Maldives Returns to ‘India First’ policy
In its last year the Modi government can claim its renewed ties with Maldives as a triumph in its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy
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Saudi’s Falih says no OPEC+ output policy change until June
Along with China and the U.S., India’s expanding economy was driving global oil demand growth.
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China’s stand in the recent India-Pakistan tensions reinforces incremental pro-India tilt in Beijing
Dr Swaran Singh is professor of Diplomacy and Disarmament at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. He specialises in Asia Affairs with focus on China-India relations and is visiting faculty at several Chinese and other Asian Universities. He regularly contributes to media and lectures at various national and international defence and foreign policy institutions. He spoke to IAR on India-China relations and Beijing’s stand on the latest round of India-Pakistan tensions.
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Deconstructing China’s ‘technical hold’ on listing Azhar Masood as global terrorist
The tacit arrangement seems to be that as long as Pakistan based terrorist outfits do not support separatists in China’s Muslim-majority restive Xinjiang and do not disrupt its projects under its flagship CPEC, Beijing would continue to protect them from being censored by the international community.
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