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Who will fix India's fractured take on foreign policy?
Rediff.com14 Jan 2014

Ambitious diplomats continue to be attracted to politics but do they make good...

INS Arihant: The story of India's incredible hard work
Rediff.com12 Aug 2013

With the launch of the first indigenous aircraft today, India will join a club of...

India's foreign policy paralysis
Rediff.com5 Aug 2013

Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of...

India breathes sigh of relief as Bhutan returns to the 'fold'
Rediff.com15 Jul 2013

India exhaled a huge sigh of relief in the weekend as Bhutan's opposition People...

Iran port may give wings to India's ambitions in S Asia
Rediff.com3 Jun 2013

Developing the Chabahar port in Iran addresses India's geopolitical as well as economic...

Karzai says peace in Afghanistan depends on Pakistan
Rediff.com23 May 2013

As Afghanistan enters the endgame of its 13-year-long partnership with the United...

The assertive President and the politics of hanging
Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

From rejecting the mercy petition of Afzal Guru to allegedly disapproving of the...

China's plans for S Asia go beyond Pak port takeover
Rediff.com4 Feb 2013

The recent Chinese takeover of Pakistan's Gwadar port, bringing Beijing right into the...

Khurshid will have to pick his battles as foreign minister
Rediff.com31 Oct 2012

The appointment of Salman Khurshid as India's new external affairs minister is the best...

'War on terrorism can't be fought in Afghan villages'
Rediff.com16 Oct 2012

Shaida Abdali, the 33-year-old ambassador to India believes that Delhi and Kabul have...

Brajesh Mishra combined guile with generosity
Rediff.com1 Oct 2012

India's first NSA Brajesh Mishra's combination of hard-headed realism and outspokenness...

Hassled at home, govt reaches out to immediate neighbours
Rediff.com7 Sep 2012

Once again, the Indian subcontinent is astir with the possibility of change. Over the...

India plans to bridge rising trade deficit with China
Rediff.com27 Aug 2012

As China continues to wobble from the global recession -- with real estate as well as...

DMK's rally: Political alignment changing at the Centre?
Rediff.com13 Aug 2012

The ministry of external affairs allowed the Dravida Munetra Kazhagham to hold a...

Last chance with Bangladesh
Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party must understand the importance of the east,...

Mission Lhasa for Chennai, as Indo-China row hots up
Rediff.com23 Jul 2012

India and China are sparring over the opening of consulates in Lhasa in exchange for...

Will America's Afghan gamble pay off?
Rediff.com15 Jun 2012

By letting Delhi keep an open line with Tehran, the United States seeks to balance its...

Unseen thaw in Pak army thinking
Rediff.com11 Jun 2012

India goes into Monday's Siachen talks with its army's hardline position in Islamabad,...

Maldives crisis: India acted hastily and dumped Nasheed
Rediff.com24 Feb 2012

In its hurried recognition of the new government in Male, has India lost sight of the...

India ignores US, opens up Iran oil strategy
Rediff.com11 Jan 2012

The crisis is not upon India immediately, as the US sanctions give a six-month...