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Harsh V. PantIndian Express |
A day might be a long time in politics, but in foreign policy, even a decade is usually not long enough to merit a serious appraisal. The last decade,...
Last week, the Maldives and China signed a defence pact "on China's provision of military assistance gratis to the Republic of Maldives", underlining...
While India enters its own season of general elections, Pakistan's poll cycle seems to be ending with Shehbaz Sharif taking over the nation's prime...
Alexei Navalny, one of Russia's most prominent opposition figures, has died, becoming another one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's critics who...
There are moments in a nation's trajectory when its arrival on the global scene is heralded by the quality of its leadership. The decision by Qatar to...
Even as one circus of the absurd has ended in Pakistan, another has begun. The farcical nature of the electoral exercise in the country has produced...
French President Emmanuel Macron may be facing political trouble at home but his visit to India, full of pomp and ceremony, underscored the special...
The world is passing through a phase of disorder, which is posing serious policy questions for nations big and small. But the one country that should...
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has made it clear that he has no intention of bringing Delhi-Male ties from the edge of a precipice. In fact, he...
In this day and age of social media, diplomacy is facing new challenges. At times, the cacophony of social media drowns out the really important...
Foreign policy is a murky business. All nations across the world, given a choice, would want to be strategically autonomous. That is, they would want...
As we bid adieu to the year 2023, we are witnessing a global order that has been fundamentally reconfigured - politically, economically and...
A process that started in August 2019 finally culminated this week when the Supreme Court placed its seal of approval on the Narendra Modi...
It was perhaps inevitable that Henry Kissinger would be as controversial in his death as he was during his life. His obituaries reflect the...
British politics has once again taken a turn with the cabinet reshuffle ushered in by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week. The sacking of Suella...
A year from now, the US will have a new President but the nation's electoral challenge is getting curiouser and curiouser. An incumbent President,...
At a time when the Middle East is passing through a delicate phase, India's challenges in the region grew even more serious last week when the Court...
As conflict escalates in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war shows no sign of petering out in Europe, nations, large and small, are...
Reaffirming his nation's commitment to continue pouring billions of dollars into the economies of developing countries as the Belt and Road Initiative...
As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, diplomacy too has picked up pace with US President Joe Biden deciding to visit Israel to assess...
As if the world was not grappling with enough instability, the renewed conflagration between Israel and Palestinians has added another, more dangerous...
It's been a tough few days for the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Nothing, it seems, is going right for him. His domestic popularity has...
As the G20 summit successfully concluded in New Delhi last week, it managed to generate some positive headlines for India globally. Even India’s...