Ahead of its big summit in July, is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation setting itself up as a counter to the Western narrative in the world- or will bilateral ties like India’s tensions with China over the boundary or India-Pakistan tensions over terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir overshadow multilateral talks? 

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As Indian forces and diplomats race against the clock to bring back Indians safely from Sudan- what’s the story behind the conflict and fight between two generals? And how could India be impacted by its fallout? 

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As European leaders make a beeline for Beijing to seek support for Ukraine, is French President Emmanuelle Macron out of line with the West on Taiwan and what do the latest developments mean for India?  

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On the face of it- the situation at the Line of Actual Control seems frozen – but ties between India and China appear to worsen by the day. The past few weeks saw a number of headlines.

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As Russia-China bolster ties further, Saudi Arabia and Iran strike a deal, and the US calls for a rival front of democracies. India’s tightrope walk through these developments gets tougher ahead of a number of crucial meetings- G7 G20 SCO and Quad.

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The raids and arrests on a group suspected of extremist violence and Khalistani separatism in Punjab- Waaris Punjab De, and the hunt for its leader Amrit Pal Singh this week, saw repercussions for Indian diplomacy around the world. 

Here’s how these protests have played out and how the Government and the Ministry of External Affairs in particular has dealt with them

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Each week at WorldView, we take a different subject for discussion on how international developments shape Indian Foreign Policy. WorldView has been shaped by your feedback each week, but for our special 100 th episode we asked you to decide what we would speak about – thank you for your questions!

After months of bad news, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that Sri Lanka had cleared the last hurdles to being approved for a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund- the IMF. While a final decision is expected to be announced during the IMF Spring Session next month, the news is expected to boost creditor confidence in the country that has been reeling from the covid crisis, economic mismanagement by the Rajapakse regime, and mounting debts.

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Foreign Ministers at the G20 don’t normally seek to negotiate a joint statement. But last week, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting that was held in Bengaluru also ended without a joint statement, for only the second time in history- the last time being last year, in Bali last year.

It is now clear that the differences over the war in Ukraine are a serious threat to consensus in the G20 process.

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This week counts one year since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered attacks across Ukraine, actions that have triggered the biggest military faceoff in Europe since the second world war and has changed the global political and economic landscape.

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