India outraged over arrest of Indian diplomat in US
Amid ongoing efforts to refurbish India-US relations, a wholly avoidable controversy has erupted over the arrest of a senior Indian diplomat in New York over charges of visa fraud, with …
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‘India has a unique strategic culture and diplomatic style’
Does India have its own strategic culture? It’s an overwhelming question, defying facile answers and theorising. On a bright and crisp winter morning in New Delhi, India’s National Security Adviser …
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What Mandela means for India: A Gandhian, a great soul, an icon of change
An iconic non-violent revolutionary, the liberator of South Africa and the creator of a rainbow nation, Nelson Mandela had a deeper spiritual connection with India that transcended the political realm. …
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Reimagining the global order: India will be a different kind of power
The unipolar moment is over; multi-polarity is the reigning trend that is defining the inter-state relations in the second decade of the 21st century, and will continue to do so. …
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Africa and the International Criminal Court
The opposition of many African governments to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not new. Since 2008, when former ICC prosecutor Moreno Ocampo launched charges against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, …
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Gen. Raheel Sharif: Chief Has Changed, Pakistan Army Remains the Same
A very good measure of the Pakistan Army’s enduring influence in national security and foreign policy matters and potential for interference in domestic politics is perhaps the anticipation and interest …
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Chinese ADIZ in East China Sea: Posers for India
China has enormous capacity to surprise the world. In the third week of November, China suddenly announced the creation of an Air Defence identification Zone (ADIZ) over the Senkakau/Diayou islands …
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India moment in trade diplomacy: Bali package ensures food security
India has finally won, in this “war of nerves.” It has shown how the labyrinthine trade diplomacy can be made to deliver and uphold interests of the global underdog. After five …
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Mandela forever: A true Gandhian, a giant for justice
South African liberation leader and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison and became his country’s first black president, died at his home December 5 at the …
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Kolkata-to-Kunming: Experts debate contours of BCIM corridor
The BCIM corridor, an idea which has been in the making for over the last decade, is moving from the ideational stage to tangible exploratory steps to make it a …
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