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G20 Bali Summit: India’s Prominence And Other Developments

Dr. Kankana DebnathNovember 23, 20220

The G20 Bali Summit held from 15 to 16th November 2022 was the seventeenth meeting of the Group of Twenty, which was convened in Nusa Dua, Bali. Indonesia presided over the summit this year which was handed over by the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the end of the previous Rome summit. Several agendas and developments were discussed including climate change, Ukraine War, monetary policies, etc. The summit also saw several levels of bilateral meetings held between the participating nations. What is G20? The G20 is a multilateral platform involving the world’s largest economies. The 19 countries of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sou...

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India’s Vision For Indo-Pacific: Analysing S. Jaishankar’s Chulalongkorn University Speech

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 22, 20220

External Minister S. Jaishankar gave an extensive speech on India's Vision of the Indo-Pacific at the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. India and Thailand are celebrating 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations. Mentioning this Jaishankar highlighted that India is very much inclined towards the East. He also emphasized that New Delhi now looks beyond the Indian Ocean and into the Pacific. India's Vision of the Indo-Pacific Jaishakar stated that there is a need to envisage a free, open, inclusive, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. A regional concept which is built on rules-based international order, freedom of navigation and over-flight, unimpeded lawful commerce. There should also be mutual respect for sovereignty, peaceful resolution of disputes, as well. J...

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Jaishankar’s Tashkent Visit Ahead Of Shanghai Summit: Opportunities And Challenges For India

Dr. Kankana DebnathJuly 30, 20220

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will be held on September 15-16, 2022 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Union external affairs minister S Jaishankar visited Tashkent on a two-day pre-SCO summit conclave. PM Modi will attend the summit in September. The foreign ministers will discuss extensively mutual cooperation in the expansion of the organization and exchange ideas on regional and global developments. Shanghai Cooperation Organization and India SCO is the largest regional organization in terms of geographical area, population and GDP. It was created on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China. The initial members were Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism. In the year 2017 SCO meeting in Astana, India and...

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G7 Summit: India’s Growing Geo-Political Clout

Dr. Kankana DebnathJuly 9, 20220

The G7 summit was held from 26-28th June, 2022 in Schloss Elmau, Bavarian Alps, Germany. Members countries are the leading industrial nations of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. There were special invitee countries from Asia, Africa , Latin America and Europena Union whose geopolitical significance is noteworthy in the preview of today’s global economy, politics, health and war and conflicts. India has been a constant invitee in G7 summits since 2014 which shows the growing importance of India in the global stage as a geopolitical player. G7 was formed in 1973 during the energy crisis when the finance ministers of the now member countries met to discuss a solution convened by the then US Secretary of Treasury George Shultz. The G7 is not based on any treaty an...