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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicIndia's foreign policy

Topic: India's foreign policy

India keeps making the same foreign policy mistakes. World doesn’t think we’re being moral

India has never been nor is it today as important as New Delhi thinks it is. It is somewhat more disadvantageous today than in the 1950s or even the 1990s.

India has wisely avoided committing a folly by not joining the West against Russia

In ‘Global Tumult: India As A Pole Star’, Sujan Chinoy delves into India’s foreign and defence policies, and its achievements, from his vantage point as Director General of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

What is the ‘Modi Mirage’ & why report is contesting claim of India’s enhanced global standing

Author of 'Modi Mirage' report says India ‘likely to face more scrutiny’ on issues of democracy & human rights going ahead and Indian diaspora sees events back home ‘with alarm’.

Why Delhi-Tehran deal on Chabahar Port is good news for India’s Shia Muslims

While improving relations with Iran may offer advantages for Indian Shia Muslims, it's important to guard against undue foreign influence as well.

Jet, set, go: Jaishankar made 33 foreign trips in 2023 as part of Modi govt’s diplomatic push

In response to question in Parliament, MoS (External Affairs) gave details of Jaishankar’s travels between November 2022 & December 2023. PM Modi travelled to 12 countries during this period.

Parliamentary panel urges MEA to ‘better utilise Indian missions’ to meet foreign policy objectives

In 24th report on ‘India’s policy planning and role of think-tanks’, the committee on external affairs has also recommended strengthening ministry's policy, planning & research division.

How Gautam Adani is helping Modi govt with India’s foreign policy challenges

India’s decision to walk the middle path, both on the Quad and the Russia-US tangle, is not only right but also courageous.

G20 is India’s time under the sun. But only grand imagination, not realism, can transform it

At its best, this so-called realism appears to be a policy fix and at its worst, a small-minded vision.

G20 leadership only brings status. India should focus on security instead, keep eye on China

New Delhi is yet to make a proper assessment of what it actually gained with its third world activism from the 1950s onwards.

Ukraine has shown Indian diplomacy is like Indian driving—any lane, any time, US or Russia

Academics have warned that India, by following its position, risks China doing invasions along the lines of Ukraine. So, India must outline the ‘red lines’.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

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.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.