India and Japan have come closer only after 2000 when Japan-India Global Partnership was established. In 2006, it was upgraded to the “Strategic and Global Partnership”. Today Japan...
The BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China] idea was first conceived by Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs. In 2011, South Africa joined this informal group and BRIC became...
Given the different political systems, sizes of economy or stages of economic development, do the BRICS nations have any prospective areas of cooperation? Within the BRICS, its constituent...
Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) of BRICS countries has come into operation in October 2016. It was established in 2015 during 7th BRICS summit at Ufa and idea was...
India has always seen South East Asia as a region of high economic growth and strategic priority. In 1992, the PV Narsimha Rao Government in India initiated the...
South East Asia is divided into two broad parts viz. Maritime South East Asia and Mainland South East Asia. Maritime South East Asia comprises Indonesia, parts of Malaysia,...
Relations between India and Maldives have been traditionally close and friendly and India has contributed to security, economy and democracy of the Island nation. The two countries had...
Maldives’ transition to democracy started in 2008 when after 30 year of autocratic rule, President Gayoom promulgated a new constitution, paving the way for first multiparty election in...
The key elements of India’s Afghanistan policy include – friendly relations with afghan factions, tacit support for anti-Taliban forces, more focus on economic engagement than military engagement, humanitarian...
Being a landlocked country, Afghanistan was a key focal point in ancient Silk Road. Its strategic importance can be understood by the following: Pipeline Routes The country is...
