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Why this unique grouping of India, Brazil and South Africa must be revitalised
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Foreign policy in Indian elections
The Indian elections 2019, being conducted over seven phases, reaffirm all the values electoral democracy stands for, but this time, it has also become a referendum on Prime Minister Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party which had won a clear majority in 2014. Outcomes are therefore unpredictable
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Getting back on track
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to India helped further strengthen bilateral ties. The presence of a South African president at the Republic Day parade was especially pertinent, as this year is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a common hero to both countries
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A Continent’s Heart Beckons
India’s engagement with Africa is admirable, but its scale has to be widened further
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Train To Tibet
The romance of the Sky Train—which runs 3,757 km and connects Lhasa to Beijing—lies in the stark beauty of the Roof of the World, an ancient land long closed to the public and foreign gaze as also in the modern engineering of the railroad and the train
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A security architecture for the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean has served as a keystone of global politics, economics and culture for centuries. In modern times, after World War II, it emerged as a focal point for great power competition and subsequently, of global commerce as the pivot of economic growth shifted from Europe to the Asia Pacific, a feature which has since remained constant.
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Green shoots of revival: on BIMSTEC summit
The fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has many implications for the countries involved. The agreements signed at the summit can only be implemented through a concerted effort by all parties.
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Green shoots of revival: on BIMSTEC summit
Our Distinguished Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia analysed the BIMSTEC 2018 Summit in an op-ed for The Hindu.
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Indian diplomacy’s key focus is regional blocs
Our Distinguished Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia wrote an op-ed for The Asian Age on India's position within various regional blocs.
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The big five at 10
BRICS has grown in influence in its first decade but is still far from achieving its initial goals