India-born Vietnam foreign minister on New Delhi mission
When Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh visits New Delhi this week for wide-ranging talks, it will be a homecoming of sorts, bristling with memories of the country he was …
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The Vision Thing: Kerry allays Taliban concerns, backs India’s Afghan role
Amid concerns about strategic dissonance between India and the US over Afghanistan, Secretary of State John Kerry has allayed New Delhi’s anxieties over a power-sharing dialogue with the Taliban and …
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Kerry On: India, US set for straight talk, to rejuvenate ties
“The defining partnership of the 21st century,” as US President Barack Obama has evocatively described the India-US relations, will be in for a fresh appraisal and possible rejuvenation when the …
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Baghdad beckons: India poised to galvanise ties with Iraq
India’s relationship with Iran has garnered headlines in the past few years, and for predictable reasons. The US’ unrelenting pressure and India’s deft diplomacy in guarding its energy security, with …
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Obama-Xi summit: US, China poised to re-define relations
The leaders of the US and China are looking to re-define terms of engagement amid dissonance on an array of issues ranging from cyber-attacks and trade deficit and firm up a …
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Soft power pull: India is chai, cricket … and loads of creativity
India is … chai, cricket and creativity. India is … mystical, magical and maddening. India is … innovative, interesting and incredible. One could go on and on. Perhaps no country …
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Getting India inside the tent: Japan to spur nuclear deal, forges closer security ties
In an important move, Japan, a non-proliferation hawk and the only nation to have been attacked by atomic weapons, has signalled its strategic intent to transform ties with India by …
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A new spring: India, Japan ‘major actors’ in shaping a rising Asia
Amid the flux in the Asia-Pacific geopolitical landscape, India has enunciated a robust vision of an Asian century that puts closer security and economic ties with Japan at the heart …
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Intertwining African and Indian dreams
Africa Day is a time for rejoicing and celebration of the indomitable spirit of over a billion African people who are dreaming afresh a new narrative of renaissance, resurgence and …
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Premier Li in Delhi: Uncovering symbols and messages
In diplomacy, the optics matters as much as substance. There were smiles all around as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang touched down in the Indian capital (May 19) on a headline-stealing visit …
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