Iraq crisis won’t impact Indian economy: RBI chief
Amid apprehensions about the likely fallout of the Iraq crisis on Indian economy, the head of the country’s central bank has assured that India is ready to deal with any …
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Dangers of the ISIS push in Iraq
Iraq is fast descending into a huge crisis. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an off-shoot of Al Qaeda, has made quick progress in capturing most of the …
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Iraq crisis: India explores all options to evacuate Indians, sends special envoy
Against the backdrop of the sharply deteriorating situation and the spike in Shia-Sunni conflict in Iraq, India is exploring all options to evacuate over 87 Indians stranded in worst-hit Iraqi …
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Militants onslaught: Iraq, US should equally share blame
On June 11, hundreds of Sunni militants aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and the al-Sham (ISIS) captured Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s home city. …
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Wang Yi’s Delhi visit: Why China is courting Modi
Three missions characterised China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to New Delhi. To a large extent, these missions were fulfilled and the trip can be stated as successful from the Chinese point of view.
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Let’s accept it, China has risen
The recent slugfest involving the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the one hand and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Japanese Prime Minister Abe on the other at the Shangri …
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Modi visit should decide how Bhutan relates to China: S.D. Muni
Prof. S.D. Muni speaks about the growing Chinese influence in Bhutan and contends that the forthcoming prime ministerial visit should be used to discuss with Thimphu the latter’s ties with Beijing in the spirit of special partnership between India and Bhutan.
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India and Bhutan: Model Neighbours, Twinned destinies
What makes India-Bhutan ties special, unique, time-tested and exemplary? Indeed, it’s a long roster of laudatory adjectives that’s generously used to describe the India-Bhutan relationship; they evoke an organic relationship that is grounded in idealism as well as realism.
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Saudi Arabia-Iran: Resilient animosity?
One of the main policy agendas of Iran’s President Rouhani’s government is ‘constructive engagement’ with all six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif visited …
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Pakistan’s balancing act in West Asia
Saudi Arabia’s recent $1.5 billion grant to Pakistan re-affirms the depth of the relationship that the two countries share. It has also brought into focus their expanding defence ties and …
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