Tensions borne out of quadrilateral conflicts have once again pushed India to the forefront of global politics. WPR remarks that hosting the G-20 summit in New Delhi further cemented India’s centrality to global politics and multilateralism and caps a year in which PM Narendra Modi strengthened his and the country’s image abroad, including high-profile visits to the U.S. and France. […]

French President Emmanuel Macron recently embarked on a two-day diplomatic mission to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with the primary objective of enhancing bilateral relations. During his visit, President Macron engaged in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to further solidify the ties between the two nations. France perceives Bangladesh as a significant collaborator in the Indo-Pacific region. Bangladesh […]

The current relationship between India and the United States appears to be the strongest in years. In the evolving global geopolitical landscape of recent years, the U.S. has successfully expanded its Asia-Pacific rebalancing to the Indian Ocean, bringing India into the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Strategy and attracting India to participate in the Quad dialogue composed of the U.S., India, Japan, and […]

The internet portal CRUX named India, Russia & African Union as Winners of the G20 Meet in New Delhi (Sept.9-10 2023). The general euphoria sonograph now certifies India as a de facto world power coming on the heels of another of India’s spectacular success with Chandrayaan 3 Moon Mission recently, the first country in the world to land a spacecraft […]

As the competition between India and China for influence in South Asia intensifies, foreign investment becomes more important in shaping regional outcomes. This discussion is particularly relevant as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to expand, reaching the borders of almost every South Asian country. India will need to leverage foreign aid and investments to achieve its goal of […]

Since the Ukraine crisis entered its second year, there has been wide-ranging speculation concerning the resilience of the India-Russia bilateral partnership. Western alienation has pushed Russia towards China, and Moscow is gradually becoming economically and strategically dependent on the dragon. Chinese exports to Russia—especially electronics, motor vehicles, integrated circuits and chips, and machinery goods—have skyrocketed since the war, with an […]

On September 5, 2023, the Jharkhand Police arrested Sushil Oraon, a ‘commander’ of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), from a forest in the Latehar District of Jharkhand. Several modern weapons were seized from him. Oraon, carrying a reward of INR 500, 000, was ‘second in command’ in the outfit, […]

Indonesia hosted the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related Summits at the capital city of Jakarta. Two days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to welcome leaders of more than 43 countries for the G-20 Summit that India was hosting on 8-9 September 2023, Prime Minister Modi travelled to Jakarta to participate in several key summits, including the 20th ASEAN-India Summit […]

The G20 Summit 2023 is underway in New Delhi, India, at a time when the country is making major strides in space exploration, technology, and economy. Recently, India has become the fourth nation in the world to soft-land a rover on the Moon-Chandrayaan-3. This week, it launched its first spacecraft to explore the Sun- Aditya-L1. It also passed China to […]

China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin skipping this week’s G20 summit in New Delhi is not unusual and has nothing to do with India, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told the ANI news agency. Sherpas of the G20 countries are negotiating to build a consensus and arrive at a declaration at the Sept. 9-10 summit in New Delhi, […]