US to send special troops to Syria after peace talks
With Moscow raising the stakes by resorting to aerial bombing to flush out radical Islamist militants in Syria, the US has decided to send special troops to Syria after it …
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Elections in Turkey: Implications for Security in West Asia
Turkey will elect its 26th Parliament on November 1, 2015. This snap election takes place within five months of the last election on June 7, 2015. No party was able to secure a majority in that election. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan which has been in power since 2001, fell short of a majority by 18 seats.
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Sri Lanka fishing row: Why ‘coercive diplomacy’ may not work
In a recent letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the travails of the Indian fishers arrested/harassed by Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa commended ‘coercive diplomacy’ as a possible way to make Colombo see reason.
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India, Africa to set up monitoring mechanism to fast-track projects
India and Africa have agreed to establish a formal monitoring mechanism to track the implementation of agreed projects and ensure that there is no gap between ideas and action.
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India unveils $10 billion boost for Africa partnership
Scaling up India-Africa partnership to new heights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a consolidated fund of $10 billion for a host of development projects, training institutes and scholarships for …
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Modi’s Africa: Skill, Scale and Speed
It’s time for Afro-optimism in India, and it is crystallised in the ongoing third India-Africa Forum Summit, the biggest diplomatic show India has hosted in over three decades. The narrative of a resurgent continent is intersecting with that of a rising India, opening up new vistas for reinvigorating a critical partnership between the two growth hubs of the rejuvenated global South.
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Building win-win India-Africa partnership
The Indo-African partnership has been rooted in the spirit of the Afro-Asian conference held at Bandung, Indonesia in 1955. Cemented by a common stand against colonisation and racism, today, this partnership is at a turning point motored by the stellar economic growth in the two regions and the growing exchange between them.
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UNSC reforms: India pitches for African solidarity, says time is now
India has made a robust pitch for reform and expansion of the UN Security Council and underlined that institutions of global governance can’t exclude New Delhi and Africa, the two emerging growth poles of the world.
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Bridging information deficit: India, Africa to step up media connect
Amid a growing bilateral relationship but limited understating of each other, the news media of India and Africa have decided to step up their engagement to unleash the voices of the two youngest regions of the world and create fresh narratives of each other.
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India’s Daughter Geeta returns home from Pakistan: Joy, emotions, human touch
It was a moment packed with emotions, drama and the humanitarian radiance, which promises to brighten the darkened landscape of the strained India-Pakistan relations. Geeta’s luminous smile, her face lit up with the joy of returning home after straying accidentally into Pakistan 15 years ago, said it all.
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