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.

August 02, 2023 07:00 IST
The region’s new economic openness, Delhi’s vigorous neighbourhood policies, and Western support for an India-centred regionalism in South Asia could transform the Subcontinent's economic landscape.
Wed, Aug 02, 2023
July 25, 2023 16:47 IST
UAE has reportedly offered to invest in Pakistan, which could help pull it out of its entrenched economic crisis. There are good reasons for New Delhi not to be averse to such an arrangement
Wed, Jul 26, 2023
July 19, 2023 07:40 IST
As India becomes a major economic entity with significant geopolitical heft, its ability to shape the intersection between its extended neighbourhood and the world will rapidly grow
Wed, Jul 19, 2023
July 11, 2023 17:30 IST
The 25th-anniversary celebration of Indo-French strategic partnership is a good moment to begin India’s re-engagement with European security. Defence cooperation between Delhi and Paris could contribute to Eurasian security this century
Thu, Jul 13, 2023
July 04, 2023 17:32 IST
Delhi will continue to sit in SCO and BRICS, but its growing bilateral engagement with key swing states — in resource rich Africa, capital rich Gulf, and technology-rich Europe — is likely to be far more consequential for India’s rise
Wed, Jul 05, 2023
June 24, 2023 04:08 IST
In a joint statement issued after the talks at the White House, the two leaders committed their governments to “facilitate greater technology sharing, co-development, and co-production opportunities between U.S. and Indian industry, government, and academic institutions.”
Sun, Jun 25, 2023
June 23, 2023 14:46 IST
The India-US defence compact is an attempt to build a multipolar Asia with sufficient deterrent capabilities and ensure respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states in the region
Sat, Jun 24, 2023
June 21, 2023 07:00 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: The two leaders have turned the traditional discourse on India-US relations in Delhi and Washington on its head. This can open the doors to technological and defence collaboration
Wed, Jun 21, 2023
June 12, 2023 16:02 IST
Indian PM could emulate former Chinese leader by seizing geoeconomic possibilities opened up by Biden's policies, global churn
Tue, Jun 13, 2023
June 07, 2023 06:55 IST
US initiatives in Indo-Pacific are paying dividends as many Asian nations are developing the political will to confront China
Thu, Jun 08, 2023
May 30, 2023 16:04 IST
Several factors have come together to make the interaction between India and its diaspora at once more charged, contentious, and consequential. Recently, the BJP has gained ground among overseas Indians
Fri, Jun 02, 2023
May 23, 2023 18:28 IST
As a bipolar framework envelops Asia, official Delhi will continue to adapt, but foreign policy discourse lags behind
Wed, May 24, 2023
May 17, 2023 07:00 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: In the geoeconomic domain, there is growing convergence of interests between India and the US. A model less driven by market fundamentalism presents an opportunity for India
Wed, May 17, 2023
May 10, 2023 07:15 IST
Seizing opportunities in the Gulf would require long overdue modernisation of Delhi’s strategic discourse, a conscious effort to change outdated narratives
Wed, May 10, 2023
May 02, 2023 18:18 IST
Pakistan will need a lot of time and space to get its domestic act together and rebuild a foreign policy consensus. Is there anything that India can do until then? One priority for Delhi must be to sustain the valuable backchannel to the army leadership in Rawalpindi
Wed, May 10, 2023
April 25, 2023 14:30 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: Delhi’s engagement with the SCO all these decades was premised on Russian primacy in the region and Moscow’s support of India’s regional interests. That may be changing
Fri, Apr 28, 2023
April 18, 2023 15:46 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: Both Asia and Europe are divided on attitudes towards US, China. Those Asian powers that can better navigate the current contradictions within the West are likely to benefit the most
Wed, Apr 19, 2023
April 12, 2023 07:00 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: If the Kashmir talks that almost came to fruition were Satinder Lambah’s last hurrah in a diplomatic life devoted to negotiating peace with Islamabad, the political failure to conclude them marked the end of an era in India-Pakistan relations
Fri, Apr 14, 2023
April 05, 2023 07:10 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: New Delhi can see that their overreach has cemented broad western unity rather than separating Europe from the US
Wed, Apr 05, 2023
March 28, 2023 17:43 IST
Long wary of Russian expansionism, central Europe is now building regional alliances — with Poland often acting as a lynchpin — to counter Moscow. Delhi must engage with the region
Thu, Mar 30, 2023
March 21, 2023 17:08 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: The stage is set for a restructuring of Delhi’s geopolitics, as the rules governing the world that emerged at the end of the Cold War come under escalating stress
Fri, Mar 24, 2023
March 15, 2023 07:20 IST
Defence cooperation between US, UK and Australia highlights the opportunity for Delhi to develop a unique set of arrangements with Washington and its allies
Thu, Mar 16, 2023
March 08, 2023 06:38 IST
It is a sign of expansion of ties between New Delhi and Canberra. Both commerce and geopolitics are transforming bilateral relations
Wed, Mar 08, 2023
March 01, 2023 07:00 IST
As it steers the G20 amidst renewed great-power rivalry, India must temper its expectations. Reducing the inevitable negative impact of conflicts between major powers on the forum will be a diplomatic achievement for Delhi
Wed, Mar 01, 2023
February 21, 2023 18:29 IST
While the room for diplomacy in Ukraine is growing, the barriers to peace are very high. But that shouldn't stop Delhi and Beijing from playing a part in ending the war
Wed, Feb 22, 2023



