'Previous governments in India had reservations about working with Israel.' 'Modi has shed this tag.' 'Disengaging itself from its traditional and ideological foreign policy approach in the Middle East shall serve India's long-term interests.' Rajaram Panda explains why the significance of Modi's visit to the Jewish nation goes beyond markers like the first-ever visit to Israel by an Indian PM and 25 years of diplomatic ties.
'The heart of the matter is that India is not Israel.'
President Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Israel is a final and critical step in the normalisation of relations between the two countries.
Narendra Modi's positive engagement with Barack Obama has well and truly washed away the doubts and slights of the past.
Prime Minister Modi will meet President Obama at the White House on September 29 and 30, US officials said.
'The real challenge cannot be underestimated considering that this is still very much a "boutique relationship" -- a transactional relationship at its core based on its utility value to both countries -- but enveloped in an aura of romance,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
When Obama signs the NDAA 2017 into law this week, the US-India partnership will be enshrined in US legislation, binding every succeeding administration, whatever its inclinations, to treat India as a 'major defence partner,' says Ajai Shukla.
From being on the verge of war and violence, West Asia has actually got a sudden reprieve. Seema Mustafa explains
