Abe’s African Safari: Will it pay off?
At the beginning of the year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a trip to Africa, visiting Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Mozambique. This was the first visit by a Japanese …
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Political Turmoil in Bangladesh Likely to Continue
Bangladesh has been facing political turbulence for more than a year now. To press the demand for the installation of a non- partisan interim administration to supervise elections, the opposition …
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China tosses maritime silk route bait to India
China surprised India last week once again with a new initiative – this time in the maritime domain with the idea of working together in the “maritime silk route” in …
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5 reasons China, India’s dreams are closely linked
A good neighbour is an invaluable asset and China’s new leadership believes the nation’s stability and development cannot be realised without India, while India’s development cannot be achieved without China. …
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Needed: A meeting of minds between India and China
The Year 2014 has been designated by the governments of India and China as the Year of Friendly Exchanges. I am delighted to be with you today to launch the …
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India and Africa: Shared Cultures, entwined destinies
It’s an unending journey, laden with history, nostalgia and cross-cultural intermingling. If the two-way trade between India and Africa is now racing to touch $100 billion by 2015, it all …
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Ariel Sharon: The only Israeli Prime Minister to visit India
Ariel Sharon is dead. As his life and legacy is discussed across the world, Ariel Sharon, who remains a controversial figure, will be remembered in India as the first Israeli …
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Vietnam ups diplomatic offensive over Paracel islands
In a sign of assertion, hundreds of protesting Vietnamese activists marked the 40 anniversary of the Chinese invasion of the contested Paracel Islands in South China Sea January 19, reviving …
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India-Korea bonding: Sambhar for the S(e)oul
Kyoungsoo KIM is the archetypal gentleman diplomat. Suave, witty and extremely warm, the Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chennai definitely checks all the boxes of an ideal …
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India, Japan deepen strategic, economic ties
The leaders of India and Japan, Asia’s leading democracies and economies, have pitched bilateral relations into a higher trajectory, and have imparted a strong strategic orientation to this relationship which …
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