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Third India-Africa Forum Summit: A Curtain Raiser

A Round-Table discussion on the forthcoming ‘India-Africa Forum Summit’ scheduled in New Delhi from 26-29 October 2015 was held at the VIF on 12 Oct 2015. The gathering was briefed by a panel of 3 experts on Africa, Ambassador R. Rajagopalan, Amb....

October 23, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Seminars , IMF , WTO , United Nations , India-Africa Forum Summit , Agenda-2063
Modi’s Seychelles Visit & Its Geopolitical Implications
Anushree Ghisad

As part of his recent three nation Indian Ocean tour, Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Seychelles after 34 years; Indira Gandhi being the last in 1981. Modi led a high level delegation which included among others Foreign ....

March 17, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa
Morsi’s Ouster: Failure of Political Islam
Amb Kanwal Sibal

If the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak by the mass of protestors in Tahrir Square in 2011 was a surprise, the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by even larger protests in Tahrir Square and across Egypt in recent days is equally dramatic. Mubarak....

July 10, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , West Asia
Crisis in Mali: Policy Report
Dr Vasabjit Banerjee

A Background to the Regional Conflict Mali is part of the broader African arid and desert region called the Sahel, which stretches from Mauritania on the West Coast of Africa to Somalia on the East Coast. The main ethnic divisions in the re....

April 24, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa
Security Council Resolution 1535, 2004 (Multilateral)

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November 14, 2012 Africa
OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 1999 (Multilateral)

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November 05, 2012 Terrorism , Africa
Recognizing Somaliland
Dr Adityanjee

India made history when she liberated and recognized the Republic of Bangladesh despite fierce international opposition from some of the cold-war superpowers. India took that strategic step because that was the right thing to do and suited India’s ....

October 25, 2011 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa
With Due Respect - India has every right to disagree with the West on Libya
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Mass uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have evicted autocrats ruling for two or three decades. Libya, sandwiched between these countries and under a dictator’s yoke for over four decades, could hardly have escaped unscathed. If Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali....

April 21, 2011 Africa
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