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Mar 28, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Soraya Kishtwari |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
On a three-day visit of a U.S. delegation to Bangladesh last month, both refugees and climate change featured high on the diplomatic agenda. Delegates acknowledged Bangladesh as the world’s seventh most climate-vulnerable country, with Washington pledging support to help Bangladesh tackle climate change. They also discussed the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Purushendra Singh |Tridivesh Singh Maini |Osama Ahmad |Huma Rehman
India’s great friend and former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, envisaged a “Broader Asia” composed of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. As a part of this vision, Japan is the fifth-largest investor and source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India, with Japanese businesses making significant investments and looking to invest about USD $42 billion by 2027. India is also the highest recipient of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans over the past decade.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Ankit Tiwari |Purushendra Singh |Biyon Sony Joseph |Araudra Singh
After five months of delays, the Indian government is finally forging ahead with plans for the much-touted India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC). On February 13, 2024, India and the UAE signed a framework agreement on the transcontinental corridor.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Biyon Sony Joseph |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
Since the rise of the Indo-Pacific as a dominant geopolitical construct, minilaterals – informal, non-binding, and voluntary partnerships involving a few countries – have emerged as the preferred method for cooperation among regional powers. Coupled with China’s assertive actions in the region, countries, including India, have utilized these ad-hoc mechanisms to address myriad challenges.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Tarun Agarwal |Abu Hurrairah Abbasi |Saher Liaqat |Purushendra Singh
Once a recipient of international food aid, India has risen as a pivotal architect of global food security. This leap from dependence to empowerment is not merely an economic success story but a strategic orchestration of agriculture as a tool of diplomacy. This deliberate policy-driven expansion of India’s role signifies its evolution from a to a key diplomat on the global food security stage.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Rakshith Kumar Shetty |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
The Maldives, often depicted in the news as a tropical paradise, recently had a less idyllic appearance in the headlines.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Varuna Shankar |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
Since 2023, Japan has extended its investment in South Asian infrastructure and connectivity projects to strengthen its soft power diplomacy in the region. As part of this extension, Sri Lanka hosted the Japanese Foreign Minister in and invited Tokyo to resume its investment in Sri Lanka’s infrastructure projects and its green and digital economies, after some of them were halted due to Chinese investments in similar projects.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on 9DASHLINE and has been republished with permission from the editors. With the sixth BIMSTEC summit scheduled to take place in Thailand in 2024, international media has turned its attention to the grouping to discuss its future prospects. BIMSTEC is a regional organization comprised of member countries from both South and South East Asia. The grouping aims to increase connectivity both within and between these two regions.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Raymond E. Vickery |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
Editor’s Note: A version of this piece originally appeared on The Diplomat and has been republished with permission from the editors. During an election year, members of a democratic cabinet are expected to help their principal get reelected, in addition to their other duties. Cabinet members responsible for national security are often exempted from these chores, but most find a way to contribute to the reelection effort.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Hely Desai |Purushendra Singh |Ankit Tiwari |Jagannath Panda
On December 8, 2023, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) issued a joint statement declaring a Trilateral Technology Dialogue with India focusing on critical and emerging technologies that will be held in the first quarter of 2024. The unique, but not unlikely, trilateral partnership is expected to expand collaboration on clean energy and semiconductors, instituting India and ROK’s technology dominance in the Indo-Pacific.
