While the two countries see a convergence of interests in the wider Indo-Pacific region, the roadmap has little to offer on the question of regional stability in India’s immediate neighbourhood.
Bangladesh has sought cooperation from Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member states for implementing the new Action Plan through concerted efforts as Bangladesh is set to become Chair of IORA in the last quarter of this year. Secretary (Maritime Affairs Unit) of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam made the request today while attending a
Former Civil Servants Slam Modi Govt for Mishandling Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic
In an open letter to the prime minister, the signatories have urged Modi to take immediate steps including free universal vaccination for all, ramp up testing, and stop expenditures on Central Vista.
Family members of COVID-19 patients wait to fill their empty cylinders with medical oxygen outside an oxygen filling centre, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, in Lucknow, Friday, April 23, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: A group of senior retired civil servants including a former Union cabinet secretary, former national security adviser and former Union secretaries for health, agriculture, external affairs, social justice, coal, IT and other ministries have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing displeasure at the seemingly “casual attitude” of the central government to the magnitude of the COVID-19 situation and its impli
ISS: Africa must stake its claim in the Indo-Pacific
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East coast and island nations cannot afford to be marginalised in the latest redrawing of the geopolitical map.
The Indo-Pacific is a term increasingly used by global powers to describe the geographical space reaching across the sea from the east coast of Africa to the Pacific islands. It covers two regions traversed by some of the world’s most lucrative trading networks. The area is also characterised by fierce competition between established and emerging great powers and fears of increasing instability and violence.
Africa’s role in this emerging geopolitical space is unclear, as most Indo-Pacific strategies seem to sideline the continent. African countries are underprepared for this development and haven’t yet publicly articulated clear foreign policy strategies in response to it.
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