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.

March 20, 2020 03:45 IST
Coronavirus crisis is an opportunity for Delhi to build on domestic technological capabilities in artificial intelligence, big data analytics, life sciences and health technology in the private sector.
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
March 17, 2020 04:00 IST
This crisis could have a lasting impact on the global political economy, trigger new equations among nations
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
March 10, 2020 04:24 IST
Although the slowdown in Chinese manufacturing has disrupted the supply chains of many goods, the impact on the drug industry has helped highlight the national security implications of China’s dominance over the pharmaceutical industry.
Tue, Mar 10, 2020
March 03, 2020 01:11 IST
As it looks at the growing role of the private sector and the effort by nations like the UAE and Luxembourg, Delhi needs to move quickly towards a new model for India’s space activity.
Tue, Mar 03, 2020
February 28, 2020 03:00 IST
PM Narendra Modi has broken through systemic prejudice against US engagement. But an India at war with itself can’t take advantage of the possibilities presented by the ‘Hindi-Amreeki, Bhai-Bhai’ phase in the relationship.
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
February 25, 2020 01:52 IST
The threat to the sovereignty of India and China does not come from occasional statements by the White House, resolutions in the US Congress or stinging editorials from the New York Times. The real threat to their sovereignty comes from policies that deepen internal conflicts.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
February 22, 2020 03:00 IST
Delhi has already stepped up its naval activity within the Gulf and beyond as part of its emergence as a regional security provider. It knows that its effectiveness will rise manifold if it acts in concert with the US and other partners. Modi and Trump could begin by laying the political foundation for such cooperation.
Sun, Feb 23, 2020
February 20, 2020 00:40 IST
Trade has long been a contentious issue between New Delhi and Washington. Donald Trump administration has made the problem more acute, but India too is turning to protectionism.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
February 18, 2020 00:47 IST
Delhi needs to unlearn some of the assumptions about US policy as it prepares to host Trump next week. While the diaspora is important and could be of some value in dealing with Trump, it can’t override the deeper forces animating American politics.
Tue, Feb 18, 2020
February 11, 2020 00:38 IST
Optimists hope that a sharp drop in economic activity in the current quarter will be followed by a steep uptick in growth in the next when the virus is contained and normalcy returns. Pessimists, however, suggest that the economic disruption could have lasting effects.
Tue, Feb 11, 2020
February 04, 2020 05:00 IST
While Trump and Sanders could not be more different as individuals, they are alike in one respect: They promise or threaten — depending on one’s perspective — to overturn the established order in the US. Both are “outsiders” who rose to prominence in the teeth of the insiders’ opposition.
Tue, Feb 04, 2020
January 28, 2020 01:35 IST
The government needs a more comprehensive domestic framework that promotes the use of new technologies for public good as well as imposes necessary constraints against their abuse by both state and capital.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020
January 21, 2020 00:46 IST
Given its growing stakes in the global economic order, Delhi ought to be at the leading edge of the current debate on the future of capitalism. India, though, seems too preoccupied sorting out the persistent legacies of feudalism.
Tue, Jan 21, 2020
January 17, 2020 04:30 IST
In Myanmar to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Xi is expected to nudge his hosts to implement stalled Chinese infrastructure projects, consolidate Beijing’s status as the most important economic partner of Naypyidaw.
Fri, Jan 17, 2020
January 14, 2020 03:12 IST
The Iranian people, who had apparently rallied behind the flag after the US killing of Soleimani were now turning their rage against the government. The chant “Death to America” a week before were replaced by “Death to the Dictator” in a reference to Khamenei.
Tue, Jan 14, 2020
January 07, 2020 04:25 IST
Both Trump and Khamenei are realists. There are political constrains on them that limit the pressures of a further escalation of conflict between US and Iran.
Tue, Jan 07, 2020
December 31, 2019 00:16 IST
Some in Delhi might scoff at the notion of recognising external concerns in the conduct of India’s domestic politics. To be sure, the theory is that all states are sovereign and free to do what they want at home and free to conduct foreign policies as they like.
Tue, Dec 31, 2019
December 24, 2019 04:30 IST
Delhi might be giving an opportunity to an otherwise divided world, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, to agree in their disapproval of India’s domestic politics.
Tue, Dec 24, 2019
December 17, 2019 00:25 IST
India must avoid making Pakistan a preoccupation in relationship with UK. It must take advantage of shift in Britain’s international orientation.
Tue, Dec 17, 2019
December 10, 2019 00:57 IST
With Beijing expanding strategic purpose of its marine research to Andamans, Delhi and its partners should coordinate maritime diplomacy.
Tue, Dec 10, 2019
December 03, 2019 00:37 IST
There is a bigger challenge for Delhi in dealing with Mauritius. It is the urgent need to discard the deep-rooted perception that Mauritius is simply an extension of India. It is not. It is a sovereign entity with a unique national culture and an international identity of its own.
Tue, Dec 03, 2019
November 29, 2019 00:23 IST
The return of the Rajapaksas has been widely feared as heralding the renewal of authoritarian rule in Sri Lanka. The election of a strong interlocutor, however, also offers Delhi an opportunity to explore the prospects for a reconstruction of the relationship.
Fri, Nov 29, 2019
November 26, 2019 03:30 IST
Over the last few years, China and Russia have conducted impressive naval manoeuvres in the Western Pacific, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. The joint exercise with South Africa this week brings the unfolding Sino-Russian naval partnership closer home to India.
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
November 22, 2019 03:43 IST
After delivering The Fourth Ramnath Goenka Lecture in New Delhi last week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sat down with C Raja Mohan, Consulting Editor of The Indian Express, to discuss India’s policies, strengths, and challenges in today’s complex, rapidly changing world.
Fri, Nov 22, 2019
November 19, 2019 04:05 IST
With a strong government in Sri Lanka, it is time for Delhi to think boldly about its relationship with Colombo.
Tue, Nov 19, 2019



