The 2 plus 2 meeting scheduled for early July has been indefinitely postponed by the US citing ‘unavoidable reasons’. A day before the cancellation, Trump accused India for charging tariffs as high as 100% on American products. The meeting was to have been attended by the foreign and defence ministers of India with their counterparts from the US. As a […]
If Trump’s behaviour and attitude as was witnessed pre and post the G-7 summit is anything to go by, he would ensure that the US would be a disliked nation, despite all its positives. Trump arrived late for events, ignoring the dress code, seeking to convey a message that he does not care. He departed early and while on the […]
India seeking to expand its ties across the globe, has been receiving positive signals. Nations flock to sign security and economic pacts with India. All this because of the nation’s military and economic might, which guides its foreign policy. The present government has since its inception been on an international overreach seeking to enhance the nation’s stature. While India has […]
From the first meeting between the leaders of the two Korea’s in the demilitarized zone in end Apr, the announcement of denuclearization of the peninsula and willingness for direct talks with the US on the subject, hope has risen across the globe that a resolution is likely. From insults and barbs between the leaders of the US and North Korea […]
The US announces in multiple forums that it is seeking for greater cooperation with India in the strategic defence sector. In a meeting on the side lines of the G-20 ministerial conference, MOS External Affairs, General VK Singh and US Deputy Secretary of State, John Sullivan reaffirmed the strong US-India strategic partnership and India’s status as a major defence partner […]
At a seminar in the Vivekananda International Foundation last week, the navy chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba stated, ‘Maldives is a challenge for us. The present government in Maldives is more inclined towards China. The constitution has been tweaked and some islands have been handed over to the Chinese for development. We will have to wait and watch.’ He added that […]
Trump walking out of the Iran nuclear deal, India’s growing proximity to the US including they seeking to designate India as a major strategic ally, India’s close relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, both arch enemies of Iran, and immense investments in the Chabahar port, when assessed together appears to be a diplomatic nightmare. Added to this confusion is India […]
The two Koreas appear to be moving forward post the successful summit between the two leaders. The agreement signed, details of which were released later, indicates steps taken between the two nations to create an environment of peace, post the rise of tensions in the peninsula, after North Korean nuclear and missile tests last year. Within days of the meeting […]
Post the launch of a chemical attack on the town of Douma on 7th Apr, the west was aghast. The anger over the earlier incident of poisoning of Skripal in London had yet to recede. Trump vowed action, while Russia warned of consequences. For the US, Syria was a war where it was trapped, with almost no exit. Trump had […]
Post its annexation of Crimea in 2014, sanctions began being applied against Russia. With the US claiming Russia’s active interference in its Presidential polls, sanctions only increased. The diplomatic cold war kicked in when the US expelled 60 Russian diplomats and closed its Consulate in Seattle. Russia responded likewise distancing ties with the west. The Syrian chemical weapon incident and […]