Shankar Kumar

–The writer is a senior journalist with wide experience in covering international affairs. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Samarkand SCO Summit: India Displayed its Leadership Quality

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It was in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s threat to Taiwan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held its 22nd summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan. It was also held for the first time...

Sri Lanka: End to Crisis Not Easy

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  Sri Lanka needs around $7 billion this year to repay loans taken from foreign countries. In May, it defaulted on its debt repayment.  It had to pay $78 million to service its loans by...

China’s Pacific Strategy Wavers as Sri Lanka Weighs High in Solomon and Other Countries’ Calculations

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  In May, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made visits to South Pacific island nations and signed plethora of agreements with their leaders, it was felt that Beijing would take these nations into its...

G7 Summit: Will US-led PGII Exacerbate Democracy vs China Clashes?

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  As an invitee to the just concluded G7 Summit in Germany, India stood its ground on the Ukraine war. Despite some indirect pressure from the West and the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused...

Xi Gang in Shock, Premier Li Takes Shine off President’s Halo

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  In fact, for the first time Premier Li’s assertive move on the economic front, has left President Xi, hailed as the tallest leader of the Middle Kingdom after paramount leader Mao Zedong, to fend...

Quad and AUKUS Factor: Is China Shifting Its Focus Back to ASEAN? 

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  As the ongoing Ukraine war reverberates across geographies with far tangible impact on economies, fuel and food situation in the world, Southeast Asia in the whole Indo-Pacific region has, in particular, become an area...

Quad Finally Displays Its will to Counter China in Indo-Pacific

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  India’s firm stand that the Quad’s agenda shouldn’t be changed and the kind of backing it received from Australia which is highly concerned about China’s activities in the Pacific, the informal group during its...

Sri Lankan Crisis: PM Wickremesinghe Looks Towards India to Avert Civilian War

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Sri Lanka is in a grave crisis and is finding it difficult to overcome it in the short span of time. Caught in a cleft stick due to excessive burden of foreign debts and...

Indo-US Defence Partnership: Need to Invest in Mutual Trust, Vision

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  The defence relationship between India and the US has undoubtedly strengthened in the recent past. But with the rapidly changing global situation, due to the pandemic and the Russian action in Ukraine, there is...

Will China go Along with US in Penalizing Russia?

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  Although China has repeatedly called for stoppage of bombings inside Ukraine with a refrain that ‘civilian casualties under all circumstances are heart-rending and lamentable,’ it has hardly done anything on ground that could make...

India Strengthens Defence Ties with Japan and South Korea

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  While speaking at a programme organised by the Delhi-based think tank Ananta Centre and Embassy of Japan on February 24, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said the pandemic has generated severe economic stresses and...

Will Russia ever invade Ukraine?

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  US President Joe Biden and European countries’ leaders fear Russia may invade Ukraine. Some fear that this invasion may take place most probably after the Beijing Winter Olympic Games are over. To counter it,...

China’s Debt-trap Policy: Sri Lanka Stares at Uncertain Future

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  On July 7, 2021, while participating in the centenary celebration of the Communist Party of China, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa praised Beijing lavishly for “successfully eradicating” poverty of 900 million people in...
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