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Shanthie Mariet D’souzaThe Diplomat |
Carney has opted for energetic, pragmatic action – including repairing ties with India – in the face of U.S. instability.
If weaning India away from Russia is a European dream, it is perhaps being led by France.
If you want to be in the dance, you have to pay the piper. In the modern global economy, the piper is Donald Trump’s America.
Amid current geopolitical shifts, the Germany-India strategic embrace has gained fresh momentum.
New Delhi needs to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to reframe its relationship with Washington.
The paradoxical and selective U.S. posture of simultaneous disengagement and selective involvement evident in the new NSS could be particularly...
India’s climate policy must demonstrate real achievements vis-à-vis fossil fuels while highlighting modest gains in the realm of green energy.
Without a new, holistic approach, India will continue to lag in achieving its goal of ending terrorism.
The Fergana Valley's transformation from a conflict zone into a unified entity with collective identity demonstrates that stability is achievable even...
Anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise as Japan wrestles with how to keep its identity intact amid plummeting birth rates.
Where once Islamabad and Kabul could calm tensions between them bilaterally, external mediation was needed this time around.
If China is the elephant in the room shaping the Australia-India bilateral strategic relationship, that room has already been renovated in the spirit...
Taliban Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has characterized the group’s foreign policy as “balanced and economy-centered.”
While the constraining environment is a reality, so are the resilience and innovation demonstrated by women in Afghanistan.
Over the past few months a process of normalization in the China-India bilateral has taken off.
New Delhi likely hopes that this phase of uncertainty is only temporary.
While the intention to reset China-India bilateral relations seems real, both the drivers and the outcomes need a careful analysis.
A stronger EU-India partnership on technology transfer, climate finance, green transition, and sustainability can help bridge the North-South divide.
India’s stance on the Iran-Israel conflict contains many contradictions.
Providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people has been a tool used by India for both opposing the Taliban in the past and engaging the...
Central Asian states have been at the forefront of regional connectivity projects, but progress has bene frustratingly slow.
India's quest for a foothold in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, combined with Baku's desire for business and connectivity, could provide a...
New Delhi believed its own narrative – that peace had returned to the Kashmir Valley. That myth was shattered on April 22.
As India’s attempt to represent the Global South in conversations with the Global North on climate change takes center stage, there is a clear need...
In return for the release of an American, the U.S. dropped bounties on three top-level Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani. But there are...
As the Indian government finalizes its blue economy policy, there is a clear case for open, inclusive, and transparent dialogue with all stakeholders.
Tracing the ebbs and flows of Afghanistan’s narco-economy reflects shifting Taliban priorities and global conditions.
The country must engage in climate diplomacy while simultaneously making consistent and meaningful efforts at home. It has failed to do so.
Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced approach than the Trump...
While a reconciliation between the two estranged partners – the Taliban and Islamabad – seems impossible, the rift has opened up opportunities for...
India has been among the most vocal about what it calls the “ too little, too distant ” outcome of the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan. On...