Geopolitics & Foreign Affairs
If Indian PM Narendra Modi sees a successful 2018, New Delhi’s South Asia policy could see a boost
Narendra Modi, who won a historic mandate in 2014 to become the prime minister of India heading a majoritarian government after a gap of three decades, will be facing another tough year of electoral challenges in 2018. As many as eight stat...
What Left alliance’s victory in Nepal means for New Delhi and Kathmandu
The news that the Leftist camp in Nepal – the combined alliance of the moderate and the Maoists – is all set to form the next government has left establishments in India concerned. For observers in the Himalayan country’s...
India-Nepal-Bangladesh trilateral cooperation: A key initiative to counter China in South Asia
Nepal is at a very significant juncture. The provincial and parliamentary elections in the Himalayan democracy on November 26 and December 7 will decide the future journey of the country which has seen very little political stability since...
ASEAN needs to take humane view of the Rohingya's crisis
Rohingya refugees is one of the critical issues, being faced by not only the neighboring countries, instead ASEAN as well. To find the solution of this problem, the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Office of the State Counsellor constituted an...
India-Nepal-China corridor: New Delhi needs to prioritise South Asia’s good over anxiety against Beijing
Even though Nepal hasn’t been a country with a remarkable record of political stability over the years, its leadership has nonetheless done quite well when it came to tackling its geographical limitation. Be it under the once str...
BBIN: The goal is noble but achieving it won’t be a cakewalk
Regionalism has been an important strategic tool in the realm of international relations for uniform growth, across national boundaries and geographic barriers. We have seen the gradual rise of the European Union after the Second World War...
Rouhani win and India-Iran ties
The Iranian election was being closely observed the world over, and the re-election of President Hassan Rouhani must have come as a relief to many countries, especially India. New Delhi has established robust economic ties with Iran, the pr...
Withering Away of India’s Central Asia Policy
In order to reconnect and reinvigorate the historical and geo-cultural relations with the Central Asia, India has refashioned and reoriented its foreign policy in the manifestation of policy frameworks such as North Look Policy, Extended Ne...
Geopolitical Expansion of SCO: Will it be a Next SAARC?
Originally, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was conceived in 1996 as ‘Shanghai Five.’ With the inclusion of Uzbekistan, it was converted into SCO. The principal aims of the SCO included the heightening of the politic...
Reluctant to join China Belt and Road Initiative
On January 19, the writer had an opportunity to participate in ‘One Belt, One Road (OBOR)-Nepal Conference 2017’ organized by BP Koirala School of Public Policy where the chief guest was honorable Foreign Minister Dr. Prakash Sh...