NAM adrift as helmsman India has better views on horizon

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) with 120-member countries is second only to the United Nations (UN) in size yet its’ two-day 18th Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday...

United Nations: Is it still relevant for the future?

The 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly is upon us So is a new international “political season.”

Much to US’ chagrin, India buys into Eurasia project

It all started with the Vladimir Putin–Xi Jinping summit in Moscow on June 5. Far from a mere bilateral, this meeting upgraded the Eurasian...

India has moved away from US orbit for good

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, finishes his three-day visit to India today and a beaming him has made it to the front pages of all the dailies. Don’t be fooled...

Modi-Imran in SCO: Be ready for some tough pictures

It would be a hectic two days for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (June 13-14). The flight detour through Oman and Iran too wouldn’t have...

Modi’s foreign trips begin with the smallest Muslim nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertakes his first visit as Prime Minister in his second term with a trip to Maldives (June 7-8) which is world’s smallest Muslim...

Doklam has put Russia in a quandary

Through the month-long India-China standoff in Doklam near Sikkim border, Moscow has not spoken. Russian diplomacy is presumably at work. The ground is slippery, because...