Dr. V.L. Dharurkar

After years of diplomatic chill, India and Canada have attempted a strategic reset driven as much by geopolitics and trade anxieties as by a desire to repair a damaged partnership. For nearly three years relations between India and Canada resembled a prolonged winter. Yet, the visit of Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney to India at the start of the Month suggests that the thaw may finally have begun. If the past few years were marked by recrimination and mistrust, the present moment hints...

As protectionism hardens in the North, India and Brazil are discovering that shared history, democratic instinct and strategic ambition can still make south–south cooperation matter. In an international system increasingly shaped by tariffs, technology controls and geopolitical blocs, the world’s large democracies of the Global South are searching for ballast. Few pairings illustrate this better than India and Brazil – both continental powers born of colonial extraction, now attempting to...

In a world of brittle alliances, Paris and New Delhi are testing whether middle powers can still build enduring partnerships . The latest reset in India–France relations marked a clear departure from diplomatic routine. President Emmanuel Macron’s visit went beyond diplomatic reassurance, aiming instead to convert shared values into strategic leverage by linking defence production, advanced technology, energy security and Indo-Pacific geopolitics. In an era of fraying global alliances and...