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Buddhist soft power diplomacy Over a millennium after its decline and virtual disappearance from India, Buddhism is making a comeback in the land of its birth. It has emergedas an important component of Delhi’s soft power diplomacy. Buddhism’s geographic spread, growing popularity, and image as a peaceful religion have contributed to ...
Bilateral Prospects Appointed as prime minister of India last May 25, Narendra Modi of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made it clear on his very first day in office that he was willing to improve relations with Islamabad, something that would take a lot of political will given the long-standing ...
... that the Islamic population in Brazil is 204,000. But the website of the leading Islamic organization in Brazil claims that number should be 2 million. That figure is more than the 1.4 million Emirati citizens who occupy the United Arab Emirates. India, with the largest Islamic population among the BRICS, shares porous borders with Islamic Pakistan (178 million) and Bangladesh (158 million), and beyond the headlines the relations between those nations are, and will continue to be problematic. ...
On June 13-15, 2014, RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev took part in the first symposium under the project "New Responses to Global Challenges in Finance, Energy Security and Climate Change: Cooperation between the U.S., Russia, China and India" held in Hong Kong. The participating representatives of think tanks from the four countries discussed the global environment in 2014 and the changes underway in international economic relations through the prism of probable development patterns ...
The complexity of India’s foreign policy and domestic power dilemmas has led to many Western states inaccurately judging the country’s approach to intelligence strategy. India’s intelligence challenges break down most effectively into the categories of ...
... indicator of their technological development. Currently, BRICS countries occupy different positions and perform different functions in the international aviation production system. Brazil is the undisputed leader among the BRICS countries in this sphere. India and China make up a separate category of countries that provide the technical conditions for the development of the world aviation industry. These countries offer services to aircraft manufacturers by producing parts and appliances and servicing ...
Interview with Christophe Jaffrelot Interview India likes to call itself the world’s largest democracy and its democratic culture is probably what Indians are most proud of. The country has had a democratic political system since its independence in 1947 and is thus practically the only developing ...
... public relations as a vehicle wrap to their interest in maintaining global hegemony in a socially inclusive wrapper—is subject to debate. The New York Times recently added Brazil to its list of “struggling economies” that includes India and South Korea, among others. Yet when the media empire was struggling financially it took a $250 million loan from the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim of Mexico, Russian media didn’t call out The New York Times for having financial ...
... according to legitimate aspirations of their peoples” and “…share the principle that the use of force should be avoided”. During the March 17, 2011 vote on Resolution 1973, which opened the way for NATO to bomb Libya, Brazil, India, Russia and China abstained, while South Africa supported it. The three initial summits centered on coordinating economic policies, whereas the fourth meeting, on March 28-29, 2012 in Delhi, was devoted to the theme "BRICS Partnership for ...
... main challenge in the short term. It can be addressed by expanding the organization. IMEMO Board of Directors member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia and RIAC member Vyacheslav Trubnikov shares his insights on the prospects of India joining the SCO. At the meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia and India in October 2014, a proposal was made to support India's bid for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. What are the prospects for India's membership ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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