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DC Edit | 2024: Watershed year for Indian diplomacy

The mandarins of the external affairs ministry can pat themselves on the back for a successful year of dialogue and diplomacy with various countries and at international forums. As if to indicate where the diplomatic push came from, President Xi Jinping had shepherded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a photo opportunity after their meeting in Kazan, Russia on October 23 …

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5 days, 3 hours ago

Red panda diplomacy offers glimmer of hope even as China-Taiwan tensions soar

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Taipei's mayor, Chiang Wan-an, told the visiting Chinese delegation …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

Riding the Trend of the Times with A Strong Sense of Responsibility

China Daily

The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. In the course of 2024, China and Brazil have announced joint efforts to build a China-Brazil community with a shared future for a more just world and a more sustainable planet, demonstrating their sense of responsibility as two emerging countries; China and Serbia have launched efforts to build a China-Serbia community with …

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1 week ago

Neighborhood diplomacy conducive to regional peace and development

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Since China is geographically and culturally connected with its neighboring countries, sharing mutual interests, it is committed to a foreign policy of good-neighborliness and friendship in its immediate vicinity. Through infrastructure investments and trade partnerships, China has facilitated economic growth in many neighboring countries, creating a win-win situation that fosters regional stability. Similarly, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism …

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1 week ago

Neighborhood diplomacy conducive to regional peace and development

China Daily

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY Since China is geographically and culturally connected with its neighboring countries, sharing mutual interests, it is committed to a foreign policy of good-neighborliness and friendship in its immediate vicinity. Through infrastructure investments and trade partnerships, China has facilitated economic growth in many neighboring countries, creating a win-win situation that fosters regional stability. Similarly, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism …

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1 week ago

India’s firmer attempts at mineral diplomacy

The Hindu

As India seeks to expand its manufacturing and technological capability, critical minerals will become vital to fulfil this ambition. To address India’s mineral security challenge, which is aimed at reducing its strategic vulnerability, New Delhi has started an attempt to engage in mineral diplomacy. The missing pieces India’s attempt at mineral diplomacy has led to many positive outcomes, but still …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Rugby as diplomacy: Australia's strategy to curb Chinese influence

India Today

In a unique diplomatic strategy, Australia has signed a pact with Papua New Guinea allowing it to join the national rugby league competition in an effort to curb Chinese influence. The BBC report said that though the exact terms of the deal are not available, it is learnt that Australia has made it clear that it will end its funding …

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1 week, 5 days ago

De-dollarization debate: The US-led West should rethink its dollar diplomacy

Live Mint

Amid the recent maelstrom of political news was an important development for the future of technology-enabled public money. Conceived in 2022 as a clearing-house for central-bank digital currencies, mBridge had anchored the BIS’s own work towards a global interbank settlement system to connect CBDCs beyond the control of any single government. It was intermediated private money that exported Western rules …

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1 week, 6 days ago

INS Tushil to bolster India's naval power amid expanding defence diplomacy

India Today

Amidst India negotiating with France to build three additional Scorpene-class submarines and advancing a programme for six next-generation submarines in collaboration with Germany or Spain, the Indian Navy has boosted its fleet with the commissioning of a multi-role stealth missile frigate, INS Tushil, from Russia. A STEALTH POWERHOUSE Commissioned at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia, by defence minister Rajnath …

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Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

China Daily

Muscatine students learn how to make dumplings in Beijing during their 10-day trip to China in January. When asked about President Xi Jinping's ambitious proposal made last year to invite a total of 50,000 young people from the United States over a period of five years to visit China on exchange and study programs, Eric Foster, nephew of legendary journalist …

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Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

China Daily

Muscatine students learn how to make dumplings in Beijing during their 10-day trip to China in January. When asked about President Xi Jinping's ambitious proposal made last year to invite a total of 50,000 young people from the United States over a period of five years to visit China on exchange and study programs, Eric Foster, nephew of legendary journalist …

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Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

China Daily

Muscatine students learn how to make dumplings in Beijing during their 10-day trip to China in January. When asked about President Xi Jinping's ambitious proposal made last year to invite a total of 50,000 young people from the United States over a period of five years to visit China on exchange and study programs, Eric Foster, nephew of legendary journalist …

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Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

China Daily

Muscatine students learn how to make dumplings in Beijing during their 10-day trip to China in January. When asked about President Xi Jinping's ambitious proposal made last year to invite a total of 50,000 young people from the United States over a period of five years to visit China on exchange and study programs, Eric Foster, nephew of legendary journalist …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Innovative, participative diplomacy can help solving conflicts: Jaishankar

The Hindu

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday called for “more innovative and participative diplomacy” and said the needle is moving towards the reality of negotiations rather than the continuation of the war between Russia and Ukraine. He also said the era of the 60s and the 70s when the UN Security Council or a few Western powers managed conflicts is …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

A three-nation visit as a foray into summit diplomacy

The Hindu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nigeria, Brazil, and Guyana was exceptionally well designed to achieve multiple objectives. It was India’s latest foray into summit diplomacy covering three different geographic regions — Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean — and encompassed an extensive interaction on bilateral, regional and global issues. This West African nation’s international heft has been increasing, as …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence

Firstpost

As the geopolitical landscape shifts, particularly in contested waters such as the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the role of navies as guardians of trade and deterrents of conflict is being redefined The Indian Ocean is a pivotal geopolitical nexus, serving as a bridge between the East and the West and a vital conduit for global trade and …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Israel fury with Lammy’s diplomacy by Twitter over ‘unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza’

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Israeli government has attacked David Lammy for using X for …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

'The mantra was wrong': Outgoing top UN envoy blames weak diplomacy for Israel-Hamas war

Firstpost

Outgoing top UN envoy Tor Wennesland has blamed weak diplomacy for the Israel-Hamas war, saying the world leaders have wrongly focused on short-term fixes, including small-scale humanitarian initiatives in Gaza, instead of pursuing a more ambitious push for a Palestinian state, according to a report Tor Wennesland, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, speaks during a …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Under Trump's shadow, Iran-Europe nuclear talks to be test of diplomacy

Firstpost

Ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to White House in January, European and Iranian diplomats are exploring whether they can have serious talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme Rewriting the rules of engagement is challenging, but undoubtedly both Iran and Israel have made a symbolic statement and managed the escalation cycle wherein they have played to the gallery …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Who is Keith Kellogg? General who seeks to cut arms supply to Ukraine and offer relief to Russia is Donald Trump’s envoy

Live Mint

Donald Trump has named retired General Keith Kellogg his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, signaling a shift in U.S. policy toward the conflict. The appointment highlights Trump’s push for a quick resolution to the war, potentially by reducing U.S. military support to Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. “He’s actually given President Trump more leverage,” Kellogg said on Fox News, though he …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

The ceasefire in Lebanon shows diplomacy can work – but hopes for Gaza are premature

The Independent

It is hard to be optimistic about the situation in the Middle East. As one American headline put it, “Biden tries to go out with a Middle East miracle.” Unusually, there is a synergy between the incentives operating on him and on his successor; in that Donald Trump is, as the world knows, very much against the US financing foreign …

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1 month ago

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

The Diplomat

The 2024 Olympics in Paris demonstrated the continuing importance of sports events as an aspect of public diplomacy and soft power. As former Prime Minister John Howard noted, Australia has a self-appointed “substantial and special responsibility” toward the Pacific island states. The abandonment of the White Australia policy and the decolonization process throughout the Pacific led Australia to reposition itself …

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North Korea's Kim says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility

Raw Story

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang's past diplomacy with Washington only confirmed its "unchanging" hostility towards his country, state media said Friday, months ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House. While in office, former US president Trump met with Kim three times, but Washington failed to make much progress on efforts to denuclearise North Korea. Instead, …

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1 month ago

North Korean leader says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward his country and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats, state media said Friday. He called for accelerated efforts to advance the capabilities of his nuclear-armed military, saying the country’s only …

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DC Edit | 2024: Watershed year for Indian diplomacy

Red panda diplomacy offers glimmer of hope even as China-Taiwan tensions soar

Riding the Trend of the Times with A Strong Sense of Responsibility

Neighborhood diplomacy conducive to regional peace and development

Neighborhood diplomacy conducive to regional peace and development

India’s firmer attempts at mineral diplomacy

Rugby as diplomacy: Australia's strategy to curb Chinese influence

De-dollarization debate: The US-led West should rethink its dollar diplomacy

INS Tushil to bolster India's naval power amid expanding defence diplomacy

Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

Xi's proposal facilitating exchanges

Innovative, participative diplomacy can help solving conflicts: Jaishankar

A three-nation visit as a foray into summit diplomacy

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence

Israel fury with Lammy’s diplomacy by Twitter over ‘unacceptable humanitarian situation in Gaza’

'The mantra was wrong': Outgoing top UN envoy blames weak diplomacy for Israel-Hamas war

Under Trump's shadow, Iran-Europe nuclear talks to be test of diplomacy

Who is Keith Kellogg? General who seeks to cut arms supply to Ukraine and offer relief to Russia is Donald Trump’s envoy

The ceasefire in Lebanon shows diplomacy can work – but hopes for Gaza are premature

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

North Korea's Kim says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility

North Korean leader says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility