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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicForeign policy

Topic: foreign policy

Shyam Saran’s book is an insight into the compulsions and motivations in our foreign policy

The book “How India Sees The World” traces the roots of Indian quest for multipolarity in and strategic autonomy to Kautilya and Kamandaki.

Doklam proves China is biggest diplomatic challenge for India: Shyam Saran

Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran says just like in Doklam, the Chinese use small but incremental moves to exert power, and the dilemma is when...

Hype and hyphen

Pakistan wants to rehyphenate US policy in the neighbourhood. Why we must not let ourselves down.

Walking to global high table, baby step by baby step

Explaining the last round of his half-yearly credit policies, RBI governor Y V Reddy had used an interesting expression, "baby steps", to explain his...

Diplomacy’s red flag

Nations need to negotiate with plenty of manoeuvrability and fleet-footedness, with lots of space to the left, the right, back and forth.

Step out, there’s fresh air

From Michigan to Madrid and from Ankara to Auckland, voters are beginning to factor in foreign policy issues as they go out to decide who they should hand over power to.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.