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Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ strategy for Iran is no strategy at all
April 06, 2026 5:22 pm
The US president has started a conflict he cannot finish and a war he cannot win. To save the global economy, he must finally play the diplomacy card
How to position sports as a pillar of India’s multipolar diplomacy
February 27, 2026 11:38 am
Sports diplomacy might seem like new jargon in diplomatese, but nations have used athletic events, athletes, or sports initiatives since time immemorial to advance their foreign relations. How does India seek to leverage sports beyond cricket to project soft power and strengthen its global influence?
Diplomacy with Trump’s America requires neither deference nor confrontation, but discipline
October 24, 2025 2:41 pm
It cannot depend on personal rapport or rhetorical warmth. It must rest on hard interests, institutional memory, and economic capability
Amid global churn, India needs to re-evaluate its diplomatic options
October 11, 2025 7:23 am
Pragmatism should be the touchstone of its strategy and diplomacy, not romanticism
International Day of Women in Diplomacy 2025: Know the date, theme, history, significance, and more
June 26, 2025 6:36 am
International Day of Women in Diplomacy 2025: This year, in 2025, the International Day of Women in Diplomacy will be observed on Tuesday, 24 June, with the theme 'Eliminating structural barriers to women's leadership in diplomacy'.
When PM Modi went to Cyprus: A Mediterranean push, a buffer against Turkey
June 23, 2025 3:45 pm
To counter a belligerent Turkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan axis, India has systematically deepened relations with Greece, Cyprus and Armenia, which have their own troubled histories with this alignment
Supriya Sule writes: How we combatted Pakistan’s fake news in all-party diplomatic mission
June 11, 2025 12:09 pm
India’s choice is development over destruction. The world has responded with solidarity
PM Modi’s France visit: From AI Summit to boosting ties, what’s on the agenda?
February 11, 2025 12:58 pm
India’s relationship with France is old and deep, based on the principles of strategic autonomy and mutual respect. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Paris as co-chair of the AI Summit is testimony to the endurance of the relationship, and its positive evolution in a changing world.
The Jaishankar-Modi doctrine: Can India balance its foreign relations in a Cold War 2.0?
December 05, 2024 12:00 pm
The key test for India's 'mult-alignment' approach is whether it is using its newfound elbow room to pursue naked interest, or whether there is what the doctrine says there should be — a moral stance as well as a rational one. When pressed, can Indian diplomats and other spokespersons present a narrative that reflects India’s values as much as it reflects India’s interests?
A lonely elephant in Delhi zoo and the case against animal diplomacy
November 12, 2024 3:23 pm
What is needed is an international convention and bilateral agreements about the welfare of diplomatic animals. But these are only stop gap arrangements. Ultimately, animal diplomacy is a relic of the past
DIPLOMACY VIDEOS
News in Numbers: India’s busiest passport office.
June 22, 2020 6:23 pm
#NewsInNumbers How much work the busiest passport office in India does. (PS: It’s Lucknow which was recently in the news over an inter-faith couple’s complaint.
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