Topic: ASEAN
New Delhi finally gets Indo-Pacific wing but smaller regional powers are busy forum shopping
Indian foreign policy is far from being realist and has failed to devise methods to secure strategic alliances with smaller regional powers.
With China flexing muscles in Indo-Pacific region, India & Vietnam plan defence & oil tie-up
President Ram Nath Kovind is on a visit to Vietnam, where the two countries reaffirmed the importance of freedom of navigation & unimpeded economic activities in the South China Sea.
Shared concern about China’s rise helped the Quad come together
Many had written off the idea of building an Asia-Pacific coalition between Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. - a group informally known as the Quad.
With Ahmed Patel as treasurer, Congress coffers begin to swell ahead of 2019
Spurt in donations to the grand old party
Singapore visit to strengthen ties with ASEAN members, says PM Modi
Narendra Modi will visit Singapore Wednesday and Thursday to participate in the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits.
Trump’s face cannot stop America’s receding economic power from shifting to Asia
His lack of attendance at Asia-Pacific summits reflects a trend that has been building for years.
Narendra Modi to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC summit as nations look to revive grouping
Connectivity, cross-border terrorism and radicalisation will be discussed at the seven-member BIMSTEC summit on 30-31 August.
8 journalists ‘assaulted’ during Bangladesh stir, and Indonesia quake kills 82
Why the Trump administration wants Palestinians stripped of refugee status, and star football faces 'racial abuse' at China game.
With US sanctions, India has perfect window of opportunity for defence deals with Vietnam
Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit could not have been better timed, with US bringing in CAATSA and complicating defence ties between Russia and Vietnam.
Reports of India’s demise as a regional power are greatly exaggerated
There is a tendency to exaggerate China’s footprint in India’s immediate neighbourhood.
Electoral bonds are a constitutional hazard but transparency alone isn’t the solution
Supreme Court’s role in setting a reform agenda for political funding has to be limited and not extend to managing how parties function.
Is Supreme Court handling sexual harassment allegation against CJI Ranjan Gogoi correctly?
Two advocates Monday wrote to the Bar Council of India criticising it for its support to CJI Ranjan Gogoi and called the hearing a ‘travesty of justice’.
Defence
Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts
More ships and aircraft have been deployed to ensure India faces no security threat after a series of blasts killed 290 in Colombo, a Coast Guard official said.
Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.