Before President Emmanuel Macron’s nearly 32-hour visit to India (25–26 January 2024) began, some observers agonised opining that the journey would be merely symbolic.

President Macron’s India visit: A synthesis of symbolism and substance

On January 10, President Mohamed Muizzu of Maldives and Chinese President Xi Jinping held the much-awaited meeting in Beijing and witnessed the signing of 20 bilateral agreements.

Maldives' pivot to China - A new turn in Indo-Pacific geopolitics

The two most crucial areas of Indian foreign policy are the nation’s relations with major powers and its ties with its immediate neighbours. Experts agree that India's policy towards great powers and immediate neighbours has been deeply interconnected and neither can be assessed in isolation from the other.

India and South Asia: What to expect in 2024

It is the season of summits in the Indian capital. New Delhi hosted the 2023 summit of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) on 12–14 December.

New Delhi summit on Artificial Intelligence, a quest for international collaboration

On 22 November, India, as the president, hosted the second G20 summit. This was in the virtual format, a sequel to the main summit held on 9–10 September where leaders participated in person.

G20 virtual summit: India's productive presidency – but what next?

On November 17, India hosted the second ‘Voice of the Global South Summit’ (VOGSS) in the virtual format. The first summit was held on 12–13 January 2023. Two summits within a year to advance the cause of developing nations and the announcement to convene another summit later to discuss issues relating to Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Global South are clearly indicative of the creation of a new institutional platform for sustaining solidarity in the developing world.

Second Global South Summit: A holistic assessment

Dr S Jaishankar, India's peripatetic external affairs minister, visited Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, from 25–26 October. He was there to represent India at the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG), held under the Chairmanship of Kyrgyzstan.

SCO Council meeting in Bishkek: Outcomes and implications

The New Delhi summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) may be remembered by historians for a variety of reasons. The summit was preceded by about 200 events held in different parts of India, thus turning the Indian presidency into the ‘People’s Presidency.

The geopolitics of G20 Summit

In the days just before the G20 summit opened in New Delhi, ASEAN was the focus of high-level international diplomacy. Holding a series of summits — its own main annual summit, the East Asia Summit, and ASEAN conferences with its key partners such as China, India, the US and others, the ASEAN diplomatic establishment had much to say, if we go by the sheer number of joint declarations, statements and press releases issued within the week.

ASEAN Summit diplomacy: Issues, decisions and prospects  

The 18th summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) opens in New Delhi on 9th September and concludes the next day. The iconic photograph showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving the presidential gavel from President Joko Widodo last November in Bali is about to be replaced by a new photo.

G20 Summit, New Delhi: Before the curtain rises

The 15th summit of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is scheduled to take place at Johannesburg between 22nd and 24th August 2023. Like the G20 summit to be hosted by India a fortnight later, the Johannesburg conference has attracted considerable media attention.

BRICS summit: Assessing dynamics and prospects

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK), also known as ‘the Lady’, has been a transformative leader in Myanmar’s political evolution since 1988. Daughter of General Aung San – ‘the Father of Burma’; the courageous champion of democracy and human rights whose shine dimmed due to her controversial stand on the Rohingya issue; the state counsellor or effectively the head of government who lost power because of the military coup in February 2021, Suu Kyi is back at the centre of discussions about the nation’s future.

Myanmar: Why the lady still matters

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