While ambassadors usually serve for 2 to 5 yrs in a host country, some envoys have served for over a decade due to their country’s ‘special relationship’ with India or other reasons.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
Nice analysis. One way to look how at how a particular country is diplomatically important for other country is to look at what kind of postings do the diplomats get after being posted in that particular country. Former Indian envoy to China amb. Misri taking over as deputy NSA & former Chinese envoy to India & Pakistan amb. Weidong taking over as vice foreign minister in China ( just below the foreign minister who was Chinese envoy to the US) says something about the diplomatic importance that India & China give to each other. I’m not reading to much into the outgoing UK high commissioner being posted to Spain.
Anatoly Dobrynin was Soviet Ambassador to the United States from 1962 to 1986.
Nice analysis. One way to look how at how a particular country is diplomatically important for other country is to look at what kind of postings do the diplomats get after being posted in that particular country. Former Indian envoy to China amb. Misri taking over as deputy NSA & former Chinese envoy to India & Pakistan amb. Weidong taking over as vice foreign minister in China ( just below the foreign minister who was Chinese envoy to the US) says something about the diplomatic importance that India & China give to each other. I’m not reading to much into the outgoing UK high commissioner being posted to Spain.