Shankar Kumar

With geopolitical rivalry between India and China being fought fiercely through several obvious yet unmistakable means, what remains surprising is Beijing’s usual pontification about the need for practical cooperation between the two countries to...

Amid media hype, which was largely created by news outlets from Western countries about the imminent fall of Chinese President Xi Jinping owing to his poor health condition and growing rebellion against him within...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney’s invitation to attend the G7 Summit in Kananaskis in Alberta on June 15-17. This development has come amid murmurs in New Delhi’s diplomatic...

One may accept it or not, but it is an undeniable truth that India has emerged as a frontline state that is not only fighting China-led expansionism but also extremism, radicalisation, and terrorism -...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has just concluded a five-day visit to three Southeast Asian -nations - Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia from April 14 to 18. It was the first overseas visit of the Chinese...

It was in 2005 that defence related engagements between India and Sri Lanka began to take shape when the two countries carried out their first naval exercise ‘SLINEX’ in the Indian Ocean about 30...

Understanding the complexity of geopolitics in Asia is not easy. In the context of India-China relations, this complexity is awfully glaring. Despite a trust deficit, which widened further after the June 2020 Galwan Valley...

It could be none other than Ukraine and its current political leadership, which will have to navigate its way out of over three-year long war with Russia. This message is becoming louder and clearer...

Last week, before Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto undertook a four-day visit to India to be the Chief Guest at the country’s 76th Republic Day function, New Delhi had thrown a red-carpet welcome for Tharman...

India-US engagements following the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House are about to see a new but unequivocal phase on the diplomatic and strategic fronts and this expectation has grown, especially among...

As the year 2024 wraps up, a close analysis of India’s external engagement with the world shows that New Delhi continues to lay focus on the Gulf region for its energy security, trade, defence,...

When it comes to an arms race, China tries its best to compete with global leaders such as the US, Russia, France, Germany, Europe, and Israel in the production of advanced military technology. The...

While there is a commotion in the West following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval of change in the country’s nuclear doctrine, allowing armed forces to use atomic weapons in response to Ukraine’s deployment of...