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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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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, 2020
Delhi should set itself a political challenge — to decisively turn Britain in favour of IndiaSubscriber Only
July 14, 2020 04:08 IST
As Britain recognises that China can’t be the anchor of its post-Brexit foreign economic and strategic policies, Delhi has a huge opening to restructure its relationship with London
Tue, Jul 14, 2020
China’s hegemonic ambitions mean that Beijing’s focus is now on building Chinese centurySubscriber Only
July 07, 2020 03:00 IST
In an unfortunate paradox, the phenomenal rise of China may have created the very conditions for the demise of the Asian century. That China has become far more powerful than all of its Asian neighbours has meant Beijing no longer sees the need to evoke Asian unity.
Tue, Jul 07, 2020
Indian resistance to China’s expansionism would be a definitive moment in Asia’s geopolitical evolutionSubscriber Only
June 30, 2020 03:00 IST
If Delhi comes out of this crisis wounded, its troubles at home and the world will mount significantly. But an India that comes out of this confrontation with its head held high, will find its international political stock rising and its options on China expanding.
Tue, Jun 30, 2020
Acknowledging Beijing’s rise, scale of challenge it presents, are first steps in crafting a new China policySubscriber Only
June 23, 2020 03:00 IST
India must also recognise that China, like the great powers before it, wants to redeem its territorial claims, has the ambition to bend the neighbourhood to its will, reshape the global order to suit its interests.
Tue, Jun 23, 2020
Growing power differential is what lies behind China’s assertion in LadakhSubscriber Only
June 16, 2020 01:35 IST
The ground reality has not been altered by India’s constitutional changes. It is being changed by the PLA’s growing military capabilities and the political will to use them.
Tue, Jun 16, 2020
China now has the military power to alter territorial status quoSubscriber Only
June 09, 2020 01:49 IST
The real challenge for Delhi in managing its expansive territorial dispute with Beijing, then, is to redress the growing power imbalance with China.
Tue, Jun 09, 2020
Modi-Morrison summit can help plug a gap in India’s diplomatic traditionSubscriber Only
June 04, 2020 02:23 IST
It is only by building a series of overlapping bilateral and minilateral platforms for regional security cooperation that Delhi and Canberra can limit the dangers of the growing geopolitical imbalance in the Indo-Pacific.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Delhi must focus on India’s relations with NepalSubscriber Only
June 02, 2020 03:47 IST
It should bet that the logic of Nepal’s economic geography, its pursuit of enlightened self-interest, and Kathmandu’s natural balancing politics, will continue to provide a strong framework for India’s future engagement with Nepal.
Tue, Jun 02, 2020
As it ponders talks with Taliban, Delhi should focus on complex geopolitics of the Pashtun landsSubscriber Only
May 26, 2020 00:35 IST
Those calling for direct engagement with the Taliban say that Delhi can't ignore such an important force in Afghan politics. Opponents say there is no reason for Delhi to join the international stampede to embrace the Taliban.
Tue, May 26, 2020
Unanimous approval of resolution seeking probe into Covid-19 origin and role of WHO will be a setback for BeijingSubscriber Only
May 19, 2020 03:18 IST
Whatever the fate of the resolution, the wide-ranging support it has got amidst the vocal Chinese opposition is impressive.
Tue, May 19, 2020
All major economies will be drawn into US-China contestations over international tradeSubscriber Only
May 12, 2020 03:30 IST
Significant political contestations within the US and between the US and China to reform, reorient or bypass the WTO system are at hand. All major economies will be drawn into this conflict.
Tue, May 12, 2020
South Block is turning the Covid crisis into an opportunity to conduct diplomatic engagement onlineSubscriber Only
May 05, 2020 01:49 IST
The Foreign Office is merely following other professions that are adapting to restrictions on travel across borders and within them by the corona crisis.
Tue, May 05, 2020
Coronavirus crisis delivers yet another blow to political fortunes of Pakistan PM Imran KhanSubscriber Only
April 28, 2020 00:23 IST
Imran Khan's indecisive leadership in handling the corona crisis may have tipped the scales for Pakistan’s deep state that has always treated the civilian leaders with disdain.
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
The reversal of the great right-ward drift since the 1980s has begunSubscriber Only
April 21, 2020 01:20 IST
The corona crisis threatens to write the obituary of global capitalism. It will have a lasting impact on national economic strategies and politics.
Tue, Apr 21, 2020
China has replaced Russia as ‘the foreign hand’ in American politicsSubscriber Only
April 14, 2020 01:49 IST
As the virus and China move to the top of the US domestic agenda, their impact on Washington’s relations with Beijing is bound to be significant. And unlike Russia, China is far more central to the US economy and a powerful political challenger to America’s global leadership.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020
With global institutions in turmoil, India needs to be pragmatic and fleet-footedSubscriber Only
April 11, 2020 04:00 IST
India needs all the pragmatism it can muster to pursue its interests in a world where all the major global institutions — from the WHO to the WTO — are experiencing unprecedented turmoil and are heading towards an inevitable restructuring.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
Sovereignty is back. Solidarity is under stress, will need to be reinventedSubscriber Only
April 07, 2020 03:08 IST
Although all world leaders have acknowledged the global imperative in dealing with the virus, they have put the nation first. Are all nations now for themselves? Not so fast.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020
Winning the legal argument, China has learnt from history of great power relationsSubscriber Only
March 31, 2020 00:24 IST
The case for China’s culpability is based on the principles of state responsibility and Beijing’s alleged failure to respect the obligation, under the 2005 International Health Regulations, to notify the world on the outbreak of the epidemic.
Tue, Mar 31, 2020
COVID-19 has sharpened US-China conflict. WHO is caught in the crossfireSubscriber Only
March 24, 2020 00:16 IST
China has carefully calibrated its rise in UN system. World, including India, must deal with consequences.
Tue, Mar 24, 2020Journalism of Courage
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