India-Russia reset: S-400 Sovereignty Test
Reset seems to be the reigning buzzword, and strategic autonomy the operative mantra, in India’s diplomatic lexicon. In fact, it is set to be the year of diplomatic reset for …
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India, US sign COMCASA, converge on Indo-Pacific
NEW DELHI: Taking a leap of faith, India and the US, the world’s oldest and largest democracies, decided to take their burgeoning defence partnership to the next level by signing …
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2+2 = 4-5-6 of India-US relations
Get your maths right. In the evolving arithmetic and calculus of India-US relations, 2+2 could add up to more than just 4. The 123 moment, crystallised in the transformational civil …
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2+2 India-US dialogue: What’s cooking behind the hype?
The much “Trump-eted” 2+2 moment in India-US relations is finally here. Amid a rapidly mutating geopolitical landscape in the Indo-Pacific region and a slew of global and regional hotspots vying …
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Vajpayee’s foreign policy legacy: Making India count, globally
Taking risks and pushing the envelope, but always keeping India’s vital interests centre-stage, was the hallmark of Vajpayee’s foreign policy. It is this multi-dimensional diplomacy that will sustain and nourish …
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BRICS bond in times of Trump
On a crisp sunny winter day in the land of Madiba and Mahatma, leaders of BRICScountries clasped their hands together at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg and decided to sculpt a new edifice of reformed multilateral order as a bulwark against rising tides of unilateralism and parochialism. This joint intent to re-shape the global order was telescoped in the imparting of virtual hand impressions at the Cradle of Humankind at Maropeng by leaders of BRICS countries.
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Amid China spat, US upgrades India’s trade & strategic status
In a transformative step to fructify the designation of New Delhi as its Major Defence Partner amid a changing strategic environment, the US has upgraded India’s status as a trading …
Read MoreBRICS blow trumpet of new multilateralism amid Trump Anxiety
JOHANNESBURG: On a crisp sunny winter day in the land of Madiba, the leaders of BRICS countries decided to build a new edifice of reformed multilateral order as a bulwark …
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BRICS summit to focus on free trade, reform of global governance
JOHANNESBURG: The 10th BRICS summit is set to open at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on July 25, with the five emerging economies of India, China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa …
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Modi’s Africa Opportunity: Mapping New Frontiers
It’s time for Africa, and Africa’s turn to bask in the global spotlight as the BRICS summit of emerging powers hosts an outreach meeting with the leaders of many African countries in Johannesburg this week. Ahead of the BRICS summit, the leaders of India and China will launch a “Charm Africa”, diplomatic mission, with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping travelling to Rwanda, a landlocked country with not many resources, but full of can-do spirit to fashion the country’s destiny anew. Besides Rwanda, Modi will be visiting Uganda and South Africa and Xi Jinping will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Mauritius.
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