Iran has become 9th full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in its 23rd summit held in virtual mode in the first week of July under the presidentship of India. After reproachment with Saudi Arabia it is another good news for Tehran....
In an occurrence rare in politics, Indonesia stands out as one of the few countries in the world where a rival Presidential candidate of another political party is appointed to one of the highest ministerial positions within the ruling government pos....
Tags : Article , democracy , Sukarno , Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) , Asia Africa Conference , Malaysian Federation , Prabowo Subianto
Introduction On 12 July 2023, North Korea fired a Hwasong-18 solid-propellant intercontinental range ballistic missiles (ICBM), the longest-ever flight for a North Korean missile, that flew for 74 minutes, triggering fresh tensions in the....
Tags : Article , ICBM , ASEAN , EU , G-7 , summit diplomacy , abduction issue , missile launch , MIRV , nuclear warheads , trilateral initiative
After deciding to invade Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has been subject to financial, economic, diplomatic, military, and even sports sanctions by numerous countries and international organizations. Sanctions have been used for decades as a puniti....
Tags : Article , Russia , Iran , sanctions , Ukraine Crisis
The West Asia region is considered an “extended neighbourhood” in Indian foreign policy discourse. Since recalibrating its foreign policy in the 1990s, this important region has found a coveted place in India’s external outreach. Consequently, ....
Tags : Commentary , OIC , I2U2 , AKP , Pakistan factor
It is undeniable that the emerging trajectory of relations between India and a few key Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have become one of the most successful stories of the current foreign policy of the Narendra Modi-led government since mid-20....
Tags : Article , India , renewable energy , UAE , CEPA , Rupee-Dirham
हाल ही में भारत की अध्यक्षता में शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (SCO) का 22वां शिखर सम्मेलन वर्चुअल प्रारूप में स....
Tags : Commentary , चीन , मध्य एशिया , रूस , शंघाई सहयोग संगठन , आतंकवादी आश्रय , शिखर सम्मेलन
When the Quad idea was floated for the first time by the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his address to the Indian Parliament in August 2007, popular for its title “Confluence of the two Seas” there was no unanimity among the propose....
Tags : Article , QUAD , AUKUS , : NATO’s eastern outreach , submarine deal , Malacca dilemma , maritime route , pleading peace
The NATO Summit held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, 11-12 July 2023, was momentous in many respects. It took place against the background of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine whose active phase of hostilities is now well past 500....
Tags : Article , US , China , Russia , Turkey , NATO , Ukraine , France , Sweden , Zelensky , Vilnius Summit
Introduction In the great power contestation with the United States and China as the main two protagonists with satellite powers either endorsing stance or outright standing behind either of the two has turned global politics upside down.....
Tags : Article , NATO , Taiwan Strait , SDF , Pacifist Constitution , Shangri-La security summit , ITPP