Biden’s India Brief: Setting stage for Manmohan-Obama summit
Building upon outcomes of the fourth India-US strategic dialogue held in New Delhi last month, US Vice-President Joe Biden is set for his maiden trip to India that is expected …
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India should not get paranoid about Bhutan’s ties with China: Varma
The decisive victory of Bhutan’s chief opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded elections has resurrected hopes of smoothing recent strains in the “unique and special relationship” between New Delhi …
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Vietnam backs bigger role for India in Asia-Pacific region
The benign ghosts of ‘Uncle Ho’ and ‘Chacha Nehru’ hovered in the conference hall of Sapru House, home of the Indian Council of World Affairs, as Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Phạm …
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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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