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West Asia Conflict: Pakistan, a peacemaker without credibility

Shankar Kumar Mockery of the current global situation is on full display. Even as Pakistan is brazenly attacking Afghanistan, bombing its hospitals, residential areas and killing people with impunity, it sought to position itself as a peacemaker in the ongoing war between America-Israel and Iran. Though it failed in these efforts, Pakistan hosted foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt with the aim to de-escalate the conflict, ...

Iran War: India’s balancing act in West Asia aimed at safeguarding interests

Shankar Kumar Even as the ongoing conflict in West Asia poses significant diplomatic, strategic, and logistical challenges, India appears to be navigating the crisis with caution and pragmatism. New Delhi’s approach reflects an effort to safeguard its core interests while maintaining working relationships with all key stakeholders in the region. Amid escalating tensions, Indian leaders have been in constant communication with mem...

Can Balendra Shah overcome his anti-India stance to reset India-Nepal’s ties?

Shankar Kumar In a few days, Nepal will get a new Prime Minister. The four-year-old centrist party, the Rashtriya Swatantra Party, with close to a two-third majority in parliament, is poised to form the next government in the Himalayan country. Balendra Shah is expected to become Prime Minister of Nepal if the RSP leadership led by Rabi Lamichhane and his deputy in the party, D P Aryal, stick to the seven-point agreement that they sig...

India’s tech diplomacy gains momentum across Malaysia, the Gulf and Africa

Shankar Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just concluded his two-day visit to Malaysia. The visit assumes significance since the far-east Asian country is fast turning into a global semiconductor hub and using the global chip supply chain disruptions as an opportunity. Ranked sixth globally in semiconductor exports, the sector contributes around 25 % to Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP). India, which has emerged as a sig...

India’s Arab pivot: Why it matters more than ever

Shankar Kumar Close on the heels of hosting European leaders and signing internationally buzz-creating economic, defence and security agreements, New Delhi recently hosted the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, signalling the South Asian country’s smart diplomatic and strategic move to position itself as a key global player. The meeting of Foreign Ministers of Arab States and the Secretary-General of the League o...

India an oasis of peace and stability in a chaotic world

Shankar Kumar This year, India will host the BRICS summit. It is about to host Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, as chief guests for its 77th Republic Day function on January 26. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has just concluded his maiden visit, during which 19 Memoranda of Understanding were signed, and eight key announcements were made. As per media re...

PM Modi to cement ties with Jordan, Oman and woo Ethiopia in his maiden visit

Shankar Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-day visit to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman from December 15 signals India’s interest in deepening its engagement with these countries of the Middle East and Africa. His visits to Jordan and Oman -- New Delhi’s oldest diplomatic friends in the Middle East region -- will script a new chapter in their relationship with India. The visit is taking place amid a fast-churning...

India’s West Asia-Africa outreach: PM Modi to visit Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman next week

Shankar Kumar Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-day visit to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman from December 15 signals India’s interest in deepening its engagement with these countries of the Middle East and Africa. His visits to Jordan and Oman -- New Delhi’s oldest diplomatic friends in the Middle East region -- will script a new chapter in their relationship with India. The visit is taking place amid a fast-churning...

Why SCO must abandon its selective approach to terrorism

Shankar Kumar A week after a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with ammonium nitrate fuel oil near Red Fort area in Delhi, killing more than 10 people and injuring over a dozen others, India told leaders at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow that evils of “terrorism, separatism, and extremism…have become even more serious in the years that have passed.” Founded ...

India's emerging role as a reliable partner for Gulf countries

Shankar Kumar Trade, energy and Diaspora have been important pillars of cooperation between India and the Gulf countries, yet what is today catching global attention is New Delhi’s quiet and consistent effort to establish itself as a reliable defence partner to these countries. In the first week of October, India and Bahrain reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening defence and security cooperation. It’s pivotal move in ...

Pakistan bursting at the seams, internally and externally

Shankar Kumar Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed a ceasefire agreement in Doha after recent clashes. Given the yawning trust gap between Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and Pakistan, it will not be surprising if the two sides start clashing again. There are multiple reasons for it. First, Afghans do not consider the Durand Line, which once served as a buffer between British and Russian powers in 1893, as a border. For ...

Muttaqi's historic visit marks India's bold and pragmatic foreign policy shift

Shankar Kumar Although India is yet to recognise the Taliban administration, the engagement between the two sides received a significant boost when New Delhi announced it would upgrade its Technical Mission in Kabul to an Embassy, during the historic visit of the Afghanistan's Acting Foreing Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi . "India is fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence of Afghanistan. Closer...

'Nalanda: How it changed the world' chronicles India's rich past

Shankar Kumar Nalanda continues to have a mesmerising impact on people across the world because it represents far more than an ancient seat of learning—a symbol of India’s civilizational past, its intellectual depth, and cultural richness. And this is what Abhay Kumar, a career diplomat who is currently serving as Deputy Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICRC), has unravelled in his book ‘Nala...

‘Decoding China’—book seeks to deepen India’s understanding of assertive China

Shankar Kumar Understanding China is very complex and challenging. Even after navigating through layers of its history, politics, and culture, it is hard to unravel its deeper realities—a challenge that demands continued attention. It is this challenge that Decoding China—Hard Perspectives from India, a book edited by former India’s Ambassador to China Ashok K Kantha, seeks to address. Launched in New Delhi on Thursda...

India counters Trump's wooing of Pakistan with global realignment

Shankar Kumar In the more than six months since Donald Trump's march into the White House as the 47th US President, he has ensured that America’s foreign policy remains aligned with his whims. While he has weaponized the US’s economic power to bully trusted and long-standing allies, his administration has lost no time in tearing asunder America’s adherence to multilateralism. Amid India-US tensi...

Arab world looks towards India as food crisis looms large

Shankar Kumar As conflicts simmer across a large swath of the Arab world, and climate change-related challenges intensify each year, the region, which is home to 473 million people, is staring at a looming food crisis. According to the reports of Food and Agriculture Organisation, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme, hunger and malnutrition have surged to critical levels, affecting more than 69 million people in the Arab world as of 2...

India is cobbling Cyprus-Greece-Armenia axis to counter Turkey

Shankar Kumar Amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, Armenia extended crucial support to India in evacuating its 110 nationals stranded in Iran. These Indian nationals were first allowed to cross into Armenia through the Nurduz-Agarak border. They were subsequently transported to Yerevan, from where a special flight from India flew them to New Delhi. Evidently, on account of robust ties with Armenia, India has been su...

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