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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea

In a rather unfortunate coincidence, India became the host in 2023 of both the G-20, with a global outreach, and the SCO, a regional body. (Photo: Facebook/Representational)

Skand Tayal | SCO is at the crossroads: Will it remain relevant?

With the admission of Iran and Byelorussia (next year), the SCO is widely perceived as an anti-West grouping led by...

11 Aug 2023 12:03 AM IST

South Korean foreign minister Park Jin. (File Photo: PTI)

Skand Tayal | Investments from South Korea may grow as strategic...

Jin's visit marks the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and South Korea

19 April 2023 12:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others pose for photographs during Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (PTI)

Skand Tayal | From Samarkand to New Delhi 2023: Can SCO become more...

The Indian media speculated endlessly on the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Mr Modi and the Pakistani and...

21 Sept 2022 2:54 AM IST

President Joe Biden, center, meets with South Koreas President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japans Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Skand Tayal | A rejuvenated Nato now casts its gaze towards the...

China is against Seoul and Tokyo joining Nato's plans to strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Pacific region

6 July 2022 7:33 AM IST

South Koreas new leader Yoon Suk Yeol. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | New Prez wants closer Seoul ties with US & India, and to...

Yoon Suk Yeol is considered rather unfamiliar with global affairs and is likely to rely on his trusted advisers to frame...

9 May 2022 12:13 AM IST

Hyundai is Indias second biggest car makers. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Pak drags in MNCs to push propaganda over Kashmir

On the social media, Hyundai Motors faced calls for a boycott of its cars in India along with demands of an apology

11 Feb 2022 1:51 AM IST

President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Korean lessons: Pardon politics, prosecutors, big...

This year, rather surprisingly, President Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea pardoned his predecessor, former...

6 Jan 2022 3:31 AM IST

With the shrinking footprint of the United States in the region and the relentless advance of the Taliban, the real Quad in connectivity which looms on the horizon is between a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, an expansionist China, a hostile Pakistan and Uzbekistan --the only country that is friendly to India in this group. Image from the conference Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Central Asia's bid for access to sea may see new Quad...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his...

9 Aug 2021 3:40 AM IST

In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on February 5, 2021. (AP)

Skand Tayal | US-Russia ties, already rocky, get worse after Navalny...

Biden administration needs a pragmatic foreign policy, overcome its prejudices and arrest the slide of US-Russia ties on...

10 Feb 2021 7:33 AM IST

KJU designated the United States as its biggest enemy, but also kept the door for dialogue ajar by asserting that the US changing its hostile policy was necessary to establish better ties. (Photo:AFP)

Skand Tayal | North Korea's Kim sends a clear signal to new US Prez

Kim Jong Un issued a stern warning to the incoming Biden administration, threatening to expand its nuclear arsenal

20 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on November 2. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP)

Skand Tayal | Are virtual' summits of any real use?

Brics summits are rarely noticed by any international observer outside those from the member countries

30 Nov 2020 11:00 AM IST

Army vehicles move towards eastern Ladakh amid the prolonged India-China stand off, in Leh. (PTI)

Skand Tayal | India weighs options as it faces Chinese intransigence

The seventh round of the corps commander-level talks between India and China has not led to any notable advance on the...

16 Oct 2020 10:06 AM IST