Fifteen years is a long time in diplomacy. Long enough for enthusiasm to fade, for negotiating positions to harden, and for the world itself to change shape. When India and …
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Sanjay Kumar Verma is a former Indian diplomat with 37 years of service in international relations. He served as High Commissioner of India to Canada and as Ambassador to Japan, the Marshall Islands, and Sudan. He also chaired the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India’s leading policy think tank. Over nearly four decades, he engaged at senior levels in foreign policy, strategic affairs, and global economic diplomacy, contributing to India’s external engagement across regions. He continues to write, speak, and advise on geopolitics, security, and national strategy.
Fifteen years is a long time in diplomacy. Long enough for enthusiasm to fade, for negotiating positions to harden, and for the world itself to change shape. When India and …
The continuing conflict in West Asia has destabilised the balance that had existed in the region for decades. Its complex implications extend much beyond the region. The conflict hastened the …
In recent years, the Indian diaspora in Canada has found itself navigating a climate that feels increasingly charged, performative, and at times, openly hostile, driven by Canada-based Khalistani extremism. What …
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) remains one of the most ambitious achievements of post-war international diplomacy. It gave the oceans a legal order where …
In West Asia, wars rarely end when the missiles stop. Military victories seldom erase civilisations or grievances, and conflicts often leave behind consequences that reshape global politics long after the …
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India from 27 February to 2 March 2026 was significant not merely because it reopened a relationship that had gone badly off course, but …
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s official visit to India from February 27 to March 2, 2026, was not a ceremonial courtesy call. It was a deliberate act of diplomatic re-engagement at …
Geopolitical crises rarely erupt without warning. They accumulate quietly, layer upon layer of grievance, mistrust, and unresolved tension, until force replaces argument as the dominant language of statecraft. The confrontation …
The AI Impact Summit in New Delhi generated energy, optimism, and a sense of arrival. Delegations from government, industry, academia, and international partners converged around a shared recognition: artificial intelligence …
The India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) was conceived as more than a diplomatic ritual. It was intended to provide structure to a relationship rooted in history but increasingly shaped by hard …
India–Canada relations over the past year have followed a pattern increasingly common in a fragmented global order. The political crisis came first. Institutional freeze followed. Quiet security repair began after …
The forthcoming India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) 2026, likely to be held mid-year, will represent more than a routine diplomatic engagement; it will serve as a strategic inflection point in aligning …
The Arctic is no longer the frozen periphery of global politics. It is rapidly becoming a corridor, a storehouse, and a proving ground for how power is exercised in spaces …
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, delivered on 20 January 2026, marked a rare moment of intellectual clarity in contemporary international politics. Rejecting …
When British Columbia (BC) Premier David Eby travels to India between 12-17 January, he carries more than a trade brief. His visit has become a prism through which multiple and …
The image of a sitting head of state being extracted by foreign military forces from his own capital is one the international system was meant to have buried with the …
If 2025 has tested India’s bilateral skill, it has also highlighted the maturing of its role in multilateral and plurilateral arenas. Institutions that once appeared unchangeable now face pressure from …
Part 1 of a Two-part series. The second part will be published on Monday, December 22, 2025. 2025 has tested the resilience of Indian diplomacy like never before. In a …
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke established protocol on the evening of December 4, 2025 to personally receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac of Palam airbase, the gesture …
The recent G20 Summit in Johannesburg, hosted by South Africa from November 22 to 23, marked a pivotal moment in global diplomacy, especially as it was the first time the …
Two developments this week have offered a revealing window into the strategic shifts taking place across the Indo-Pacific. In Washington, a bipartisan resolution titled ‘Recognizing the Strategic Value of the …
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