A Pakistani statement detailed incidents of ‘deliberate bullying’ of officers, staff & families of the High Commission in New Delhi. India called it a...
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
The Vienna Convention was created for just such contingencies. It rests on reciprocity, which these incidents are highlighting in a negative sense. When two nuclear armed adversaries have so many differences and lack of communication, it falls to the very small groups of professional diplomats posted in Delhi and Islamabad to keep some sort of dialogue and conversation going. Creating a situation where the two high commissions are degraded in their capacity to function hurts both sides equally. 2. Perhaps the two Foreign Secretaries could have a long telephonic conversation, attempt to frame a set of ground rules that both sides could try to observe.
The Vienna Convention was created for just such contingencies. It rests on reciprocity, which these incidents are highlighting in a negative sense. When two nuclear armed adversaries have so many differences and lack of communication, it falls to the very small groups of professional diplomats posted in Delhi and Islamabad to keep some sort of dialogue and conversation going. Creating a situation where the two high commissions are degraded in their capacity to function hurts both sides equally. 2. Perhaps the two Foreign Secretaries could have a long telephonic conversation, attempt to frame a set of ground rules that both sides could try to observe.