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The recent visit made by the Chinese Foreign Minister to Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Comoros showcases its renewed interest in the Indian Ocean Region
The India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will help augment India's economy and help it to pursue its geoeconomic strategy
The growing presence of US-led multilateral groupings in the Indo-Pacific is challenging ASEAN’s centrality
China’s messaging at the recent Foreign Ministers' meeting suggests that the CJK trilateral does not have an optimistic future
India has to compete with ASEAN and others around the world in increasing its share of global trade. It is promoting its own free trading arrangement
The Gulf region witnesses a shift as Israel is being accepted within the folds of regional politics.
Trade and investment opportunities galore in Latin America; India should formulate a proper policy to make the most of it.
Khalifa Haftar, a former army chief and the current head of the self-styled Libyan National Army, has launched a grab for power.
As Maldives faces a complex economic landscape driven by import dependencies and fiscal policy challenges, strategic policymaking is imperative
Until the country can address its own economic problems, agreements like the RCEP may do more harm than good.
Trump paved the way for a bold, unapologetic approach to US foreign policy and trade—termed as ‘America First’. This launched a US retreat from
The Maldives became the second country in South Asia, after Pakistan, to enter into a free trade agreement with China. The Yameen government pushed the FTA through the nation's Parliament, the Majlis, stealthily, with the opposition not attending the parliamentary session.
Immediate policy changes due to public outrage over health and the ill-effects of pollution are seen only because it is the rich who raise these issue
The signing of the framework agreement on free trade area was not anticipated during the event, which later appeared as a new revelation in the wake o
The varied responses to the Sri Lankan crisis from India, China, and the West best reflect their respective Indo-Pacific strategy
After a tumultuous start with the new Biden administration over the Afghanistan crisis, the UK is back on track as it renews its alliance with the US
As the preparations for IAFS IV are underway, there is need to reassess the relationship with the AU.
The European Union (EU) and India must script the future together. The values that we cherish—indeed our very way of life—may depend on it.
Against the backdrop of near failure of the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round, the FTAs with Asean in goods as well as in services and investment is expected to further help the integration of the Indian economy into the global economy. The pact with Asean also presents India with an opportunity to revive its own GDP growth.
Sri Lanka should use the upcoming summit to move forward with its proposal to ensure that BIMSTEC maintains its momentum.
Given the IMF's stringent bailout conditions and China's distinct approach, Sri Lanka's road to economic recovery will be a long and arduous one
As Sri Lanka descends into economic despair, only two options are open to it: Either seek further assistance from the IMF or seek loans from individua
The China-Maldives FTA encourages economic cooperation between the two countries, potentially resulting in China's debt share growing to unsustainable
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Sri Lanka’s current crisis is an opportunity for India to draw the island nation away from China
The African countries are set to launch the African Continental Free Trade Area or AfCFTA, the biggest free trade agreement in the world since the World Trade Organization was created in the 1990s. When implemented, the AfCFTA is projected to increase intra-African trade by 52.3 percent by 2022, from 2010 levels. In turn, higher trade levels can facilitate economic growth, transform domestic economies, and help the countries achieve the Sustainab
Unlike in other regions of the world, the value of intra-Africa trade has remained low over the years. Moreover, Africa accounts for just 2 percent of global trade. In 2021, African countries launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which aims to create a single African market for the free movement of goods, services, labour, and capital, and increase intra-African trade. AfCFTA may be able to provide Indian firms and in
New Delhi seems to be signalling that Bejing’s rise in the Indo-Pacific has to be tackled politically and economically
Though Xi’s recent trip to the Middle East might have added new momentum to Sino-GCC cooperation, they still need to iron out certain differences
In the recent summit, the EU reiterated its interest in ASEAN given the evolving geostrategic and geoeconomic situation
It would be strategically and geopolitically prudent for India to extend assistance to Sri Lanka during such trying times.
To make the most of the UAE-India CEPA, India and the UAE need to strengthen their global value chain participation.
The US needs to double down on its engagement with Africa, especially in areas such as governance, climate adaptation, and trade
European powers should seize this break to bring Libya’s almost decade-long tryst with unprecedented violence to an end.
China will have its ear to the ground for noises from the Trump administration in its commitment towards Asian security.
Despite disagreements over trade, relations between the US and India are poised for further consolidation. Defence ties continue to remain strong
The Early Harvest Trade Deal signals a change in India’s reluctance to pursue FTAs
Due to unilateral tariff imposition and other pre-pandemic trade restrictions that undermined the multilateral trade order, the focus has now shifted
TPP, RCEP and TISA will entail some amount of IP norm-setting that shifts the balance established in the TRIPS towards rights-holders.
The strengthening of relations in the geopolitical sphere has also given a push to the India-Asean economic ties, with Asean now India's fourth-largest trading partner engaging in bilateral trade in 2019-20 worth $86.9 billion.
