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.
September 10, 2019 02:12 IST
Realists in Islamabad are arguing for diplomatic relations with Israel. This is part of a new urgency to revamp the country’s foreign policy.
Tue, Sep 10, 2019September 03, 2019 00:45 IST
That no prime minister has visited Hungary since Rajiv Gandhi in 1988 and Poland since Morarji Desai in 1979, underlines India’s strategic neglect of Central Europe all these decades. As the region’s weight grows within Europe, Eurasia and the world, Jaishankar’s visit has hopefully created the basis for a more productive engagement with the region.
Tue, Sep 03, 2019August 27, 2019 00:42 IST
Barring China, few major powers want to take advantage of India’s problems in Kashmir. Pakistan might whip itself into a frenzy about every word on Kashmir, but there is little reason for Delhi to be too excited
Tue, Aug 27, 2019August 24, 2019 01:16 IST
Why in a more uncertain world order, India and France are natural partners in building the new coalitions.
Sat, Aug 24, 2019August 20, 2019 00:50 IST
Delhi should support the region’s reform agenda, deepen economic and security cooperation.
Tue, Aug 20, 2019August 13, 2019 02:30 IST
India’s recent decision to revoke the special status of Kashmir is about the unfinished task of extending effective territorial sovereignty over lands it has claimed.
Tue, Aug 13, 2019August 12, 2019 01:26 IST
India’s diplomatic response must be at multiple levels. One is the legal dimension. Realists might scoff at legal niceties. But legal arguments are important and Delhi must present a solid legal brief about its actions, since there is little international understanding of the complex historical evolution of Kashmir.
Mon, Aug 12, 2019August 06, 2019 00:45 IST
After altering J&K’s status, Delhi needs strategy to manage external environment
Tue, Aug 06, 2019July 30, 2019 01:55 IST
Rajnath Singh’s visit to Mozambique offers an opportunity for Delhi to review the progress made in implementing the Indian Ocean strategy.
Tue, Jul 30, 2019July 23, 2019 00:30 IST
There is valuable real estate for space-faring nations on the lunar surface. But international law is still unclear on ownership in space.
Tue, Jul 23, 2019July 22, 2019 01:38 IST
The essence of talks: What General Bajwa can deliver on regional peace, what he wants in return.
Mon, Jul 22, 2019July 16, 2019 00:08 IST
The churn in the Persian Gulf provides India an opening to step up its strategic engagements beyond investments in the Chabahar port.
Tue, Jul 16, 2019July 09, 2019 01:19 IST
There is renewed global interest in the moon. India must leverage its space legacy to gain lunar advantage.
Tue, Jul 09, 2019July 02, 2019 02:45 IST
As in India, so in the ASEAN, there was much initial suspicion about the meaning of and the motivations behind the term Indo-Pacific. If India’s preferred focus was on the Indian Ocean, the ASEAN had grown accustomed to the idea of the Asia-Pacific.
Tue, Jul 02, 2019June 25, 2019 02:10 IST
The key to successful engagement with the US is to keep the negotiations going and make progress wherever one can. Americans are always ready to split the difference and move on. Delhi has been notorious for its inability to bring any negotiation to a close.
Tue, Jun 25, 2019June 18, 2019 00:01 IST
The street protests threaten to dim Beijing’s aura of invincibility.
Tue, Jun 18, 2019June 13, 2019 00:19 IST
The context of India-Pakistan relationship has changed significantly. Any framework for dialogue must reflect the new situation
Thu, Jun 13, 2019June 11, 2019 00:10 IST
The strengthening of ties between Russia and China present a challenge to Delhi. But it is better prepared than most to play the new Great Game.
Tue, Jun 11, 2019June 07, 2019 00:18 IST
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to the southern seas, Delhi must come to terms with a number of realities.
Fri, Jun 07, 2019June 04, 2019 00:04 IST
Rise of the all-knowing surveillance state has reinforced Deng Xiaoping’s model of open economy and closed polity in China.
Tue, Jun 04, 2019May 28, 2019 00:05 IST
If there is one piece of real estate that holds the key to the geopolitics of East Asia, it is Taiwan.
Tue, May 28, 2019May 25, 2019 01:30 IST
Modi needs to take a strategic view of India’s foreign trade, purposefully explore the possibilities for give and take with the US, and seize on the rearrangement of global production chains in the wake of the US-China trade war. No other set of issues will shape India’s future global trajectory more than a pragmatic reorientation of India’s trade strategy and the reformation of its negotiating structures.
Sat, May 25, 2019May 21, 2019 01:27 IST
Rather than pray for the success of SAARC, the new government in Delhi should double down on informal diplomacy that could help pave the way for more purposeful regional cooperation — both bilateral and multilateral.
Tue, May 21, 2019May 14, 2019 01:09 IST
Whether Trump cuts a deal or escalates the economic war with China, Delhi can’t continue with its trade policy lassitude. On the other hand, the rejigging of the political relations between America, China and Russia might present Delhi with fleeting strategic opportunities that need to be seized quickly.
Tue, May 14, 2019May 07, 2019 02:00 IST
That China and India compete for foreign military bases is not merely an extension of their very familiar rivalry but a definitive moment in their overall political evolution as modern states.
Tue, May 07, 2019