In 2023, India-Egypt upgraded their relationship to ‘Strategic Partnership’. Three years later, the high-level relationship seems to need another catalyst.
US has begun discussing India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), whose infra has remained dormant amid West Asia turmoil but digital ecosystem sees growth with India-UAE efforts.
India at 3 percent of global manufacturing compared to China’s 30 percent, says MEA Secretary, Economic Relations. 'Corridor will be essential for trade & supply chains after scale-up'.
In a world where global supply chains are being restructured as geopolitical uncertainties reshape trade routes, India must rethink its access points into Europe.
US-India Joint Statement validates MoU for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. It will be taken forward, albeit under a challenging geopolitical scenario in the Middle East.
George Gerapetritis was speaking at a session on the Greece-India partnership at ORF, where he focused on expanding bilateral relations & importance of IMEC.
Indonesian envoy Ina Krisnamurthi says hoping for 'more concrete steps' on Modi's 12-point plan for ASEAN-India ties. Indian PM will be in Laos on 10-11 Oct for ASEAN-India summit.
The minister said that various initiatives including PLI scheme, Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) through FTAs and economic partnerships have boosted India's manufacturing growth story.
India, via IMEC, looks to create new route to Europe to access gas in Eastern Mediterranean & provide Southeast Asian countries an alternative partner to China to access Atlantic Ocean.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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