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India & Japan take recent shifts in their stride

Talks of a major rift were also put to rest by the joint statement, which largely hewed to India's stated position

Summitry in the East and India's Asean ambitions

India's positive role in the region was also highlighted during the India-Asean Summit

Wait, plan, fight: How India can mean business with China after LAC clash

India is limiting trade with China after violent military clashes in Ladakh and China signalling its disregard for economic ties. What should be India's long-term strategy? Harsh V Pant explores

China factor in domestic politics

There is public anger against China and a dominant feeling that China has to be stopped before it succeeds in changing the status-quo on the India-China boundary

China faces a new threat as US cracks down on economic espionage

US crackdown on economic espionage could hurt research and innovation

China and the US push in West Asia

Beijing's expanding footprint in this oil-rich region has set the stage for a competition with Washington

American Outreach: How Modi played four roles during US visit and aced them

The prime minister's US visit managed to cover a lot of ground on several counts and was worth all the effort. Now, it's over to Indian diplomacy to sustain the momentum

Reaffirming Indo-US ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to America indicates that the India-US strategic relationship has the potential to become the defining partnership of this century

A challenge, an opportunity

India had to respond to adapting its strategic thinking on the Kashmir issue, if it was serious in resolving the conflict

India at the G-20

As leaders of G-20 meet in Osaka, there is a sense of bewilderment about the real aims of this platform and if at all it has any relevance in this day and age

How US-Russia ties affect India

The stagnation in US-Russia relations does not augur well for New Delhi's strategic interests. It's a throwback to the Cold War, when India had to choose between the two countries

A Chinese re-adjustment on BRI?

For the moment, it is Southeast Asia and Central Asia that are at the centre of BRI and that have embraced the project wholeheartedly

China's military: The shape of things to come

With China aiming to develop a "world-class" military by 2050 that can fight and win wars across all theatres, Indian conventional and nuclear thinking will also have to evolve

Harsh V Pant: Managing Mr Xi

Harsh V Pant: The Modi-Abe connection

Can the two nationalistic prime ministers completely rework the India-Japan relationship?

Harsh V Pant: India's Israel posturing

Despite representing a nation that is a victim of cross-border terrorism, our members of Parliament have no compunction in equating a liberal democratic Israel with a terrorist organisation such as Ha

Harsh V Pant: The new security agenda

Harsh V Pant: China's difficult rise

How to manage China's rise and mould its behaviour will be one of New Delhi's biggest diplomatic challenges in the years ahead. India should watch China's behaviour closely and learn how to deal with

Harsh V Pant: India and Vietnam add a new punch to their relationship

Delhi has progressed in its ties with Vietnam, particularly on the defence front, in an attempt to ally with other Asian nations concerned about China's rise

Harsh V Pant: India turns to the East

India has enhanced its presence in East Asia, while Indonesia took the lead in bringing one of the world's fastest growing economies closer to Asean