Let’s accept it, China has risen
The recent slugfest involving the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the one hand and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Japanese Prime Minister Abe on the other at the Shangri …
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Modi visit should decide how Bhutan relates to China: S.D. Muni
Prof. S.D. Muni speaks about the growing Chinese influence in Bhutan and contends that the forthcoming prime ministerial visit should be used to discuss with Thimphu the latter’s ties with Beijing in the spirit of special partnership between India and Bhutan.
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India and Bhutan: Model Neighbours, Twinned destinies
What makes India-Bhutan ties special, unique, time-tested and exemplary? Indeed, it’s a long roster of laudatory adjectives that’s generously used to describe the India-Bhutan relationship; they evoke an organic relationship that is grounded in idealism as well as realism.
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Saudi Arabia-Iran: Resilient animosity?
One of the main policy agendas of Iran’s President Rouhani’s government is ‘constructive engagement’ with all six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif visited …
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Pakistan’s balancing act in West Asia
Saudi Arabia’s recent $1.5 billion grant to Pakistan re-affirms the depth of the relationship that the two countries share. It has also brought into focus their expanding defence ties and …
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Modi’s Thimphu journey: ‘India-Bhutan ties an anchor in changing world’
In this wide-ranging interview with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Sudhir Vyas, a former ambassador of India to Bhutan, speaks about the reasons why the prime minister chose Bhutan for his first foreign visit and the message behind this trip.
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China’s SAARC games: Nepal’s balancing act
Sino-Nepal relations have been strengthened by Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala’s recent visit to China for the second China-South Asia Exposition at Kunming held on June 6-10. He was the …
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Japan’s rise is good for India
In the past week, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur have focused on the future geopolitics of the Asia Pacific. Not surprisingly, the key …
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India’s options: Peace and Conflict in East Asia
East Asia, the region from the Arabian Sea to the Sea of Japan, has been in the forefront of economic growth and strategic competition in this decade. The region continues to score well on economic parameters, but rising tensions on China’s periphery have caused widespread anxiety.
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India-China talks: More strategic consensus than differences, says Chinese minister
India and China held the first round of talks since the installation of the Modi-led NDA government in New Delhi, which focused on firming up the roadmap for intensified interaction …
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