Topic: Diplomacy

At the United Nations General Assembly, everyone has a speech. Nobody has an answer.

For observers of India-Bangladesh ties, a relationship invested heavily in people-to-people connections, a shift in political understanding creates a dilemma.

New Delhi and Beijing don’t have to trust one another’s geopolitical ambitions. But can their scientists trust each other’s empirical data?

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

While diplomatic chill affected India-China academic engagement, recent thaw in relations opened avenues for commentators on India emerging from its northern neighbour. 

The 'civilisational state' rhetoric is seductive, but it is not how Chinese diplomacy frames the relationship. China's own foreign ministry describes India as a “partner rather than rival” and grounds the relationship in the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.

At 79, India’s real test is whether the expanding geometry of ties and choices can be converted into a greater regional influence and a stronger global voice.

A high-level team from India’s security establishment reached Dhaka over the weekend. Sources say there is still friction in some areas but India is keen to stabilise relations.

Philipp Ackermann, the Ambassador of Germany to India since 2022, writes that it was Vikram Seth's novel 'A Suitable Boy' that first brought him to India in 2007.

India’s foreign policy is replete with partnerships that reflect a more material and realist conception of trust.