Iran’s ambassador to India, Ali Chegini, recently urged New Delhi to follow an independent line and take advantage of the opportunities presented by Iran in the oil and gas sector.

Iran: Jettisoning energy stakes for America’s sake

India, in its attempt to strike a rapport with China, should not renege on her time-honoured stand on Dalai Lama. Earlier, the NDA government had issued a note to senior officials, asking them not to attend events organised by the Tibetan government-in-exile.

India has to stand up to China on Dalai Lama’s succession

Rebalancing is the new mantra of statecraft and reset is the new form of global rapprochement. Therefore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for as many as 20 meetings, including nine bilaterals and eight pull-aside engagements, with his global counterparts.

Rebalancing is trademark in a multi-polar diplomatic world

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly echoed his desire of making India a great power and according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the recognition by most Indians that the country’s global stature has ‘risen’ in the last five years, played a role in the NDA government retaining power for a second consecutive term.

Aspiring for world power status: The bumpy road ahead

The threat of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to withdraw partially from the landmark nuclear deal of 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), comes as a reaction to the US’s attempts in recent weeks to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero.

Curbs against Iran far removed from original aim of stalling the nuclear enrichment effort

On May 19, 2009, then president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, clad in his traditional white sarong and shirt, solemnly averred before the Parliament: “The writ of the state now runs across every inch of our territory … we have completely defeated terrorism.

Islam has become the handmaiden of jihadist-Salafism

The news that customs officials in China have destroyed 30,000 world maps printed in the country for not mentioning Arunachal Pradesh and Taiwan as part of its territory, should not surprise anyone.

What should India do if China sticks to its wide territorial claims?

India’s reluctance to hold talks with the Taliban in view of the latter’s increasing resurgence against the backdrop of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is both a good example of moral principle and a bad example of faltering on realpolitik.

India can’t avoid talking to Taliban in current scenario

The problem with history is that it is often nuanced. Therefore, Rahul Gandhi’s colourful barb at NaMo’s China diplomacy in the Masood Azhar episode case might resonate with those bashing PM Narendra Modi, but betrays deep historical ignorance.

Congress's barb at Narendra Modi government's China diplomacy shows historical ignorance

However much we feel angry over China’s fresh refusal to back India’s demand to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN, which would paralyse his terror network, there is practically nothing that we could do, because we have buckled under Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail, facilitated by China that gave Pakistan nuclear know-how to counter and stunt India.

The China-Pakistan entente poses a grave threat to the world

Trump's insistence on tough sanctions against all those continuing to engage with Iran and Russia limits India’s options on energy security and defence procurement

Opinion: Explaining Trump’s blow hot, blow cold India policy

The battlelines have been drawn, and with Shah eyeing at least 22 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal, it will be a tough fight with high stakes for both the parties.

Opinion: BJP attack on Mamata Banerjee may finally be paying dividends

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