India’s Strategic Pivot: Securing the Rare Earth Supply Chain India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canada counterpart Mark Carney inked a critical mineral and Uranium deal, as India and Canada prepared to soon finalise the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade pact, and targeted $50bn trade by 2030. The two countries sought toContinue reading “India Signs Critical Minerals Deals with Canada and Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China – A Rare Earth Push “
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Unique of its kind – RELOS Extends Indo-Russian Relations to Next Strategic Level
While the world was busy watching Trump’s tantrums and Iran’s rebuttals over the Strait of Hormuz, the India-Russia RELOS (Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support) pact, which allowed the deployment of troops, warships, and aircraft in each other’s territory even in conflict scenarios, came into force. The details of the pact appeared on Russia‘s official legalContinue reading “Unique of its kind – RELOS Extends Indo-Russian Relations to Next Strategic Level “
Challenges of Russia India China (RIC) Grouping and Way Forward
India is still amidst the aftermath of “Operation Sindoor”, in which they watched China very actively supporting its strongest ally Pakistan with hardware, intelligence and command and control, and global narrative building. China and India have continued to have military showdowns on their borders every few years. US-led NATO is most openly supporting Ukraine against Russia. Adversary of USA, China has been tacitly backing Russia. In its desire not to antagonise USA, India has chosen a neutralContinue reading “Challenges of Russia India China (RIC) Grouping and Way Forward”
Putin Visit – Significant Outcomes – Global Signalling of Reinforced Strategic Autonomy
As the world remains mired in wars, sanctions, and Trump tariffs, India and Russia played cool and moved substantially forward on constructive engagement in multiple disciplines. Bonhomie and mutual respect was displayed when Prime Minister Modi received President Putin at the base of the aircraft ladder and then drove him in his “made-in-India” Toyota Fortuner while Putin’s high security, specially flown-in, “Aurus Senat limousine” remained standing by. Putin’sContinue reading “Putin Visit – Significant Outcomes – Global Signalling of Reinforced Strategic Autonomy”