology is being spread.
A weaker American presence would only compound New Delhi’s existing Afghan conundrum.
Any association with New Delhi is still seen as a kiss of death in Pakistani politics.
Kathmandu has repeatedly indicated that it wants to maintain a balance between India and China.
The idea of hotline, now stuck up on protocol issues, will play a role in reducing tensions between India and China.
There are lessons we can learn from Pakistan unless we want to end up like them.
The US merely followed the lead of Britain in pushing the UN resolutions of 1948 making a dispute out of India’s complaint of Pakistani aggression in Kashmir.
The CBI is #IASmukt, as is the CVC, whose commissioners are former income-tax, police and bank officials.
The country won’t have the resources required to modernise and equip the armed forces, or the wherewithal to project power in its neighbourhood and beyond.
The new budget does little to advance the very objectives the country has outlined for itself.
It is essential that the government goes ahead and tables the NSRA Bill.
China invested more than USD 100 billion overseas last year alone. Its cumulative investments in Myanmar total USD 14.2 billion. The real question is why Chinese investment in India has lagged so far behind. Political mistrust is certainly a large part of the answer.
Depletion of natural capital is an irreversible process and steps to assess and combat this are needed urgently.
There is no reason to believe that things will be any different if now Modi goes to Islamabad.
The wave of terrorist violence that will hit India as a result of de-escalation at this stage is not going to be a tenable proposition.
The wave of terrorist violence that will hit India as a result of de-escalation is not going to be a tenable proposition for India.
