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Sanjaya Baru
The writer is Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi.
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The world is following the China modelSubscriber Only
September 24,2025 07:29:01 AM
Every state, whatever its legal format, is becoming a surveillance state. What Beijing does blatantly, New Delhi, Washington and so many other so-called ‘liberal democracies’ do surreptitiously.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025
Trump’s tariff shock to India: What Modi government could have done differentlySubscriber Only
July 31,2025 11:59:30 AM
Even after the PM’s and foreign minister’s statements in Parliament, President Trump tweeted for the nth time his claim that he had stopped the war. He had always linked that to trade.
Fri, Aug 01, 2025
Sanjaya Baru writes: After Op Sindoor, lessons from Manmohan and Vajpayee governments on communicationSubscriber Only
July 07,2025 07:26:29 AM
As many worldwide have commented, pro-Modi media outfits have done more harm than good for India’s image and case vis-a-vis Operation Sindoor. Responsible and professional coverage would have served the national interest better, including putting out authentic information in time.
Mon, Jul 07, 2025
India may soon become the third-largest economy in the world. But there is more to itSubscriber Only
May 31,2025 07:00:50 AM
For India, it’s more important to focus on inclusive growth that makes its economy competitive
Sat, May 31, 2025
India-Pakistan tension and the Subcontinent’s challengeSubscriber Only
May 09,2025 07:08:16 AM
It is in the interest of both countries — and South Asia — that the current hostilities do not escalate into a full-scale military conflagration
Fri, May 09, 2025
Panel convened by Stalin should widen agenda beyond delimitation, push to restore Union-state balanceSubscriber Only
March 25,2025 23:01:37 PM
The time has come for a commission that examines in detail the damage inflicted on India’s federal structure and institutions and the issues raised by the Chennai conclave.
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
With stand on Chagos Islands, India sends a message to neo-imperialist powersSubscriber Only
March 12,2025 06:46:24 AM
It is imperative that post-colonial nations join hands and convene a global convention against neo-imperialism. All major powers, including the US, China and Russia, must be put on notice.
Wed, Mar 12, 2025
Sanjaya Baru writes: What Donald Trump needs to understand about Indian labour, migrantsSubscriber Only
February 22,2025 07:05:55 AM
The rapid growth of the so-called ‘global capability centres’ is a consequence of US firms seeking to boost their global competitiveness by hiring lower cost Indian talent in India
Sat, Feb 22, 2025
The other ‘pravasi’: Marginalised in India, deported from the USSubscriber Only
February 06,2025 12:37:09 PM
They remind the world not of Indian talent and enterprise, culture or civilisation but of the lack of opportunity, of discrimination of one kind or another and of the unease of living here that makes them undergo the hardship of illegal migration
Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Sanjaya Baru writes: Fears of a Trump presidency are greatly exaggeratedSubscriber Only
January 21,2025 07:00:52 AM
The global economy is far too integrated for even the most powerful entity to imagine that it can hurt without getting hurt
Tue, Jan 21, 2025
Sanjaya Baru writes: Rising India vs Sectarian IndiaSubscriber Only
December 12,2024 07:01:21 AM
It wouldn’t be wise to acknowledge the instability in countries like Syria and Bangladesh as exceptionalism, given India’s domestic treatment of minorities
Fri, Dec 13, 2024
Adani indictment in US damages global credibility of India IncSubscriber Only
November 22,2024 13:18:30 PM
Every head of government waves the flag to promote national business interests. To take this beyond the “lakshman rekha” that separates cronyism and corruption does not serve the national interest.
Sat, Nov 23, 2024
Mohan Bhagwat’s besieged BharatSubscriber Only
October 16,2024 08:45:45 AM
His grim outlook does not sit well with the narrative of an India rising as a consequence of policies of the current dispensation, of Viksit Bharat’s Amrit Kaal
Wed, Oct 16, 2024
Sanjaya Baru writes: Is India-US partnership an uncertain love affair?Subscriber Only
September 26,2024 03:47:19 AM
If the partnership is to become a time-tested marriage, the two need to engage in wider conversations going beyond partisan interests in either country
Thu, Sep 26, 2024
Sanjaya Baru writes: Bangladesh crisis underlines the necessity of political risk managementSubscriber Only
August 23,2024 07:00:40 AM
To insulate overseas investment, expertise in internal politics and policy of countries of interest is needed
Fri, Aug 23, 2024
What it means — and could mean — to be India’s National Security AdvisorSubscriber Only
July 08,2024 07:12:20 AM
Successive NSAs have been learning on the job in dealing with national security challenges ranging from the border problem with China to handling political challenges in border states.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
Sanjaya Baru writes: The importance of Mohan BhagwatSubscriber Only
June 12,2024 17:40:01 PM
What the Sangh Parivar has to say to 'Modi ka parivar' after the election verdict
Sun, Jun 16, 2024
Who wants 370 majority? Not even BJP leadersSubscriber Only
April 29,2024 08:00:55 AM
No politician would want to empower the PM too much. No business person too would want a PM so powerful that he can continue to hound them through instruments available to a government
Mon, May 06, 2024
Sanjaya Baru writes: Why Narasimha Rao had to wait for 33 years after 1991 for the Bharat RatnaSubscriber Only
February 09,2024 18:20:38 PM
Rao's political leadership of India's economic turnaround and subsequent rise laid the foundations of a truly New and Rising India. Bharat Ratna to him now smacks of political opportunism
Sat, Feb 10, 2024
Bharat Ratna: Was Karpoori Thakur’s contribution to nation building greater than that of Narasimha Rao?Subscriber Only
January 25,2024 16:11:13 PM
Neither Singh nor Modi, both of whom can claim to have taken the economy forward on a path laid out by Rao have bothered to use their decade in office to honour their distinguished predecessor
Thu, Jan 25, 2024
Poor, middle-class, wealthy — more Indians than ever before are leaving the countrySubscriber Only
January 02,2024 17:23:02 PM
Till recently, many NRIs retained their Indian citizenship. However, a combination of attractive citizenship policies in host countries and liberal outward remittance of foreign exchange have combined to increase the number of Indians taking up foreign citizenship
Wed, Jan 03, 2024
Nijjar-Pannun episodes show India is a victim of its own Vishwaguru propagandaSubscriber Only
December 01,2023 13:20:03 PM
To imagine the future is the present, that we are already in ‘Amrit Kaal’, that the world ‘looks up to India’ is nothing more than political propaganda at home. To be aware of the distinction between rhetoric and reality is in the national interest.
Sat, Dec 02, 2023
Sanjaya Baru writes: Beyond Khalistan issue, BJP’s politicisation of diaspora is against national interestSubscriber Only
October 04,2023 17:55:13 PM
By mobilising overseas Indians every time Prime Minister Modi travels abroad, encouraging them to cheer 'Modi! Modi! Modi!', and drawing them into domestic political campaigning in India, the BJP has helped politicise the diaspora
Sun, Oct 08, 2023
Sanjaya Baru writes: Too much government in G20 – people matter tooSubscriber Only
September 07,2023 07:07:17 AM
President Xi's decision is regrettable but it is not in India's interest to allow this snub to either overshadow the relationship or narrow India's strategic options. As ancient civilisational entities and neighbours, both nations have to think long-term and not become trapped in strategic straitjackets that western textbooks offer
Thu, Sep 07, 2023
Sanjaya Baru writes on PM Modi’s US visit: For strategic reasons, US is willing to ignore BJP government’s democratic transgressionsSubscriber Only
June 24,2023 17:44:50 PM
The US-India relationship will be increasingly evaluated in Dollar terms, with a weakening and an erosion of the cement of values. This suits the Modi government well
Mon, Jun 26, 2023Journalism of Courage
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