Foreign Policy

Modi govt 8 years: How India's foreign policy became muscular under the PM

Modi has had the opportunity to become a dear one, and a friend, and has a personal rapport with some of the key leaders of the world - Trump, Obama, Biden, and Putin too.

Opinion | Why Imran Khan praised Modi’s foreign policy?

Imran Khan has been addressing rallies across the country and appealing to his supporters to march to Islamabad and attend a rally outside Parliament on March 27.

Pakistan Army will maintain grip on security, foreign policy: Report

"As a result, relations between the civilian government and the military will be positive," added the report published earlier this week by the research and analysis division of The Economist Group

Trump set to shuffle top generals: Report

US President Donald Trump is set to shuffle his top generals as he needs to tackle a number of huge foreign policy challenges over the coming months, a media report said.

Pakistani media blasts government for using terror groups as instruments of foreign policy

India's foreign policy has become vibrant, assertive under Modi govt: Chinese think-tank

India's foreign policy has become vibrant and assertive under the Modi government with its risk-taking ability also on the rise, according to a top official of a prominent state-run Chinese think-tank.

US senator Kamala Harris tops Foreign Policy magazine’s 2017 list of ’50 Leading Global Thinkers’

Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, is the first-ever Indian-American to be elected to the US Senate.

'Fashioning a novel brand of Twitter diplomacy': Foreign Policy magazine names Sushma Swaraj as 'Global Thinker'

The Foreign Policy magazine has included External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in its 2016 list of 15 Global Thinkers for fashioning a novel brand of Twitter diplomacy.

Foreign policy cannot be based on personal agenda: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi: Indian foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been derailed and made “directionless”, former external affairs minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has said. He also stressed that diplomacy “c

Ted Cruz-backer Lindsey Graham slams Donald Trump, says his presidency will 'lead to another 9/11'

Washington: Republican front-runner Donald Trump's foreign policy will lead to another terrorist attack on the scale of the September 11, 2011 attacks, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said. Asked on CBS' "Face the Nation"

Barack Obama's foreign policy made US safer, stronger: White House

Washington: The White House today strongly defended President Barack Obama's foreign policy, asserting that it increased the stature of America, made the country safe and resulted in a stronger national economy. Reacting to Republican

Modi has surprised many by his brilliant foreign policy: Singapore ex-foreign minister

Singapore: Underlining that India is too big to get ignored, Singapore’s former foreign minister George Yeo has said the strategic “sweet spot” the country has found itself in is helping it attract investment and extend

Narendra Modi wants private success story with Pakistan: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi: Congress leader and former union minister Salman Khursid has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted his own private success story with Pakistan and was pursuing a "policeman's foreign policy" which was a

Shivshankar Menon joins US' Brookings Institute

Washington:  Former foreign secretary and national security advisor Shivshankar Menon has joined the prestigious American think-tank Brookings Institute.Menon will serve within the Foreign Policy programme at Brookings, a statement said today."We are honoured that Ambassador

PM Modi urges Indian diplomats to 'shed old mindsets'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all top Indian diplomats to "shed old mindsets" and asked them to help position India globally in a leading role and not just a balancing force.Modi was

'Obama's India trip a perfect example of positive foreign policy'

Washington: Calling President Barack Obama's India trip "a perfect example of positive foreign policy" noted Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria has advised Washington to be similarly engaged elsewhere."Obama's trip to India was strategically important, symbolically resonant

Religion cannot be made cause of conflict: Pranab Mukherjee

New Delhi: Asserting that religion cannot be made a cause of conflict, President Pranab Mukherjee today said “tolerance” and promotion of goodwill between diverse communities needs to be preserved with “utmost care and vigilance”.In his

A happening six months of foreign policy under Narendra Modi government

New Delhi: A very happening six months of foreign policy has been one of the highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with interactions with most of the world, including even the distant islands in

Khurshid questions government's foreign policy on US, Pak

New Delhi: Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that the foreign policy under the new leadership is lacking depth and seriousness on important matters with the US and Pakistan.Khurshid asked the BJP-led NDA government