Diplomacy

The people of Bangladesh are closely watching the election-related developments in India. Reports say that the Sheikh Hasina regime wants to see a stable government in India for all round development of the region. In some quarters, questions have been raised about the future of India-Bangla ties following the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Bangladeshi intelligentsia is anxious to know if there would be paradigm shift in the bilateral relations after May 16.

Amid the frenzy and fever of the world’s most colourful elections, India’s diplomacy is quietly and meaningfully humming along as the country’s foreign secretary and senior diplomats head east, west, north and south, in quest of new opportunities unleashed by a rapidly globalising world.

In a boost for India’s energy diplomacy in the resource-rich Central Asia, Kazakhstan has offered ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of the country’s oil major ONGC, a stake …

The guessing game can go on, but with barely a fortnight to go before the results of parliamentary elections are declared, Pakistan has signalled its readiness to restart the dialogue process with India after a new government is installed in Delhi later in May.

Any outcome statement that describes itself as non-binding and as one that “hopefully contributes to the evolution of the internet governance ecosystem” sets itself up to being judged harshly by …

In determining whether or not it is necessary to revisit India’s nuclear doctrine it would be relevant to examine how it evolved, its main features, the reasons behind the calls to revisit it and the factors which militate against so doing.

In an indication that India’s relations with Pakistan are heading for a rough patch under a likely BJP government in New Delhi, India’s chief opposition asked Islamabad not to meddle in its internal affairs after a Pakistani minister said that the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will “destabilise regional peace.” In remarks that are seen widely as intrusive and distasteful in India, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s comments that Modi, if elected o power, will destabilise regional peace, elicited sharp reaction from the BJP, with the ruling Congress also registering its outrage.

It’s a journey without frontiers. Thirty people, 19 countries, one common mission: honing in on the art of holding elections and keeping the democratic fire burning.