At SCO summit, Modi says countries sponsoring terrorism must be held accountable
The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc with India and Pakistan being admitted to the grouping in 2017.
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Why did Modi choose Maldives, Sri Lanka as destinations for his first overseas visits?
It is in this backdrop that Modi’s visits to Maldives and Sri Lanka – his first official overseas destinations in his second term as Prime Minister – is expected to herald the second chapter for Modi’s Neighbourhood First policy. Its second edition is expected to mark a shift from India’s immediate to extended neighbourhood and from disputed land borders to maritime expanse making Modi an Indo-Pacific Prime Minister.
Kyrgyzstan confers its highest award on President Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, along with other leaders of the group including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is in the Kyrgyz capital to attend the two-day Summit beginning Thursday.
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Racial Overtones of Chinese Development in Kenya
It is dubious that the Belt and Road Initiative is healthy for Kenya’s long-term development. People should pay close attention to the debt relation between China and Kenya, and above all should prioritize the treatment and welfare of Kenyan workers who are most directly affected by the two countries’ growing relationship.
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US-China Rivalry: What Response Should India Forge? – II
The US- China strategic brinkmanship presents India with a host of opportunities. India can emerge as a major manufacturing hub and a trading partner of choice for the US; broaden and deepen strategic relations bilaterally with the US as well as under a multi-lateral framework nudge China on the border issue and utilize China’s distraction to build capacity to bridge the power asymmetry
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US-China Rivalry and Regional Dynamics – I
The tenets of the US Air – Sea Battle concept against China’s military adventure in the IPR is premised on the capacity of a militarily empowered ally to limit the initial ingress and set the stage for the US intervention forces to join the fray.
Central Asia–Japan Dialogue: Ministerial pledges greater support for infrastructure development
The meeting comes against the backdrop of increasing Chinese influence in the region
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The Game of Changes: The EU, China and the Middle East Investment Vortex
Vested interest groups in Arabic countries are not keen on opening up their borders to rival Arab businessmen. I would add that state actors in many Arab countries are also keen on monopolising transactions with the outside world, and specifically with the former colonial powers.
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Delegation of Senior Indian Diplomats visit China
The visit was part of regular exchanges between Ministry of External Affairs of India and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
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“The ball is in Pakistan’s court to deliver on India’s concerns over cross-border terrorism; taking the dialogue process further.”
India’s policy consistency and significant contribution in civil capacity building has made us popular across the politico-ethnic spectrum in Afghanistan.; this does not mean that we don’t have the channels open with the Taliban