India scoring diplomatically over Pakistan
Reading between the lines of these bland statements made it clear that states were politely refusing to take sides in the matter. And Pakistan had little say.
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Defence & Diplomacy
Case for separate Ladakh and rethinking India-China relations
The Union Territory (UT) status for Ladakh is a masterstroke in India’s long-term home and foreign policy. A counter strategy that India should be thinking now is to offer China an alternative transport, energy, trade and communication corridor originating from a port in Gujarat running across Northern India to connect Kashgar through Indus valley in Ladakh.
World responds to India’s move to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status
On Tuesday India’s parliament approved the resolution to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution and thereby revoke Kashmir’s special status and passed the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill to bifurcate the state.
India’s diplomatic outreach as it revokes Jammu and Kashmir’s special status
The government revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be split into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Iran’s Nuclear Issue: Implications For India
The challenge for India’s diplomacy therefore is to find a way out of the USA’s conflict with Iran (and also with Russia) so that its vital energy and maritime connectivity interests in the case of Iran remain unaffected.
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India and China review border situation
Beijing: The 14th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination (WMCC) on India-China
Taliban to Japan: Guarantee US troops withdrawal
By Ferdows Rasouli With the success of the seventh round of talks between the United
Maldives Chief of Defence Force wants India to act as Gaurantor of Peace and Stability in IOR
Speaking about Maldives’ ‘India First Policy’, Maj. Gen. Shamaal said countries in the region could draw many positive lessons from Indian culture and its democratic traditions.
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Third Trump-Kim summit: a case of deflated ambitions
If anything these three Trump-Kim summits have seen President Trump turn Kim Jong-un from being a pariah ruler of his hermit kingdom to one who has had about a dozen summit meetings with world leaders in the last one year, something that puts Kim at the very center-stage of debates on international affairs.
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Who in the Middle East wants war? No one, really
None of America’s Middle East allies would want a war to break out in the region, even as they would like to see Iran weakened. Sanctions may slowly but surely weaken Iran from within but its military is battle hardened, and its proxies active in Lebanon and Yemen.