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 […]
Indian Economy Review by Mr AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard | July 2023
Highlights Govt comfortable with Q1 2023-24 revenues and fiscal targets Multidimensional poverty down, rural-urban divide continues Govt releases Annual Economic Review, outlines pros and cons Exports decline continues, signs of weakness in service exports Retail prices higher, IIP growth also up with wholesale deflation Kharif sowing picks up, but monsoon and its spread hold the […]
Focus: Indo-Pacific | 25th July 2023
Despite Henry Kissinger’s landmark visit to Beijing at age of 100 to create working ties with the Chinese leadership, the USA continued to put in place measures to deter China’s aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region. The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney on July 22), the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined […]
A Conversation on India-France Strategic Partnership
The inaugural virtual conversation between Ananta Aspen and Aspen France took place on 7th July 2023. Amb. Arun K. Singh, Non-resident senior fellow, Carnegie India; Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, India Practice Head, Eurasia Group; Amb. Emmanuel Lenain, French Ambassador to India and Jean-Christophe Bas, Member of the Executive Committee, Aspen France, participated in this panel discussion. The […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | July 2023
H I G H L I G H T S Political Developments Economic Developments Bilateral Developments IA) Political Developments: Pan-Regional and Global Issues Regional and International Developments ∙ The visit by the US secretary of state Antony Blinken to Saudi Arabia on June 8-9 included a call on Saudi PM and Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]