The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent official visit
to China on July 1-6 highlights a new template in regional politics —
the rise of Bangladesh as regional power.
Last
year Bangladesh outstripped India as the fastest growing economy in...
“One cannot but find the emerging situation in Lakshadweep Archipelago very bizarre, unheard in the life-world experiences of the inhabitants of the Island,” says Ali Manikfan, the winner of this year’s Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian awards....
We like our anniversaries in blocks of 50 or 100 – at a push we’ll tolerate a 25. The 100th anniversary of the Somme (2016), the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain (2015). Next year, we’ll remember the...
India has done well with its neighbours by not giving up on them in their own hour of crisis. Even while the nation was faced with exigencies of every kind, New Delhi has repeatedly despatched COVID19-related medical assistance individual...
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s statement in the Parliament on July 18 regarding the judgment by the International Court of Justice on Kulbhushan Jadhav — he called it “certain important development — was noteworthy for its sobriety of...
The defining feature of a democracy is the right of its citizens to question the government on its actions. But the moment this right is denied or under challenge—for one or the other reason—democracy goes in decline. Election is...
Going by media reports, no positive movement seems
to have emanated at the Gota-Modi talks at New Delhi in the Sri Lankan
President’s maiden overseas visit after his convincing electoral victory back
home. It was the first meeting between the two leaders,...
It is anybody’s guess why US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo had to cancel the Sri Lanka leg of his limited South Asia visit, when he did spend time in the neighbouring Indian capital of New Delhi. If...
Given the trajectory of the China relations — Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New Delhi’s concerns in the matter.
The short-notice Colombo visit of a high-level Chinese delegation, to be followed...
The Taliban's comeback in Kabul, after two decades, lends credence to a statement of sovereignty, autonomy, and independence of statehood in international relations. Geopolitical rivalry cannot be tantamount to supremacy or superior footing in vulnerable and sensitive geography in...
