Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 29th August 2023
Key Indian Ocean Region (IOR) nation of South Africa was in the news last week as it hosted largest ever gathering of leaders during BRICS Summit. The Summit created history as it admitted six new members after intense deliberations. On the sidelines of the Summit Indian PM met certain leaders and one among them was […]
Af-Pak Digest by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | August 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Overview Developments in Pakistan Developments in Afghanistan I Overview Pakistan: Political Situation Economy Army’s Role in the Economy Reinforced Terror Attacks Pakistan-India Pakistan-US Pakistan-China Pakistan-Russia Afghanistan: Two years of the Taliban Rule Afghanistan-Pakistan UN Strategic Framework for Afghanistan 2023-25 II Developments in Pakistan Political Situation The Shehbaz-Sharif coalition went out of power on August […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 22nd August 2023
Two geo-political developments over the past week will send a strong signal against China’s territorial claims and hegemonistic designs in the Indo-Pacific Region. The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China Sea off the western Philippines this week to underscore their commitment to the rule of law […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | August 2023
HIGHLIGHTS Political Developments Economic Developments Bilateral Developments IA) Political Developments: Pan-Regional and Global Issues Regional and International Developments Repeated incidents of public burning of the Quran in Nordic countries (Sweden on 20/7, Denmark on 24/7 and 25/7) ignited – as intended – a strong reaction in many countries of the West Asia North Africa (WANA) […]
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 16th August 2023
In a major political development in Africa over the past week South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was released from prison due to a remission of non-violent offenders approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Meanwhile, key Indian Ocean Region (IOR) state of Kenya made it to the headlines after it offered to lead a multinational force […]
Interaction With Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister Of Economy, Trade And Industry, Japan
Date:- 20th July 2023
Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 1st August 2023
Politics in the key Indian Ocean Region state and African player Kenya seems to worsen with Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga last week dismissing President William Ruto’s invitation to hold talks. In politically stable Tanzania, economic experts have expressed worries over the US decision to tighten its monetary policy. Experts say the move will attract […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 8th August 2023
India continued to expand its Pacific outreach close on the heels of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Papua New Guinea as Navy’s frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata received Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape during their port call to Port Moresby last week. Meanwhile, China continued to violate rights of both […]
Central Asia Digest | July 2023
HIGHLIGHTS ● Political Developments● Economic Developments● India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments In mid-July, the heads of state of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—and the five Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) convened in Jeddah for the first summit between the two regions. […]
2nd India-Japan Forum
Previous Next The Ananta Centre, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, organized the second edition of the India-Japan Forum. The forum was inaugurated by S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, India and Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan. The forum provided a platform for cross industry leaders to […]