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Debotri Dhar

Maldives’ pro-China President Mohammed Muizzu’s election victory following an “India Out” campaign to remove Indian military forces from the islands. (Image: X)

Debotri Dhar | A bolder foreign policy is needed for Indo-Pacific

Delhi navigates Male-Beijing proximity as Indo-Pacific tensions rise, emphasizing regional stability amidst maritime disputes

16 May 2024 12:00 AM

United Nations Security Council. (AP/PTI)

Debotri Dhar | Time for the Tiger: India must be on UN high table

India's UNSC bid symbolises its global role, bridging diverse interests, fostering friendships, and advocating inclusive growth.

20 Feb 2024 12:23 AM

Chinese incursions in the South China Sea escalate tensions with Asian neighbors. (AFP File Image)

Debotri Dhar | Chanakya, China & diverse ideals of global friendship

Exploring Chanakya's Legacy: The Paradigm Shift in International Relations through Friendship

14 Dec 2023 10:35 PM

The summit’s slew of panels included important themes such as human-centered health coverage, effective financing models for healthcare through public-private partnerships. (Image: Twitter)

Debotri Dhar | Possibilities and challenges of the global health agenda

The discussion of race in global health equity was perhaps among the hardest, along with discussions on partnerships involving academia.

27 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, United Kingdom's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other leaders at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial Rajghat on the final day of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Debotri Dhar | G-20 was about much more than an economic corridor

In what was a major diplomatic win for India, unanimity was reached in the Delhi Declaration.

22 Sep 2023 12:11 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders summit meeting. (PTI Photo)

Debotri Dhar | Animal instincts: Future of Quad in a multipolar world

A major criticism of the Quad has been that it is an “Asian Nato” to contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific.

19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Fighting IS: Tolerance is our best bet

There is much unfounded hype that the Islamic State poses a deadly threat to India.

01 Aug 2016 12:21 AM

India’s Taiwan snub is self-defeating

On May 20, Tsai Ing-wen, of the theoretically pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was sworn in as the 14th President of the Republic of China, commonly known to the world as Taiwan.

07 Jun 2016 5:20 AM

Syria is key in the war on ISIS

At the end of 2010, after a devastating four-year drought, the worst ever in Syria’s history, more than a million Syrian farmers had fled to the cities, their livestock had perished.

22 Nov 2015 5:51 AM