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The recent surge in India’s arms sales to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, points to New Delhi’s desire to become a key arms supplier in a bid to stem China’s growing assertiveness in the region, analysts said. Last month, India-based defence firm BrahMos Aerospace said it was in advanced...
Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies convened in New Delhi Thursday in what was seen as a grand test for Indian diplomacy, which ultimately didn’t succeed in reaching a consensus because of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the second high-level ministerial meeting under India’s Group...
India’s greater visibility on the world stage in recent years and its refusal to take sides in the Ukraine war amid a major power rivalry are likely why Southeast Asian countries increasingly view New Delhi as a strategic partner, analysts say. In a survey released this month by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in...
The US struggled to defend a major partner in the Indo-Pacific this week after the Indian government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned a BBC documentary critical of Modi’s policies toward Muslims.“There are a number of elements that undergird the global strategic partnership that we have...
In 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out a red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Modi’s home state of Gujarat in the hopes of building a rapport with the Chinese premier and laying a foundation to resolve their countries’ vexing border dispute in the Himalayas. But as they walked on the...
The Chinese feel that the United States should not urge China and Pakistan to renegotiate Beijing’s debt and should not ‘bad mouth’ the Pakistan-China relationship, according to the director of the China programme at the Stimson Centre. Speaking at a two-day seminar on US-Pakistan relations, Chinese foreign...
Experts and officials dealing with the relations between Pakistan and the United States expressed hope that their future is bright, arguing that ties between the two countries have been topsy-turvy, but contended that this low-key phase, post-Afghan war period allows both Islamabad and Washington to start afresh...
The US government has notified Congress of a proposed foreign military sale of $450 million to Pakistan to sustain the Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 programme, a US State Department spokesperson told Dawn on Thursday. Another official statement said the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered...
India has yet to officially respond to the US agreeing to a $450 million fleet-sustainment aid package for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday, to upgrade three squadrons of its 65-odd F-16 ‘Fighting Falcon’ fighters, with the ostensible aim of boosting Islamabad’s counterterrorism...
“If India can ride out the pressure from the West, and Russia manages to survive further catastrophe in Ukraine, these offers may be too good for New Delhi to refuse,” Markey said.