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C. Raja Mohan
C. Raja Mohan holds the Korea Chair at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Delhi and is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.
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Delhi must integrate its UNSC engagement with broader national goals while adapting to changed realitiesSubscriber Only
January 05, 2021 04:27 IST
Delhi’s attitudes have also shifted from the reactive to the proactive. That, in turn, should make India’s new stint at the UNSC more purposeful and pragmatic.
Tue, Jan 05, 2021
Idea of English-speaking nations cooperating with each other offers possibilities that India can take advantage ofSubscriber Only
December 29, 2020 04:33 IST
In Delhi, the Anglosphere is quickly dismissed as a colonial construct. Those who let India’s colonial past overwhelm its current strategic judgements, however, do great injustice to Delhi’s gains in the international system, in absolute terms as well as relative to Britain.
Tue, Dec 29, 2020
Delhi now sees European powers as natural partners in constructing a durable balance of power in Indo-PacificSubscriber Only
December 22, 2020 03:52 IST
A strong coalition of Asian and European middle powers must now be an indispensable element of the geopolitics of the East. Such a coalition can’t be built overnight. But Delhi could push for a solid start in 2021.
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
Delhi must actively participate in new technology coalitions to secure its geopolitical interestsSubscriber Only
December 15, 2020 03:04 IST
Delhi needs to appreciate the value of issue-based coalitions in producing more productive outcomes in the technological arena. Such coalitions will complement India’s traditional focus on multilateralism.
Tue, Dec 15, 2020
Delhi’s real test on climate change is on building political consensus to adapt to changed realitySubscriber Only
December 08, 2020 03:00 IST
Despite contrasting approaches, China and US share goals on environment. In underlining climate change as an important area of engagement with Biden, Delhi has signalled its readiness to deal with a new phase in the global politics of environment.
Tue, Dec 08, 2020
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh must deal with changed geopolitical realities in West AsiaSubscriber Only
December 01, 2020 03:06 IST
For now, the question is whether the South Asian states can manage the fallout from the geopolitical churn in the Middle East and seize the new opportunities that are presenting themselves.
Tue, Dec 01, 2020
India must seize the new strategic possibilities with the GulfSubscriber Only
November 24, 2020 03:00 IST
The Indian establishment must discard outdated perceptions and seize the new strategic possibilities in the region.
Tue, Nov 24, 2020
Fresh military crisis in Kashmir can help Pakistan test Biden’s South Asia policiesSubscriber Only
November 17, 2020 03:00 IST
It is unlikely that US President-elect will have bandwidth to weigh in on Kashmir. But Islamabad isn’t giving up.
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
A narrow focus on bilateral ties produces a shallow Indian debate on AmericaSubscriber Only
November 10, 2020 03:00 IST
What stands out from our debates on Biden policies is India’s regrettable under-investment in the study of US society, its political economy and international relations.
Tue, Nov 10, 2020
Consolidation of the Quad reflects Delhi’s political will to break free from old shibbolethsSubscriber Only
November 03, 2020 03:02 IST
Bipartisan agreement in US for overhaul of global order could see creation of a new league of democracies, with consequences for India’s economic prosperity and technological future.
Tue, Nov 03, 2020
Incentives to advance India-US partnership are stronger than ever beforeSubscriber Only
October 27, 2020 03:01 IST
The 2+2 dialogue comes in the backdrop of a structural shift in great power politics and turbulence in the global economic order.
Tue, Oct 27, 2020
Bangladesh’s rise is an opportunity for India, but is overshadowed by negative domestic politicsSubscriber Only
October 20, 2020 03:00 IST
In using Dhaka’s impressive economic performance to attack Delhi’s, India is missing the bigger story about the strategic consequences of Bangladesh’s economic rise.
Tue, Oct 20, 2020
Engaging Quad partners on reforming China-centred economic globalisation is a rare opportunity for IndiaSubscriber Only
October 13, 2020 03:05 IST
India’s current focus is on drawing foreign investment into domestic manufacturing; but Delhi has been unable to clinch bilateral trade deals or articulate the case for rejigging the global economic order.
Tue, Oct 13, 2020
Confusion reigns on what the Quad is and its future in India’s international relationsSubscriber Only
October 06, 2020 03:05 IST
Obsession with non-alignment diverts Delhi's policy attention away from the urgent task of rapidly expanding India's national capabilities in partnership with like-minded partners.
Tue, Oct 06, 2020
There is no happy end-state in India’s relations with its neighboursSubscriber Only
September 29, 2020 04:06 IST
The anxiety that India is losing clout in the Subcontinent is not new. India’s relations with its neighbours will always be about carefully managing the inevitable difficulties that arise
Tue, Sep 29, 2020
Current political fragmentation is an opportunity to restructure India’s traditional approach to the UNSubscriber Only
September 22, 2020 03:02 IST
In writing the new rules and reshaping the global order, India needs to strengthen its recent turn to a more dynamic coalition building.
Tue, Sep 22, 2020
India’s framework of non-involvement is unlikely to survive wave of change in Afghanistan and ArabiaSubscriber Only
September 15, 2020 03:00 IST
As the old order begins to crumble in the greater Middle East, the question is no longer whether India should join the geopolitical jousting there; but when, how and in partnership with whom.
Tue, Sep 15, 2020
Strategic communities can learn from all traditions of statecraft. Jaishankar’s book is a call to fill Indian deficitSubscriber Only
September 08, 2020 03:00 IST
For Jaishankar, the Mahabharata is “the most vivid distillation of Indian thoughts on statecraft” and a "graphic account" of real-life situations and the complex challenges they present leaders. “The courage required to implement policy is, perhaps, its most famous section — the Bhagavad Gita.”
Tue, Sep 08, 2020
In dealing with Chinese power, Delhi needs an internationalism that is rooted in realismSubscriber Only
September 01, 2020 03:00 IST
Delhi’s pursuit of economic regionalism in East Asia and a multi-polar world in partnership with China and Russia had severely underestimated the economic and political consequences of China’s rapid rise.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020
Today, India’s strategic autonomy is about coping with Beijing’s challenge to its territorial integrity, sovereigntySubscriber Only
August 25, 2020 04:08 IST
In the 1990s, the quest for strategic autonomy from the US drove India into a political coalition with Russia and China that sought to limit the dangers of the unipolar moment. Today, the logic of strategic autonomy from China nudges India to look for strong security partnerships
Tue, Aug 25, 2020
India’s geopolitical interests are in close alignment with moderate Arab centreSubscriber Only
August 18, 2020 03:00 IST
Standing up for Arab sovereignty and opposing the forces of regional destabilisation must be at the very heart of India’s new engagement with the Middle East.
Tue, Aug 18, 2020
Delhi must brace for a measure of unpredictability in America’s external orientationSubscriber Only
August 11, 2020 03:00 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Unlike Beijing and Moscow, Delhi has no incentive to pick sides between Trump and Biden. It can deal productively with both. But Delhi is conscious of the current unprecedented churn in US domestic politics and the breakdown of the internal consensus on foreign and economic policies.
Tue, Aug 11, 2020
New American consensus appears to be in sync with India’s turn towards decoupling from ChinaSubscriber Only
August 04, 2020 04:10 IST
Although total digital decoupling between US and China might take a long time, if it happens at all, new rules are emerging to define terms of engagement
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
Global coalition of democracies, amid China’s assertion, could open a range of new possibilitiesSubscriber Only
July 28, 2020 03:50 IST
While India must pay close attention to the unfolding China debate in the US, it must also note the structural changes in American engagement with China over the last two decades.
Tue, Jul 28, 2020
For India, costs of neglecting new Arabian business are far higher than a lost railway contract in IranSubscriber Only
July 21, 2020 03:09 IST
India is no minor economic force in the Arab world, having had a much longer engagement with the region than China. Instead of defining an unrealistic competition with Beijing, Delhi must up its own commercial game in the Arab world.
Tue, Jul 21, 2020Journalism of Courage
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