October 28, 2023

Hamas Terror Attack Over Israel: What Can India Do?

Once again the India’s foreign policy finds itself placed into a dilemma over Hamas attack upon Israel. And that pertains to choosing a side between the U.S.-led NATO powers assisted by several Western nations and the consolidating Russia-China...

July 2, 2023

India's response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict is nuanced

The Russia-Ukraine war has not only engendered large-scale destruction within Ukraine but rippling effects throughout the world, leading to a complex net of international relations and alliances. India, with its historical-traditional ties w...

September 16, 2014

PM Modi's Visit to America

Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is visiting to the United States at the end of this month to attend the annual meeting of United Nations General Assembly. Along with this meeting, he is also scheduled to meet President Obama, a...

September 8, 2014

New Horizons in India-Australia Relations

The just concluded visit of Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbot to India has reinvigorated mutual relations already thriving since the visit of former Australian PM Julia Gillard to this country some two years ago. As both the countries share...

September 4, 2014

India Opens the Door to Japan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current visit to Japan has proved to be very successful in many ways. While it has brought two Asian giants on fruitful cooperation in different sectors like infrastructure, manufacturing, transport, and cl...

January 23, 2014

Countdown to Geneva - 2

Although the countdown to the scheduled Geneva-2 international conference to resolve the Syrian imbroglio has begun, success looks rather unlikely due to hard postures adopted by both Syrian President Basher Al-Assad along with several oppo...

January 19, 2014

Russia forges ahead towards resolving Syrian crisis

Against the backdrop of the West's strategy of inviting Syrian opposition groups to the scheduled international conference known as Geneva-2, which opens on January 22, it would a major diplomatic success for Russia in bringing them (Syrian oppositio...

January 18, 2014

An Emerging Russia-Iran-Syria Axis?

Inflaming the West's longstanding suspicions of an emerging Moscow-Damascus-Teheran axis, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria, and Iran held an unprecedented trilateral meeting in Moscow to fine-tune their positions ahead of Syrian peace talks (Ge...

January 17, 2014

China and Japan at Odds over Africa

China stands alarmed at Japan's continent-wide diplomacy in reinvigorating its ties with Africa. China accords great strategic significance to Africa as a source of precious raw materials and a booming market for finished products. China's trade with...

January 11, 2014

Mounting tensions between China and the US

China and the US are once again on a collision course as a new fishing regulation has been outlined by a Chinese island province of Hainan which requires all foreign vessels to obtain prior approval before entering the disputed waters of the South Ch...

August 28, 2013

The West should avoid conflict in Syria

With the west seriously preparing to attack Syria on the grounds of using chemical weapons by Damascus, the on-going crisis has acquired a dangerous turn with both sides sticking to their respective position. But peaceful negotiation to this crisis i...

January 4, 2013

Syria Slides toward Humanitarian Disaster

For the past two years, the popular upsurge against President Assad's oppressive regime and the consequent retaliatory action by the Syrian army has led the country to such a sorry impasse that they are now facing the prospect of humanitarian disaste...

December 29, 2012

Syria's Top Commander Switches His Loyalty to Join Rebels

As a bold encouragement to the ongoing Syrian uprisings against its President, Basher al-Assad, the hitherto trusted head of Syria's military police has defected from the army and has declared his allegiance with the rebels.  Major General ...

December 22, 2012

Mounting Tensions Between Turkey and Iran

In the already tense and volatile West Asia/Middle East region, a major confrontation has been brewing since early this week between Turkey and Iran due to a recent decision by the government of Turkey to seek Patriot missiles from the NATO powe...

December 21, 2012

Emerging Cooperation between India and ASEAN

Amidst high hope, India and the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) plan to sign a historic free trade agreement (FTA) on services and investment in the scheduled two-day ASEAN summit on Dec. 20 and 21, which for the first time, India will host...

December 5, 2012

Beijing's South China Sea gambit: The view from India

The rising Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea as evident from its unilateral declaration on 29th November, claiming exclusive jurisdiction over disputed islands is a serious concern for India as well as ASEAN nations particularly, Philippin...

October 27, 2012

Communal Violence in Burma

A long and vicious spell of communal clashes has been occurring between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in western Burma (Myanmar) for the past four months. The internal situation remains highly volatile there, leading to the almost com...

October 21, 2012

A Fresh Start for India-Australia Cooperation

The recent visit to India by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard creates an auspicious opportunity for a new beginning in the somewhat not-so-good relations between India and Australia of the past few years. The ban imposed by Australia on sale o...