Subtle messages sent this Republic Day The Excelsior 04 Feb 2021 Republic Day celebrations have traditionally been occasions of displaying Indian military might, soft power and national culture. As a tradition, spanning over five decades, it has always had a foreign dignitary, generally a close ally, present on the occasion as the chief guest. This year, British PM, Boris […]
The changing global narrative and its impact on India Chanakya Forum 25 Jan 2021 Introduction The world is shaped by events and incidents. These change global narratives in the near and intermediate future. 2020 was dominated by few major events. These include the COVID 19 pandemic, worsening US-China relations, Chinese wolf warrior diplomacy and aggressiveness, a desire of European nations […]
Skirmishes on global vaccine battlefield 19 Jan 2021 As COVID 19 rampaged the globe, nationalism rose to the fore. Countries transited in reverse from globalization to isolationism. Nations closed their borders, blocked movement of people, equipment and medicines. Pharmaceutical industries were employed to first serve domestic sectors prior to being utilized to boost diplomatic and economic gains. The provision […]
Diplomatic pressure and coercion 17 Dec 2020 Every nation seeks to exert pressure on their competitors or adversaries with the intention of changing behaviour or attitude. Diplomatic pressure is effective if backed by military and/ or economic pressure. Impact of success on diplomatic coercion is also dependent on a nations soft power and adherence to global norms. China continuously […]
Changing Middle East dynamics Chanakya Forum 15 Dec 2020 The past The Middle East consists of a collection of oil producing states as also countries facing internal strife. The region, primarily Muslim, is marked with pockets of turmoil, high levels of distrust and diplomatic manoeuvres to dominate institutions. The internal wars in Libya and Yemen had proxies of nations, including […]
Its best to ignore Trudeau 08 Dec 2020 Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, walked into controversy by commenting on the farmer agitation in India. He stated during an online interaction with the local Sikh Community on Gurpurab, ‘I would be remiss if I didn’t start also by recognising the news coming out of India about the protest by […]
The emergence of drone warfare 02 Dec 2020 The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict concluded under a Russian brokered ceasefire on 10 Nov. This was the first conflict which witnessed mass employment of drones as force multipliers. Drones are being touted as the sole reason for the capitulation of Armenia. True impact of drone strikes on Armenian forces has not been confirmed, […]
Will Biden’s policies be better for India 19 Nov 2020 The headlines in an Indian newspaper on Biden winning the US Presidential election stated, ‘Modi send congrats, relief in Delhi as known Indian ally is back.’ Biden has been a supporter of deepening Indo-US ties even before he became the Vice President under Obama in 2009. In 2006, Biden […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=414 Indo-US strategic cooperation CENJOWS 02 Nov 2020 The two plus two meeting in New Delhi last week led to the signing of BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement), the last of the four agreements essential for obtaining latest technological equipment and data from the US, as also clearing the final stage of the Indo-US strategic partnership. GSOMIA (General Support […]
https://icdt.ir/indo-iran-relations-must-rebound/ The recent visits to Iran by senior Indian ministers, Rajnath Singh, defence, and S Jaishankar, external affairs, are steps to put Indo-Iran relationship back on a level track. A statement by the Indian defence ministry post the visit of Rajnath read, the two leaders discussed, ‘ways to take forward bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on regional security issues, including […]