Focus Indian Ocean Rim
The Indian Ocean Region during the past week witnessed significant developments that focused on maritime security. While Seychelles hosted officials from 20 countries for Indo-Pacific Regional Information Sharing (IORIS) platform meet, Seychelles and Mauritius jointly intercepted a vessel that curiously has links with Taiwan. Oman on its part upheld commitment to UNCLOS. Mauritius hosted the […]
Budget 2023: What Is In Store For You? December 2022
19th December 2022 | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | WWF India Auditorium This session will discuss and debate what new ideas, policy goals and taxation proposals could help the Union Budget for 2023-24 make a difference to the Indian economy. This session will also explore the possible direction of the Budget and examine what […]
The 15th India Israel Forum
The India-Israel Forum was launched in 2008 as a high-level Track-II initiative by Ananta Aspen Centre in partnership with Tel Aviv University and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The dialogue is a closed-door gathering with a compact group of 30-36 high-level people from India and Israel by invitation only. The participants include eminent representatives of […]
Focus Indo-Pacific-6th December 2022
HIGHLIGHTS The past week witnessed a significant step forward towards bonding among Quadrilateral nations Australia in a significant move has announced hosting the next Quad Summit in its PM’s home town months ahead of the Summit notwithstanding recent meeting between PM Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Simultaneously in New Delhi External Affairs Minister […]
India should aim to be a ‘super partner’
All of this makes India, potentially, a ‘super partner’ rather than a ‘super power’. A super partner builds goodwill and trust, relationships and a ‘super structure’ which is enduring and equal in nature. The realisation to be a ‘super partner’ is not far because India is already doing many of the things listed earlier. There […]
India-Korea Strategic Dialogue
India and Korea continue to strengthen their relations. The 21st India-Korea Strategic Dialogue was held virtually on the 30th of November. The Dialogue is co-convened by Ananta Aspen Centre, the Korean Foundation, and the Seoul Forum for International Affairs in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. The discussions focused on Indo-Pacific […]
21st India-Korea Strategic Dialogue, 30th November 2022
The 21st Korea-India Strategic Dialogue, co-hosted by the Korea Foundation, Seoul Forum for International Affairs and Ananta Aspen Centre, was held virtually on November 30, 2022. The Dialogue was held in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. The purpose of this Dialogue was to review the current state of play in […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest By Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | November 2022
HIGHLIGHTS Political Developments Economic Developments Bilateral Developments IA) Political Developments: Pan-Regional and Global Issues WANA and Ukraine Conflict: On Oct 5, Ukraine alleged that the Russian forces had used Shahed-136 Kamikaze drones built by Iran. A swarm attack on Oct 17 at Kyiv by these drones killed 8 people. On the same day, the United […]
India-Korea Strategic Dialogue
The 18th India- Korea Strategic Dialogue, co-convened by the Ananta Aspen Centre and the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, was held in November 2019 in New Delhi. The Dialogue was held in partnership with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India and the Korea Foundation. The purpose of this meeting was to highlight the […]
21st India-Korea Strategic Dialogue, 30th November 2022
The 21st Korea-India Strategic Dialogue, co-hosted by the Korea Foundation, Seoul Forum for International Affairs and Ananta Aspen Centre, was held virtually on November 30, 2022. The Dialogue was held in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. The purpose of this Dialogue was to review the current state of play in […]