Foreign policy: India - Revision history

Jyoti: /* South Asian, neighbouring countries and India */

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‎South Asian, neighbouring countries and India

Pdewan: /* South Asian countries and India */

2024-04-04T21:16:36Z

‎South Asian countries and India

Jyoti: /* 2019 at the UNSC */

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‎2019 at the UNSC

Jyoti: /* 2019 AT THE UNSC */

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‎2019 AT THE UNSC

Jyoti: /* 2017: Israel, Doklam, ICJ- a year of many firsts in foreign policy */

2022-02-28T21:04:46Z

‎2017: Israel, Doklam, ICJ- a year of many firsts in foreign policy

Jyoti: /* Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) */

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‎Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Jyoti: /* China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006 */

2021-05-07T19:09:07Z

‎ China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006

Jyoti: /* ‘Naysayer’ image of India */

2020-11-18T13:48:19Z

‎‘Naysayer’ image of India

Jyoti: /* Indo - US relationship */

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‎Indo - US relationship

Jyoti: /* Indo - US relationship */

2018-12-24T13:33:45Z

‎Indo - US relationship

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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F04&entity=Ar02213&sk=18F81582&mode=text Shyam Saran, Dec 4, 2019  ''Times Of India'']
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 India has been a participant in the RCEP negotiations since 2013, but in November 2019, the Modi government pulled out of the last round. India feared the agreement would become a free trade deal with China through the back door, even through other countries, which is one of the reasons New Delhi is currently reviewing a number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the region. TNN
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 ==1996/ The Gujral doctrine==
 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F04&entity=Ar02213&sk=18F81582&mode=text Shyam Saran, Dec 4, 2019  ''Times Of India'']
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 ==2019 at the UNSC==
 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F27&entity=Ar01712&sk=0379C5DF&mode=text Indrani Bagchi, Dec 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
 India’s diplomatic battleground through most of 2019 turned out to be the UN, particularly the UN Security Council, as it countered repeated challenges from China and its all-weather ally Pakistan.
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 Pakistan also tried to list four Indian nationals, all working in Afghanistan, as terrorists with the UNSC, without success. At every stage, Indian diplomacy and its clout was tested.
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F27&entity=Ar01712&sk=0379C5DF&mode=text Indrani Bagchi, Dec 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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	Modi became the first Indian leader to visitIsraelthis year, a sign of the growing relationship between the two countries. But the important piece of signalling was the dehyphenation — something no previous government had the political courage to do.		Modi became the first Indian leader to visitIsraelthis year, a sign of the growing relationship between the two countries. But the important piece of signalling was the dehyphenation — something no previous government had the political courage to do.
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		+	==2019 AT THE UNSC==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2019%2F12%2F27&entity=Ar01712&sk=0379C5DF&mode=text Indrani Bagchi, Dec 27, 2019: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	India’s diplomatic battleground through most of 2019 turned out to be the UN, particularly the UN Security Council, as it countered repeated challenges from China and its all-weather ally Pakistan.
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		+	The year closed with China being compelled to withdraw a request for a discussion on Jammu & Kashmir in the UNSC, but this was only the latest in a string of provocations. The year opened with a request by Pakistan to the UNSC’s counter-terrorism committee to delist Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed from the 1267 terror list. It took a critical report by the committee’s ombudsman as well as support by four of five permanent members for the UNSC to reject the delisting. However, in September, Pakistan succeeded in getting the UNSC to allow Saeed to access his bank accounts which had been frozen following the sanctions against him.
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		+	After the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, it took the UNSC an unprecedented one week to issue a condemnation. But when it did, it was the first time ever that the UNSC criticised a single terror attack in J&K, which actually targeted security forces and not only civilians. The statement itself reflected the heavy lifting that had to be done by Indian diplomats and India’s friends.
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		+	In May, with the prospect of renewed conflict between India and Pakistan continuing to loom large, the UNSC decided to list JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. Four attempts in the past decade were unsuccessful in getting Azhar on the list, as China stayed the course in blocking the listing. “Big, small, all join together. Masood Azhar designated as a terrorist in UN sanctions list. Grateful to all for their support,” India’s representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin had tweeted.
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		+	With the new Modi government making Article 370 a dead letter on August 5, the threat of conflict once again hovered over India-Pak relations. Worse, China came out guns blazing against the reorganisation of J&K into two Union Territories to be run by the central government. On August 16, China called for closed door discussions on the Kashmir issue, pushing for an “outcome” — diplomatese for a public statement or even a presidential statement condemning India’s actions.
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		+	It was the first time Kashmir was being discussed in the UNSC in decades, which was seen as a dampener for India.
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		+	While India did a lot of the heavy lifting, the US led two other permanent members — France and Russia — to bat for India and prevented any public outcome of the discussions. China, in an unprecedented move, actually read out their national statement for TV cameras, compelling Akbaruddin to address the media, also very unusual, after the meeting where India was not actually in the room. This was high stakes diplomacy but it showed, among other things, a growing convergence between India and a new strategic partner, Indonesia. With Indonesia a member of the UNSC this year, India has relied on it to play the role of a “bridging power” in the world body, often on its behalf.
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		+	That China was not going to take this lying down was made clear. In December, China attempted once again to open a discussion on J&K under an informal agenda item. It was the US, which is president of the UNSC this month, to tell the Chinese it saw no reason for such a discussion, forcing China to withdraw its request. Pakistan was very active in the UN and its affiliated bodies all of 2019. Pakistan wrote 14 letters to the UN calling for action against India through the year.
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		+	Pakistan also tried to list four Indian nationals, all working in Afghanistan, as terrorists with the UNSC, without success. At every stage, Indian diplomacy and its clout was tested.
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 That’s not all. Russian warships will head for India’s east coast to hold the “Indra” wargames towards end-December, even as the Indo-UK “Konkan” naval exercise is currently underway off Goa.
-== China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006==
+==China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006==
 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F12%2F02&entity=Ar01310&sk=921A4347&mode=text  December 2, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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 The Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting came hours after Prime Minister Modi, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump held their first trilateral meeting on the margins of the summit.
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	“We’re trying to be a facilitator, a problem-solver,” said an official involved in the meeting. It will not change India’s trade strategy, but it hopes to use the event to persuade more countries to its side. The IEF in April will “focus on how global shifts, transition policies and new technologies influence market stability and future investment”, energy minister Dharmendra Pradhan said this week, introducing the forum to envoys of different countries.		“We’re trying to be a facilitator, a problem-solver,” said an official involved in the meeting. It will not change India’s trade strategy, but it hopes to use the event to persuade more countries to its side. The IEF in April will “focus on how global shifts, transition policies and new technologies influence market stability and future investment”, energy minister Dharmendra Pradhan said this week, introducing the forum to envoys of different countries.
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		+	= Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)=
		+	==Why India did not join==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F11%2F13&entity=Ar02603&sk=95FFC856&mode=text November 13, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Didn’t join RCEP as it doesn’t address concerns: MEA
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		+	As 15 countries prepare to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Sunday, the world’s largest free trade bloc, India on Thursday said that it is committed to “deepening our trade relations with Asean”.
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		+	MEA’s secretary (east) Riva Ganguly Das said, “Our position is known. As far as India is concerned, we did not join RCEP as it does not address our outstanding issues and concerns.”
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		+	In a statement, Malaysia’s international trade and industry minister Mohamed Azmin Ali announced that the 15 nations “have concluded negotiations and will sign the RCEP agreement this Sunday”. According to a news report, membership to the group would not be open for a while, with the exception of India which could join at its will.
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		+	India has been a participant in the RCEP negotiations since 2013, but in November 2019, the Modi government pulled out of the last round. India feared the agreement would become a free trade deal with China through the back door, even through other countries, which is one of the reasons New Delhi is currently reviewing a number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the region. TNN
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	=Year-wise history=		=Year-wise history=

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	Sarang Shidore is a researcher and consultant in international relations and energy/climate policy and currently Visiting Scholar at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin		Sarang Shidore is a researcher and consultant in international relations and energy/climate policy and currently Visiting Scholar at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
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		+	==Military Drills With US, Russia and China==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F12%2F01&entity=Ar01106&sk=3CCAF1A4&mode=text Rajat Pandit, India tries to do a balancing act with combat exercises, December 1, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''Schedules Drills With US, Russia And China In December Alone''
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		+	India is trying to strike a fine balance between the US and Russia, in terms of strategic ties and defence deals as well as combat exercises. Apart from this counter-balancing, India is also stepping-up military ties with the third pole, China, amid the ongoing geopolitical churn.
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		+	“India has been a latestarter in defence diplomacy but is now making all-out efforts despite budgetary, bureaucratic and other constraints. Indian Navy warships, for instance, have made 113 foreign port calls and held 16 exercises/coordinated patrols with different navies this year,” said a senior defence official.
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		+	In fact, by the time this year ends, India would have held exercises with all the P-5 countries (US, Russia, China, France and UK), apart from other powerhouses like Australia, Japan, South Africa and Brazil as well as Asean
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		+	countries like Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. “I don’t think any other country has held such a staggering number of exercises with so many nations this year. The exercises promote strategic cooperation, military outreach, confidence-building and interoperability,” said the official.
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		+	In December alone, the Indian armed forces have chalked up a hectic schedule for exercises with the US, Russia and China, among others. First off the block will be the “Cope India” between the Indian and American air forces at the Kalaikunda and Arjan Singh airbases in West Bengal from December 3 to 14.
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		+	While the IAF is deploying its fighters like Sukhoi-30MKIs, Jaguars and Mirage-2000s as well as other aircraft like Phalcon AWACS, C-130Js and IL-78 refuelers, the USAF has dispatched 12 F-15 jets and three C-130H planes for Cope India.
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		+	Next, the IAF and Russian Air Force will conduct the second leg of their “AviaIndra” exercise at Jodhpur from December 10 to 22 after the first was held at Lipetsk in Russia in September. India and China, in turn, will resume their annual “Hand-in-Hand” land exercise at Chengdu military region from December 10 to 23 after the freeze due to the Doklam troop stand-off near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction last year.
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		+	That’s not all. Russian warships will head for India’s east coast to hold the “Indra” wargames towards end-December, even as the Indo-UK “Konkan” naval exercise is currently underway off Goa.

	== China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006==		== China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006==

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	Sarang Shidore is a researcher and consultant in international relations and energy/climate policy and currently Visiting Scholar at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin		Sarang Shidore is a researcher and consultant in international relations and energy/climate policy and currently Visiting Scholar at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin
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		+	== China, India, Russia trilateral after 2006==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F12%2F02&entity=Ar01310&sk=921A4347&mode=text December 2, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''At Meet, Call For Reforming UN, WTO''
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		+	Leaders of India, China and Russia have called for reforming multilateral institutions, including the UN and WTO, as they underscored the benefits of a multilateral trading system and an open world economy for global growth and prosperity during a trilateral meeting they held after a gap of 12 years.
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		+	Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held the trilateral meeting on Friday, the second among the three countries after a gap of 12 years, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires to discuss cooperation in various areas.
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		+	“Excellent meeting of the RIC (Russia, India, China) Trilateral. President Putin, President Xi Jinping and I discussed a wide range of subjects that would further cement the friendship between our nations and enhance world peace,” Prime Minister Modi said.
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		+	The Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting came hours after Prime Minister Modi, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump held their first trilateral meeting on the margins of the summit.

	=‘Naysayer’ image of India=		=‘Naysayer’ image of India=