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From Left to right: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. (File Image: AFP)

Skand Tayal | Will Camp David summit lead to a strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific?

The Camp David trilateral summit is a concrete move for strategic rebalancing in the Indo-Pacific triggered by Chinese expansionism

30 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers a toast during a State Dinner with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Thursday. (Image:PTI)

AA Edit | Modi’s visit takes India-US ties to an entirely new level

These warm ties appear so naturally aligned it is a mystery why they took so long to manifest

24 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

K.C. Singh | SCO summit turns virtual due to its structural flaws

If Covid-19 was still swirling or there was some other emergency or natural disaster, such change could be explained

10 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a meeting with Secretary General, SCO, Zhang Ming, on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, Friday, April 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India was forced to talk tough at SCO

The SCO meeting of foreign ministers was hardly a diplomatic success

08 May 2023 12:15 AM

Given the levels of unemployment and underemployment of today in a population of around 140 crore people, the frightful difficulties to be experienced can easily be imagined. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | ‘Most populous’ is a challenge

To become the world’s most populous nation again after three centuries is no badge of distinction

21 Apr 2023 12:15 AM

US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will US & China engage or confront each other?

People are clutching at the prospect of a rapprochement after last November’s Bali G-20 meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

29 Mar 2023 12:04 AM

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its alliances

The US, as yesterday’s hegemon, has woefully diminished its persuasiveness

27 Mar 2023 12:10 AM

Indian foreign policy has to move beyond self-congratulatory event management exercises in the rarefied salons of Delhi and actually start doing some heavy lifting for India. (Representational Image/AFP)

Manish Tewari | Can India ever outdo China diplomatically?

Will we ever see our diplomacy undertaking manoeuvres of the kind China has pulled off here?

26 Mar 2023 12:05 AM

China accuses Washington of trying to block its development

President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development

08 Mar 2023 4:30 PM

AA Edit | G-20 leaders must show concern for welfare of all

The difficulties of getting the leading economies to agree was made clear in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s philosophical references

04 Mar 2023 12:37 AM

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. (Photo: Twitter)

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

The punitive measures were seriously harming China's interests, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning

27 Feb 2023 4:01 PM

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China’s mystery balloons: Why was West surprised?

The exponential growth in Sino-US trade gave the Dragon a spectacular opportunity to test the West and use its wealth to its own advantage

23 Feb 2023 12:05 AM

The remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the state's tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Beware of spies in the sky

It appears the world is suddenly looking up to scan the skies, avowedly for man made objects and shooting them down as security threats

14 Feb 2023 12:15 AM

This file photo taken on October 14, 2018 shows soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force taking part in a military review at the Ground Self-Defence Force's Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture. - Japan announced on December 16, 2022 its biggest defence overhaul in decades, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China. (Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Japan’s rearmament impact India’s China ties?

Japan’s decision to strengthen its military will have definite implications for the Quad -- comprising the US, Japan, Aus & India

21 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | ‘People power’ on the rise, in China & Iran

History has been a witness to empires being brought to their knees by manifestations of people’s power

06 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

If there are two large and rising powers in a region, rivalry is inevitable. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

The roots of our problem with China go back a couple of hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807

06 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

Berlin is acutely conscious of its inherent economic power and political pole position as the centre of gravity of the 27-nation European Union. (Photo: AFP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trading with enemy: What drove Germans to Beijing

Mighty Berlin’s submission to Beijing durbar was also symbolic of the shifting reality of geopolitics

24 Nov 2022 12:08 AM

The Chinese people may, to an extent, be complicit in their acceptance of stability over individual rights and firmer belief in the potency of their national mission. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | World’s anxiety rises as Xi makes grip on China total

Xi will be in global focus as leader of one half of what is no more a unipolar world dominated by the US

18 Oct 2022 12:00 AM

The twin problems of high inflation and lower economic growth could create problems for people and ruling parties ahead of crucial Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Amid global headwinds, govt must rally all forces

This is the ninth consecutive time that the retail inflation has come above RBI's tolerance level of six per cent.

14 Oct 2022 12:05 AM

The real problem is Mr Putin may be running out of time as his war machine has been weakening after eight months of engaging with feisty Ukrainians defending their homeland. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Will Putin see reason, stop war in Ukraine?

As Mr Putin hits out from his Kremlin corner, he is fast losing friends

12 Oct 2022 7:55 PM

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