Shankar Kumar

By insisting that the next Dalai Lama will be selected by China, efforts are being made by Beijing to scuttle the 14th Dalai Lama’s plan to announce his next incarnation in 2025. But in...

In this world of unpredictability, India has a sure shot to a goal, which unwaveringly lies in its strategic autonomy in diplomacy and defence. Close on the heels of PM Modi’s first ever official...

During the just-concluded visit of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to India, the two countries called for strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between New Delhi and Hanoi, while affirming the importance of maintaining peace,...

When incumbent President of the US, Joe Biden on July 13 announced his decision to quit the race for the presidential election, due on November 5, he was the first head of government in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first bilateral visits, during his third term in office, to Russia and Austria have concluded, giving the international community much needed fodder to discuss and debate over India’s foreign policy...

Now it is official: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is embarking on a two-day visit to Russia, beginning from July 8. This will be the first bilateral visit to Russia by Modi in his third...

With its economy on the rise and military power increasing, India has begun to respond to challenges from Beijing by playing anti-China card deftly and this can be markedly seen in New Delhi’s approach...

  Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Seychellean Vice-President Ahmed Afif, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Bhutan Prime Minister...

  While constantly interfering in India’s domestic issues, including its religious affairs and electoral process, the US has now warned New Delhi of facing sanctions if it enters in to a deal with Iran on...

China, in its goal to surpass the US - both militarily and economically, has redoubled its effort to become a superpower, it has resorted to several moves to fulfil this gargantuan objective, including intelligence...

&It is not usual for India to fluster China in its own backyard in the Southeast Asian region. But recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar deliberately chose to do so to unsettle China when...

On March 22, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a flight to Bhutan just two-days after the Ministry of External Affairs informed the cancellation of the Prime Minister’s state visit to Thimphu due to...

Not just India, Bhutan or Nepal, and Southeast Asian nations like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei have to fend off their territories from China’s salami-slice strategy. Even Russia that claims to be enjoying limitless...