India-Japan modern diplomatic relations formally began on April 28, 1952. The two countries’ ties have been stronger than ever during the tenures of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In the sidelines of ASEAN regional forum of 2007 in Manila, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formalised the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, …
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India and China are not ordinary neighbours. Both nations are ancient civilizations, two major Asian powers and two consequential actors in the emerging world order. The relationship between them is complex and multifaceted, characterized both by cooperation and competition. Given the context, learning Chinese language in India should not be understood merely as a cultural …
Introduction The 52nd Summit of the G7 was held from 15 to 17 June 2026 at Evian-les- Bains in France. The goal of the summit was to reestablish development unity and forge new international relationships. Global security, economic disruptions and public health emergencies took the center stage in the summit as the world leaders discussed …
Background An year after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) revoked the security clearance of the Turkish Celebi company in the aftermath of Turkiye’s support to Pakistan during Op Sindoor in May 2025, Canan Celebioglu-the chairperson of the company has described it as the most unfortunate blow to its existence, stating that the Indian …
How Unchecked Illegal Migration Is Redrawing India’s Demographic Map For decades, India’s eastern and northeastern borderlands have served as ground zero for one of the subcontinent’s most consequential and least frankly acknowledged crises: the large-scale, unchecked influx of illegal migrants — overwhelmingly from Bangladesh — that has steadily and irreversibly redrawn the demographic, political, and …
The post-Cold War international order – built on the twin pillars of American unipolarity and liberal institutionalism – is unravelling with conspicuous speed. In its place, a more contested, multipolar architecture is emerging, one defined by systemic rivalry between the United States and China, the resurgence of a revanchist Russia, and the ascent of middle …
When the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) admitted India and Pakistan simultaneously at its June 2017 Astana summit, the official narrative was institutional maturity – a body confident enough to expand. A closer reading of what each founding power stood to gain suggests something layered. The two admissions fit the interests of Moscow and Beijing so …
The world is not drifting toward disorder; it is already there. Wars, coercion, cyber attacks, supply-chain shocks, and climate stress are no longer separate crises but parts of the same unstable global landscape, and the Quad has emerged as one of the few serious attempts to answer that challenge. From Europe to the Indo-Pacific, conflict …
Background India’s relationship with Central Asia is not new. It is rooted in centuries of historical interaction, cultural exchanges, trade linkages and shared strategic interests. The five Central Asian countries i.e. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan occupy a vital position in the Eurasian region and hold growing strategic importance in India’s foreign policy framework. …
While the US-Israel-Iran crisis remains in an uneasy logjam with POTUS Donald J. Trump regularly issuing threats of unprecedented attacks while the Iranians exhibit their own form of belligerence riding on the back of years of regional hegemonic dominance, there is one two-bit player that has managed to insert itself in a space where it …
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