International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
U.S., China, and the search for stability
Following two days of high-level negotiations in Geneva, the United States and China announced a 90-day mutual tariff reduction as a temporary truce in their...
PM Modi’s visit to Netherlands secures 17 strategic pacts
An Indian Prime Minister visited the Netherlands in May 2026, where bilateral ties were formally elevated to a Strategic Partnership, backed by 17 agreements...
India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership
At a delegation-level summit in Gothenburg on May 17, 2026, India and Sweden agreed to elevate their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership, forma...
Boost for tech, trade & defence as India, Sweden become ‘strategic partners’
India and Sweden elevated their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership on May 17, 2026, during a summit in Gothenburg, adopting a Joint Action Pla...
India, Netherlands seal historic 17-pact strategic partnership on chips, defence
India and the Netherlands formally elevated their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership on May 16, 2026, during high-level talks held at the Cats...
Chips to clean energy, India and the Netherlands upgrade ties
An Indian Prime Minister visited the Netherlands in May 2026, where bilateral ties were formally elevated to a Strategic Partnership, backed by 17 agreements...
US, China, and the Thucydides Trap: Why Xi used the term, what Trump’s response reveals
At the US-China summit in Beijing on May 14–16, 2026 — the first visit by an American president to China since 2017 — the Chinese side formally raised the co...
China This Week | Not tariffs or West Asia war, why Taiwan is ‘most important issue’ for China in ties with US
The May 2026 Beijing summit between the US and Chinese heads of government has brought the Taiwan question back to the centre of global strategic discourse, ...
Modi hails 17 new agreements, says India-Netherlands ties will gain ‘unparalleled momentum’
During the India-Netherlands state visit on 16–17 May 2026, two headline outcomes stood out: the signing of an MoU between Tata Electronics and ASML for Indi...
India taps Oman to rescue $11.8 billion food exports to West Asia
With the 2026 Iran war creating sustained risk of disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, India is actively exploring the use of Omani ports and overland land br...
List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s visit to the Netherlands
The state visit to the Netherlands on 16–17 May 2026 produced 17 specific outcomes organized across political, economic, security, technology, sustainability...
‘Calm before storm’: Donald Trump’s warning sparks alarm over possible Iran strikes, signals escalation in West Asia
Escalating US-Iran tensions in May 2026 reached a flashpoint when warnings of imminent military action were issued, prompted by Iran's continued closure of t...
Trade, energy, discussions on global conflicts to top agenda for Modi’s Nordic visit
The Third India-Nordic Summit was held in Oslo, Norway on 19 May 2026, bringing together the Prime Minister of India with counterparts from Norway, Sweden, D...
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
On 16 May 2026, the WHO Director-General declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
Prime Minister holds official talks with Prime Minister of Netherlands
Formal bilateral talks between the Indian and Dutch heads of government took place at Catshuis, the official residence of the Dutch Prime Minister, in The Ha...
Iran media says ‘no tangible concessions’ in U.S. response to Iran proposal
Following a two-month armed conflict between the United States-led coalition and Iran, nuclear negotiations resumed but have reached an impasse, with Iranian...
India-Netherlands Joint Statement on the visit of Prime Minister of India to Netherlands
India and the Netherlands issued a Joint Statement on 16 May 2026 at The Hague, formalizing the elevation of their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Part...
Taiwan won't be sacrificed, U.S. arms sales a commitment: President responds to Trump
Taiwan's president issued the island's first formal response to the Beijing summit, asserting that arms sales from the United States are a security commitmen...
Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing. He came back with doubts on Taiwan's $14 billion arms deal and lesson in Greek history
A high-stakes bilateral summit in Beijing between the US and Chinese heads of government produced significant uncertainty around a pre-approved $14 billion w...
WHO declares Ebola global emergency as death toll hits 87. Is there a vaccine? What we know
On 16 May 2026, the WHO Director-General declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of In...