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The Uyghur Question: Unheard Voices from China

25Sep

By Md Shaqib AliNo Comments

Asia, Featured, World

The Uyghur Question: Unheard Voices from China

With a long history of repression, the recent crackdown and atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang represent one of the darkest chapters of Human Rights abuses in the 21st century. The future and security of 12 million Uyghurs remain a big question mark under the current Chinese Regime. Keeping silent and being mute spectators to the Uyghur problem is equivalent to committing a crime against humanity. It is a year since the UN Human Rights body published a report that accepted potential serious human rights violations against the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region by China. Some scholars blame China for committing Genocide against Uyghurs. Still, the Uyghur question remains unanswered. The story started in 2018 when international researchers and a US government official r...

Trudeau’s Perfunctory Charges Bring India-Canada Relations to the Brink

23Sep

By Aayush PalNo Comments

Analysis, Asia, Featured, North America, World

Trudeau’s Perfunctory Charges Bring India-Canada Relations to the Brink

The crisis is a reminder of the intricate balancing act that leaders like Trudeau must perform when addressing sensitive international issues, especially when they intersect with domestic politics. As this crisis evolves, it underscores the importance of open dialogue, fact-based diplomacy, and the need for leaders to navigate complex international relations with prudence. There are concerns regarding donations to the Trudeau Foundation and Trudeau's educational institutions by entities close to the CCP and its consequent influence on the policies of the present Canadian government. In a dramatic turn of events, the traditionally friendly ties between India and Canada have soured following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's explosive statement in the Canadian Parliament...

India and Saudi Arabia: Forging a Global Partnership Post-G20 Summit

16Sep

By Charushi ChakoleNo Comments

Asia, Featured, World

India and Saudi Arabia: Forging a Global Partnership Post-G20 Summit

The discussions focussed on enhancing connectivity between India and the Gulf nations encompassing improvements in ports, railways, roads, power grids, gas networks, and optical fibre infrastructure. Beyond economic ties, the statement underscored the depth of cooperation in the defence sector, with discussions revolving around the potential for joint development and production of defence equipment.On counterterrorism, both nations unequivocally rejected terrorism in all its forms and emphasized the importance of preventing access to weapons, including missiles and drones, for the purpose of conducting terrorist activities. In the wake of the G20 Summit, where the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) project took centre stage. India and Saudi Arabia have take...

India as Bharat – Revising the Foreign Policy to Reflect Bharatiya Ethos

16Sep

By Viswapramod C2 Comments

Analysis, Asia, National

India as Bharat – Revising the Foreign Policy to Reflect Bharatiya Ethos

Bharat is the hope of human civilization as the torchbearer of global values that include liberal order, democracy and individual freedoms, rule of law and rules-based order, which is also the essence of Dharmic civilizational consciousness. Reverting to its civilisation name must also reflect in the policy, approach and direction of Bharat’s integration with the external world, and must develop new instruments to deal with the perils of a fragile and polarized world. We must develop institutional frameworks that can take the “Bharat Story” to the international arena through, think tanks, governments, civil societies and academic circuits. As India had geared up to host the G20 heads of states summit, an official Invitation from the office of the President of India titled “The...

G20 Presidency – India’s Imprint on Global Diplomacy

14Sep

By Frank Rausan PereiraNo Comments

Analysis, Asia, Featured, World

G20 Presidency – India’s Imprint on Global Diplomacy

Healing, harmony and hope is the message that has been sent out by India during its G20 presidency, at a time when the world is getting vertically divided. New Delhi can now breathe a sigh of relief after an extremely successful G20 Leaders’ Summit over the weekend. India took over the presidency of the grouping at a challenging time when the world was divided over the Ukraine war. Over the last nine-odd months India has navigated through high rhetoric and a difficult phase in geopolitics. Looking back the whole nation should take pride in what we have achieved. India has been able to transform proceedings and priorities and has given the world something to ponder about. India’s presidency has put tremendous pressure on Brazil, the next G20 President and the rest of the members...

G20 Summit 2023 | India’s Geostrategic Shift and the Reawakening of its Foreign Policy

13Sep

By Viswapramod C1 Comment

Analysis, Asia, Featured, World

G20 Summit 2023 | India’s Geostrategic Shift and the Reawakening of its Foreign Policy

The focus of India at the G20 summit was to ensure the implementation of a framework for a stable world order that was away from Western obsessions and the same was achieved through India’s assertive diplomacy. The successful Delhi Declaration was the result of India’s diplomatic manoeuvring, asserting its Indic value systems and the quest for an inclusive multilateral and multi-aligned world. The summit moved away from the usual diplomatic and geopolitical arm-twisting and laid real focus on serious policy matters in resolving long-drawn conflicts through consensus-based diplomacy. The world witnessed the vibrancy of India’s spiritual awakening and consciousness that reverberated across the summit. The G20 summit which recently concluded in New Delhi has made significant waves in ...

G20 Summit 2023: Indian Diplomacy Trumps Distrust Through Unprecedented Bilaterals

12Sep

By Anhad JakhmolaNo Comments

Analysis, Asia, Featured, World

G20 Summit 2023: Indian Diplomacy Trumps Distrust Through Unprecedented Bilaterals

The monumental effort that went into the G20's success left a mark on the entire international community with almost every country praising the Indian Prime Minister and his team for pulling off what was considered an insurmountable task.The G20 summit and India's bilateral engagements showed that while India safeguarded its own interests, it ensured justice for the Global North and the Global South by addressing their issues in equal measure. The G20 was a successful event as India ensured a perfect balance between its elevated position in the emerging world order and saving the relevance of the G20 as a group. The highlight was the inclusion of the African Union in the group. The monumental effort that went into the G20's success left a mark on the entire international community ...

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor – Heralding a New Era of Equitable Growth and Cooperation

10Sep

By Sahana ANo Comments

Analysis, Asia, Europe, Featured, Middle East, World

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor – Heralding a New Era of Equitable Growth and Cooperation

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor supports the vision of initiatives such as Make in India, Sagarmala, and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. It paves the way for self-reliance by enhancing infrastructure in the logistics and transportation sector and developing significant capacities within Bharat. In a world where connectivity is the lifeblood of economic progress, India is taking significant steps towards fostering enhanced integration and economic development, with the successful MoU signed on September 8, 2023, as part of the G20 Summit. The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMCC EC) is a visionary project that aims to strengthen connectivity between Asia, West Asia/Middle East, and Europe. This MoU has great potential to reshape the economic landscape of the region....

G20 Summit 2023 | India’s Robust Engagement Before The Summit

9Sep

By Anhad JakhmolaNo Comments

Asia, Featured, World

G20 Summit 2023 | India’s Robust Engagement Before The Summit

As India welcomes the leaders of the G20 summit, it's important to note the kind of engagement it engaged in before the summit in Delhi. India has planned 15 bilateral meetings during these 3 days which includes important discussions on pertinent issues of our time.The Indo-ASEAN summit that took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 7th of September is a very important event to be noted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only decided to open a consulate in Dili, Timor but showed support for the centrality of ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific. A 12-point proposal to enhance Indo-ASEAN ties was shared by the Indian delegation. (The points are available on the MEA website) The basis was to enhance engagement with ASEAN on a priority level. On the 8th of September, India kick-started its engagement...

Dragon’s Territorial Chicanery: Time to Checkmate China at its Own Game?

6Sep

By Charushi ChakoleNo Comments

Analysis, Asia, Featured, World

Dragon’s Territorial Chicanery: Time to Checkmate China at its Own Game?

While India lodged a strong protest against China's claims, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Taiwan have expressed strong objections to China's new map. UN tribunal had already invalidated China's earlier claims, deeming them without merit in international law. India must strongly protest against international organizations, such as the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum, that perpetuate inaccurate maps of India. Business-as-usual approaches in such circumstances should not be tolerated. India should proactively employ social media platforms to counter and promote its cartographic perspectives in a measured manner, in collaboration with cartographic scholars, security experts, and social media content curators. A storm of controversy has swept across the South Chin...