S Jaishankar

There is a lot riding on the relationship for both New Delhi and Canberra given that both have a inherent interest in balancing China and ensuring a stable Indo-Pacific strategic order.

While India’s foreign minister described Pakistan as the “epicenter of terrorism,” his Pakistani counterpart labeled the Indian PM as “the butcher of Gujarat.”

New Delhi’s relations with Moscow continue to be good, but the long-term prognosis is complicated, especially by China.

Irked over Canada allowing a referendum on Khalistan to take place, India hit back with a travel advisory cautioning against increasing hate crimes in Canada.

The India-Japan engagement has been enhanced both on the bilateral front as well as in minilateral formats such as the Quad in recent years. 

Japan wants to step up joint military drills and cooperation in the development and transfer of military equipment and technology with India.

Despite the use of language that would please the US, Jaishankar’s speech reflected a worldview that sounded similar to China's.

Beijing’s statements on China-India relations should be reassuring, but China’s repeated aggressive moves do not give India much confidence that Beijing means what it says.

India's crude oil import from Russia rose from 100,000 barrels per day in February to 870,000 a day in May.

This doctrine is grounded firmly in history and in two analytic divides: East vs. West and India's political vs. non-political interests.

If the Indian press statements are a signal to China, the message is clear: India is angry.