Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was today received by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, H.E. Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim at Perdana Putra complex and accorded a ceremonial welcome. Thereafter, the Leaders met in restricted and delegation-level formats at Seri Perdana, the official residence of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

The leaders held wide-ranging discussions and agreed to further strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established between the two countries in 2024. They ...

China is everywhere in the Middle East—and yet it seems to call the shots almost nowhere. It signs deals, finances projects, builds infrastructure. It speaks to everyone. It is visible in ports, industrial zones, digital networks, and major energy contracts. But when the conversation shifts to security, deterrence, guarantees, or red lines, Beijing steps back. That gap is not a contradiction. It is a method. China wants influence—without paying the bill.

The position makes more sens...

“India has several millennia old historical, cultural and civilisational links with Central Asia. Brisk trade of goods, ideas, and thoughts took place from India (and China) to Central Asia and beyond over the Silk Road from 3rd century BC to 15th century AD. Buddhism travelled to Afghanistan, Central Asia and Western China from India through the Silk Road. Alexander of Macedonia, Kushans, Babur, and Mughals and Sufism are evidence of vigorous links between India and the region over the age...

The war in Ukraine is often framed as a European tragedy. Yet its ripple effects extend far beyond the battlefields of Donbas and the Black Sea. Eurasia, once imagined as the connective tissue linking Europe and Asia, has become a zone of fragmentation. The conflict has disrupted supply chains, energy routes, and diplomatic alignments, leaving Asia’s strategic corridors in a state of flux. For Asian powers, particularly India, this disruption is not peripheral but central to the future of c...

India, the largest democracy and currently the fourth-largest economy in the world, is one of the major powers that is playing a constructive role in global affairs. While India’s foreign policy has been actively promoting and protecting India’s interests at the international level, it is pertinent to consider how India’s foreign policy has evolved over the past 79 years since independence in 1947.

Initial years in the post-independence period were marked by adhering to the

Since 1947, Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution has proclaimed that ‘the Japanese people forever renounce war’. This clause, imposed under American supervision, has transformed the archipelago into an economic giant but a strategic dwarf. In 2025, however, the gap between this pacifism in principle and the security reality has never been more glaring. Faced with an increasingly threatening neighbourhood, Tokyo is rearming and testing the limits of its legal framework.

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