► This weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) Summit in New Delhi provided an opportunity for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to build on their expanding bilateral ties and demonstrate to the world that they bring unique perspectives that will help resolve the most vexing global challenges. ► With the escalation of geopolitical divisions and great power competition, like-min...

▶ Korea’s New Southern Policy and India’s Act East Policy are converging in the defence field. ▶ There are a few high-technology Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between the two countries. Of late, cyber security has become a much-needed arena of cooperation. ▶ Korea’s technology prowess will be useful for India’s vision of modernizing its arms and becoming a manufacturing hub. &nb...

► Although India and ROK have opted for different pathways to address their threat perceptions, the commonality of nuclear threats faced by both countries is, nevertheless, striking: 1) the expanding and modernizing nuclear capabilities of China; 2) the similarity of nuclear brinkmanship strategies followed by Pakistan and DPRK; 3) the possibility of nuclear proliferation. ► India and ROK can ta...

► In the midst of the U.S.-China strategic confrontation, India's strategic value has grown dramatically. ► The scope of the cooperation can be expanded to fields such as defense industry, space, aviation industry, shipbuilding, and nuclear energy. ► The litmus test to see whether Korea and India are willing to become true strategic partners is the sluggish CEPA revision negotiations.   ...