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The success of not signing the RCEP should be measured by the extent to which India is able to align the goals of its foreign trade policy.
New Delhi must adopt a positive role during the SCO presidency and use the forum for the betterment of the whole of Eurasia
The security dimension of Chabahar is based on a preferential approach towards Indian interests rather than one based on exclusivity by Iran
With government initiatives and a dynamic workforce, India is well-positioned for diverse and robust employment growth
Since war is a contest between animate entities, how is it possible for India to escape the realities of confrontation with both Pakistan and China?
The SCO member states need to resolve their disagreements and divergences and build trust to achieve a peaceful, safe, and thriving Eurasia.
India’s vision of the Indo-Pacific and its distinctive inclusiveness in the region is against the premise of mini-lateralism that the Quad presuppos
Delhi must contribute its bit to shape the rules of a “reformed multilateralism”
According to the latest Economic Survey, due to sex selective abortions alone, there are an estimated 63 million missing women from India’s population and two million more are missing from every age group every year due to abortions, neglect, disease and malnutrition of girls.
This paper projects the nationwide and state-wise size of India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market under various GDP growth scenarios. The market sizes under these scenarios are expressed in monetary values at the scale of both sub-national units and the Indian economy as a whole. With the help of transactions and market share data from Phonepe, a UPI company, the paper estimates the national and state-wise base case scenario market volu
Analyses and discussions in matters relating to Indo-Pakistan economic relations continue to be marked by considerable wishful-thinking, superficial analysis and illusions. This article, in the form of questions and answers, tries to project the problem in its proper perspective.
There is very little doubt that there would be a change of Government in Delhi from June, 2014. It is also most likely that the new Government will be that of the National Democratic Alliance. The BJP is the largest single party among the NDA constituents who will present the new Prime Minister.
Despite unhappiness and disappointments in India over the repeated US failure since 1981 to call Pakistan to account for its sponsorship of terrorism against India in an attempt to achieve its strategic objectives, a consensus has developed since the terrorist strikes of 9/11 that the Indo-US Co-operation in Counter-Terrorism as developed since 1981 should be kept sustained and further developed.
In a unique move which is expected to give a fillip to research-oriented higher studies in Engineering Education in India, several industry leaders on Saturday, May 31, 2008, pledged to explore ways of developing healthy and mutually beneficial partnerships with engineering institutions across the country.
The conundrum is that higher growth needs higher public spends of around 6-8 per cent of GDP on infrastructure, health and education.
A Brahmaputra-class guided missile warship, the Betwa was in the process of undocking when the unfortunate incident occurred, killing two sailors and injuring another fifteen.
The G20 is well-positioned to create frameworks for just transition that can provide common definitions, understanding and principles to aid internati
India has the capacity, intellect, and research facilities — within and outside of government — to develop and field systems faster than ever befo
While taking a leading role within various regional intelligence-sharing mechanisms, India must be wary of the counterintelligence risks that are pres
There has been an intensified hunt for Osama bin Laden and other surviving leaders of Al Qaeda on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
By pledging humanitarian assistance, but ignoring that conflict is the root cause of famines, the US and UK aren’t making a difference.
How to downplay the internationalisation of the Kashmir issue? Is it possible to contain the present crisis.
Political instability in Sudan can affect the entire north and northeast Africa as well as the West Asian region.
China has been aggressively promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through massive investments in participating countries, as a means to further its strategic, economic and political goals. Such a strategy bears striking similarities to its policies in the Xinjiang province. This paper attempts a comparative study between Xinjiang and BRI countries in South and Central Asia to highlight the issues these states will likely face in the coming
Iran and the major powers have reached a very preliminary and extremely vague agreement on principles for an agreement, released in the form of a brief joint statement of less than 500 words. Whether this 'agreement about an agreement' would lead to an actual deal is anybody's guess, but it's not going to be easy.
From a non-proliferation perspective, the Iran nuclear deal is a good one provided it is complied with. A lot will depend on Iran?s adherence to the commitments under the deal but it is difficult to have much faith in Iranian commitments because of its repeated failures in the past. And, from a regional security perspective, the deal is disastrous.
Iran is critical for stabilising India's northwestern marches, providing access to Central Asia and in meeting India's future energy needs. The pursuit of these separate but significant interests in the West Asia is bound to produce multiple contradictions. Managing them will be a great challenge for Indian diplomacy.
Without real reform, domestic turmoil is likely to continue and will afford opportunities to outside powers to meddle in the internal affairs of Iran.
Tehran is using the opportunity to send a strategic message to other powers in the region and beyond.
Iran’s next steps in the midst of the protests will be very telling of its position and will shape the future of the movement
