Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 3rd January 2024
India’s key SE African cum Indian Ocean Region partner Tanzania wants to boost defence partnership in a big way to reduce dependence on China. Besides boosting maritime cooperation, New Delhi is looking at defence equipment sales, particularly in armoured vehicles. In a major geo-political development in Africa, Ethiopia is all set to overcome its landlocked […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 27th December 2023
In an interesting development in the Indo-Pacific region China has appeared to distance itself from Russia-N Korea partnership as it embarks to revive Japan-China-S Korea trilateral. Regarding N Korea America has expressed serious concern over Pyongyang showing signs of starting the operation of a new light-water nuclear reactor in a possible attempt to produce nuclear […]
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 20th December 2023
India over the last weekend expanded its strategic ties with oldest strategic partner in Gulf and key Indian Ocean Region state Oman through a new ‘India-Oman joint vision, a partnership for future’ during Sultan’s maiden state visit to New Delhi. The joint vision document identifies a range of areas such as maritime cooperation and connectivity, […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 12th December 2023
US, after the Biden-Xi Summit, is planning to put in place a Confidence Building Measure that could reduce chances of conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. is weighing a proposal to exchange missile launch notifications with China after the leaders of the two powers agreed to stabilize the tense relationship. But the USA upheld […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 30th November 2023
Last week India-Australia 2 + 2 Ministerial meeting notwithstanding recent thaw in Beijing-Canberra ties gave a big push to strategic partnership eyeing to ensure peace and stability in Indo-Pacific region amid Beijing’s belligerence. In the same spirit even as China is making an attempt to expand business ties with traditional rival Vietnam, Prime Minister Fumio […]
22nd India-Korea Strategic Dialogue | 27-28th November 2023, Seoul
The 22nd edition of the India-Korea Strategic Dialogue, 1.5-track dialogue, co-convened by Ananta Centre, the Korean Foundation, and the Seoul Forum for International Affairs in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs was held in Seoul on 27-28 November. This dialogue is a platform for various influential figures from diverse sectors in Korea and India to facilitate discussions […]
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 21st November 2023
Ties between Africa’s power house South Africa and Israel are set to deteriorate in the coming days with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) deciding to support a parliamentary motion calling for the Israeli embassy in South Africa to be closed. South Africa has requested that the International Criminal Court in The Hague investigate alleged […]
Hamas
A year ago, I wrote about Operation Breaking Dawn and noted that the absence of Hamas on the battle ground was a realpolitik move. Watching from the sidelines, Hamas gave the impression that Israeli appeasement policy was working when in fact it was a perfect ruse to eliminate any threat or challenge to their leadership […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 15th November 2023
Over the past week even as USA stepped up its engagement with China, the Biden administration and its key partners in the Indo-Pacific region-initiated measures to counter China’s military ambitions. India and the US at their 2 + 2 Ministerial explored new ways to expand their strategic partnership to safeguard a free and open Indo-Pacific […]
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 8th November 2023
With Tanzania a key Indian Ocean Region state emerging as economically stable, both India and China are expanding their engagement with the SE African state. In a major step that would foster closer ties the Indian Institute of Technology Madras became the first Indian Institute of Technology to set up an international campus, by launching […]