Narendra Modi

Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon has become the target of mockery from rival politicians and the media in Chisinau after Russian President Vladimir Putin made a quip about him in Saint Petersburg, where the Moldovan head of state participated in the Eurasian Economic Summit on Saturday.

India's gross domestic product data produced another shock on May 31 as economic growth unexpectedly slumped to its lowest in more than two years in the March quarter, stripping the country of its status as the world's fastest growing major economy.

India's cabinet on May 24 approved a long-awaited policy to boost local manufacturing of high-tech defense equipment and cut down reliance on expensive imports.

Under the new Strategic Partnership model, the government will pick Indian companies to tie up with foreign organizations to manufacture fighter jets, armored vehicles, helicopters and submarines locally.

China invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and six cabinet colleagues to its "new Silk Road" summit this month, even offering to rename a flagship Pakistani project running through disputed territory to persuade them to attend, a top official in Modi's ruling group and diplomats said.  

The race for supremacy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has intensified.

Turkish and Indian leaders stressed the importance of trade and direct investment during a business summit in New Delhi on May 1.    

Speaking at the Turkey-India Business Forum, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said meetings held during his official visit to India would mark a new era for business ties, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to further improve bilateral relations with India ahead of his official visit to the country on April 30.

Both in his remarks to the Indian channel WION and a media briefing in Istanbul on April 30, Erdoğan vowed to boost relations with India. 

Trade will be at the forefront of many leaders’ minds this quarter as a new U.S. administration settles into the White House. Though U.S. President Donald Trump continues to be bogged down by congressional battles and allegations of inappropriate ties to Russia, his team will try to draw the public’s attention back to its trade agenda.

The Turkey of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the India of Narendra Modi are seen as pioneers of a new style of populism. Both President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Modi tap into a simmering reservoir of resentment, historical injury and frustration, directing anger against domestic and foreign "enemies of the people." With the election of Donald Trump as U.S.

'A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen' by Basharat Peer (Columbia Global Reports, 160 pages, $13)