Due to unprecedented rise and global reach of China today, India and Russia are faced with some pertinent challenges. Some of the key issues are: How best to deal with China? Will the Cold War policy of containment work in case of China as mainstream communist ideology has failed for the most part in the post-globalised and post-Cold War phase? Or, simply a bland policy of engagement with China will work as China has adopted a more muscular approach in its conduct of foreign policy?
As India tries to stem the flow of citizens joining the self-proclaimed Islamic State, the state of Kerala, on the southern coast, has emerged as an area of special concern. According to government statistics, more citizens have been arrested for Islamic State ties in Kerala than in any other state.
The right to development of populace residing in disputed territories is being left unattended in international development discourse.
The series of raids by Islamic State underlines how quickly its ideology has gained traction in Bangladesh.
It can well be stated that the India-Pakistan relationship holds considerable significance in South Asia, although the two neighbours have a checkered history of disturbed bilateral relations.