2478 results found
In Maldives, Government parties need to come clean on their strategy for the future in the Roadmap Talks. Only based on such a strategy could they work back, on accommodating the MDP's demand on advancing the presidential poll.
Without most people noticing it and anyone acknowledging it, either inside the country or outside, Maldives' new President Abdulla Yameen launched the nation's new 'foreign policy' at a quiet ceremony in capital Male on January 20, 2014.
Maldives' Foreign Minister, Mohamed Asim said that the choice flowed from his nation’s India first policy.
The Maldivian domestic politics today is in constant flux as the presidential elections draw close
Governments are architects designing our range of choices and social environment. Using formal behavioural science towards design, they can craft smar
Iran’s rising engagement with Afghanistan marks a subtle shift in its policy, moving from conflict to cooperation
Muizzu’s foreign policy seems to have three objectives: reduce dependence on India, increase cooperation with China, and diversify relations with ot
Metro policy is a well-thought-out plan but it has left some gaps, which are bound to pull down the whole process
New Delhi’s approach to Southeast Asia within the wider Indo-Pacific region is strategically sound but has limits.
Donald Trump’s Afghanistan policy reflects more continuity than he is willing to acknowledge
After celebrating his win, Modi needs to prepare for much work ahead on the foreign policy front.
In the past, India avoided talking to major powers like the US and Europe on the Middle East. Modi has hinted at a change in this approach by taking forthright positions on terrorism, nuclear proliferation and other controversial issues during his visit to the US.
In 2018, significant developments could take place in Southeast Asia, beginning with the Indo-ASEAN commemorative summit on January, followed by New Delhi hosting all the ASEAN leaders collectively as chief guests at the Republic Day function.
There are many metrics to measure the Modi foreign policy of the past year.
The IOR tour was not just about declarations and MOUs, proof of this is that New Delhi has put down money through Lines of Credit for infrastructure development in various island states. The challenge now is to ensure that it is effectively utilised.
Continuity, rather than change, is the true hallmark of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy. True, he has been far more vigorous and muscular than his predecessor Manmohan Singh, but the difference is in tone and emphases, rather than substance.
In the post BRICS narrative, Modi government’s recent policy towards Pakistan has been described as a "game changer" but has it's own limitations
No matter how you nuance the outcome of the recent Sharif-Modi meeting, the fact is that continuity, rather than change, marks the Indian PM's new Pakistan initiative. And, Time has shown the success of this strategy because India has, if anything, become more resilient, while Pakistan has come to the brink of collapse.
Significant advances have been made in relations with several strategic partners and progress has been registered in critical areas.
In his Kozhikode speech, Modi managed to underscore how Pakistan was going against the forces of history and how isolated it stood today as a result.
The Modi government should have put in place systems, structures and strategies that would make it politically very difficult for any future government to slide back to the pusillanimous policy on Pakistan.
Fiscal policy must be leveraged to contain the impact of rising interest rates on growth.
The future of the internet is by no means simple, and that the deeper the analysis became, the more complicated it would be, according to Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.
When Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf speaks, he gets lots of attention in Washington DC and other capitals in the western world. For the past three years, he has been saying that he was determined to root out terrorism from the world. He was quickly dubbed as a staunch ally by the Bush administration.
While recognising the role of private providers, NHP 2017 calls for harnessing the private sector through strategic purchase of secondary and tertiary
NYP 2021’s implementation might prove to be its biggest challenge
The ability to transform disruption into opportunity will be central in determining who will benefit and who will lose.
The Thai government needs to put in place a holistic and inclusive migration policy to support the migrants entering and residing in their territory
Both India and Indonesia see ASEAN centrality as a prominent feature in their approach to the Indo-Pacific.
The Vietnamese are carefully balancing their ties. At one level they maintain healthy party-to-party ties with China and seek to boost trade and investment from China. On the other, they want to build better ties with the US, Japan and India to offset the Chinese.
New Delhi can and should view Latin America as one region, to develop a foreign policy that caters specifically to the region—one that is anchored i
Externally, New Delhi has inconsistently wavered between attempting to influence the international debate on Kashmir and treating it as a purely domes
After a long delay, the government has finally announced the much awaited new foreign trade policy, with thrust export promotion, reducing trade transactions costs, e-commerce, services exports and ease of doing business. It is a welcome relief to see that economic reforms on the trade front are back on track and in full swing.
The integration of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India is the ultimate solution to the Kashmir problem, said Dr. Subha Chandran at an interaction on 'Jammu & Kashmir: Internal Threats and External Interests' at the ORF Chennai Chapter.
