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Russia–India Relations: Successes and Prospects

In Honour of the 70th Anniversary of the Republic of India On January 26, the people of India will celebrate the Republic Day. Seventy years ago, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India entered into force, proclaiming the country a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic. This year is ...

21.01.2020

Fears over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are unfounded

... over the years. Even today, we have instances in Pakistan of Sikh girls being abducted, forcibly married and converted to Islam. Many Sikhs moved out of Afghanistan during Taliban rule. A significant number of Hindus have migrated from Bangladesh to India before 1971 and afterwards, even if Sheikh Hasina’s government today is protective of minorities. As far back as 2003, when this writer was Foreign Secretary, we had officially communicated to Bangladesh that in our estimation there were about ...

16.01.2020

Global Implications of India’s Citizenship Amendment Act 2019

The contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 has underlined the deep division within the country and in the international community There’s no doubt that nationwide protest against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) in India has underlined the deep division within the country and in the international community. The world press frequently publishes what damage has been done to India's settled foreign policy and its global position in the aftermath of CAA. The significant ...

16.01.2020

Soleimani’s Assassination Is More than a Crime

... no political will around to put together a regional collective security system, one should at least think about a regional crisis management mechanism involving Iran and key neighboring Arab starts. Concerned overseas powers – like Russia, China, India, and EU – could assist in building this mechanism working with their respective regional partners. We should regard the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani as a wakeup call, not as a trumpet of the approaching Armageddon. First published ...

07.01.2020

India and the SCO: A Vision for Expanding New Delhi’s Engagement

With the stakes high, looking North is now more imperative than ever before “As the political landscape of the region changed at the turn of this century, India restored its historical ties of natural affinity with the Central Asian countries….. Our membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a natural extension of these relationships and mirrors the region’s place in India’s future. Together ...

04.12.2019

RIAC and ICWA Held Closing Sessions of the Third Russia-India Conference

On November 20, the Third International Conference “Strategic Visions of Russia–India Relations in a Changing World Order” continued with sessions focusing on the issues of trade and economic cooperation. On November 20, the Third International Conference “Strategic Visions of Russia–India Relations in a Changing World Order” ...

21.11.2019

RIAC and ICWA Third International Conference on Russia – India Relations Opens in Moscow

On November 19, 2019, Third International Conference “Strategic Visions of Russia – India Relations and Changes in the World Order” was launched in Moscow. The conference is organized by Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) On November 19, 2019, Third International Conference “Strategic ...

20.11.2019

Russia-India Strategic Partnership: Crisis of Understanding?

Prepared in the framework of the RIAC and Indian Council of World Affairs Joint Paper Prepared in the framework of the RIAC and Indian Council of World Affairs ( ICWA ) Joint Paper Recent Russia-India partnership history goes back to 1971 when the first Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation ...

18.11.2019
 

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