India must expand, adapt the Quad to promote its interests
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will hold Quadrilateral talks with his counterparts from the US, Australia and Japan in Tokyo on October 6. The meet is ostensibly concerned with common security issues as well as dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, but the subliminal agenda, of countering China’s excessive behaviour in the region, is not […]
Xi’s focus on multilateralism in UNGA strikes a chord
By Shweta Aggarwal Amid increasing geopolitical rivalry and intensified nationalistic sentiments in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an eloquent case for upholding multilateralism and called for resolving cross-cutting global issues through dialogue and diplomacy. In his big-picture speech at the first virtual session of the United Nations General […]