Unraveling the Current State of Pakistan | 14th September 2023
Date:- 14 September 2023, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Address:- Ananta Centre, The Ravi Shankar Centre, 7 Jose Rizal Marg Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 Previous Next Pakistan has been going through multiple crises in politics, economy, and security. The greater the crisis in Pakistan, the more vivid the imagination gets. It is a reflection that […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 25th September 2023
In a major outreach to Western Indian Ocean New Delhi is a maritime support base in Duqm port in Oman and is preparing to support close ally Mauritius by establishing an air support facility in north Agalega Islands. Mauritius neighbour Seychelles has sought to widen its ties with UAE with President Wavel Ramkalawan holding discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) […]
The Ambassador Series | 20 September 2023 Navigating the Future: A Post-G20 Discussion on India-US Bilateral Relations
Previous Next H.E. Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India, spoke on the dynamic momentum that continues to gain traction in the India-US bilateral relations. The session was moderated by Ms Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre and was held at the Ananta Aspen Centre in New Delhi. Ambassador Garcetti underscored four pivotal areas for ongoing collaboration […]
India – Sri Lanka Relations: Promoting Connectivity, Catalysing Prosperity
Date:- 30 AUGUST 2023 | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (IST) Address:- Ananta Centre, The Ravi Shankar Centre, 7 Jose Rizal Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi- 110021 During the recent visit of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to India, both India and Sri Lanka adopted a vision document titled “Promoting Connectivity, Catalysing Prosperity”. This vision is […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 20th September 2023
Developments within China and apparent thaw between USA and China over the past week have raised curiosity across the globe and among governments worldwide. The latest high-level talks between China and the US signal that ties are slowly warming, and that there is political resolve to manage tensions. Purge in China continued with General Li Shangfu, a […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | September 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Political Developments Economic Developments Bilateral Developments IA) Political Developments: Pan-Regional and Global Issues Regional and International Developments 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg decided to invite 6 countries to join the organisation from 1.1.2024. These included four from the WANA region, viz. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt and the UAE. Of these, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi was […]
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 12th September 2023
Africa including African states along the Indian Ocean Region created history when African Union was admitted as the new G20 member at the Summit under Indian Presidency. Reacting to this South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he is delighted. South Africa also stated that it expects significant backing from the G20 Summit towards resolving the […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 6th September 2023
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida as the current G-7 chair hopes to garner support from Global South countries. Kishida plans to find common ground with emerging economies over the topic of food security. Interestingly, Japan and UK are set to make joint investments in critical minerals in such places as Africa. In a major political development […]
Central Asia Digest | August 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments ● Economic Developments ● India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments Turkmenistan warned Russia against trying to extend its influence over the Central Asia-China natural gas supply chain after Moscow said more countries could join its “gas union” with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan all pump gas to China via a […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review | September 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments● Economic Developments● Focus India-LAC Political Developments On 17 July 50 leaders from the European Union (EU), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) gathered in Brussels for the third EU-CELAC Summit. EU held six summits with LAC between 1999 and 2010. Afterthe creation of CELAC (community of Latin American and Caribbean States) in […]