Whether it is relations between US, China and North Korea or India's policy towards the neighbourhood, it seems like a regression to the Cold War.
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Whether it is data leaks from Cambridge Analytica or hope for the return of abducted Indians in Mosul, reserves of trust are low this week.
French President Emmanuel Macron was the latest in a long list of visitors to India.
And for the rest of the week, we worried about South Asia, Xi Jinping's presidential limits, Taliban negotiations, Operation Blue Star documents and a leak of classified agreements
Diplomacy is a whole language of its own whether it is Pakistan's temporary exclusion from the global terror financing watchlist or Justin Trudeau and Hasan Rouhani visiting India.
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