The writer is Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi.

March 25, 2020 05:00 IST
In the short term, there will be flight to safety of people worried about a pandemic, as there is of capital during a financial crisis. When normalcy returns, the globalised Indian will fly away once again.
Wed, Mar 25, 2020
February 17, 2020 00:56 IST
To hide the lack of substance in the relationship the Trump visit will focus on hype and Prime Minister Modi has perfected the art of diplomacy as mass entertainment
Mon, Feb 17, 2020
January 14, 2020 03:04 IST
There is a view among some policy analysts at home that India too can adopt a “disruptive” approach as a clever tactic in foreign affairs. This is an illusion. Disruption is not an end in itself. It has to be a means to an end. Powerful nations can afford disruption as tactics.
Tue, Jan 14, 2020
December 22, 2019 00:46 IST
An analytical inquiry into the development experience of some of Asia’s major economies and why there might be ground for optimism
Sun, Dec 22, 2019
December 03, 2019 00:17 IST
In 1993, the then finance minister, Manmohan Singh, was publicly dismissive of the concern Bajaj and friends articulated about the threat to domestic business from external economic liberalisation.
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
November 15, 2019 00:30 IST
Rising India narrative is suffering due to re-hyphenation with Pakistan, slowing growth, retreat from RCEP, Trumpism.
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
October 23, 2019 04:53 IST
What is not recognised is that it is the business of media to reach out to anyone who wishes to seek them out. Lend an ear, but be professional in what and how you report.
Wed, Oct 23, 2019
October 14, 2019 03:51 IST
Given Xi’s 100-year perspective, both countries have to learn to live with year-to-year bumps while journeying together towards a new Asian Century.
Mon, Oct 14, 2019
August 27, 2019 00:11 IST
Across Asia, focus is turning to multiple geopolitical quarrels. Western powers are back in play, arbitrating.
Tue, Aug 27, 2019
August 07, 2019 04:00 IST
A soft solution to the Kashmir dispute has had no takers in India and Pakistan since 2014. The changing global environment may have influenced New Delhi to opt for a hard solution
Wed, Aug 07, 2019
July 09, 2019 00:05 IST
Resisting the temptation to print money and spend one’s way to growth, the finance minister has opted for incentivising private investment and borrowing abroad.
Tue, Jul 09, 2019
June 28, 2019 00:32 IST
G-20 meets in the midst of a crisis in world trade. It must not let US-China bilateral overshadow the summit
Fri, Jun 28, 2019
June 04, 2019 00:25 IST
US president needs to be convinced that helping India’s economic rise will be in the US’s interests in the long run
Tue, Jun 04, 2019
May 18, 2019 00:06 IST
If President Trump is insensitive to India’s concerns, New Delhi will have to seriously rethink its foreign policy options since sustaining high economic growth with low inflation is a fundamental developmental priority and a key strategic objective.
Sat, May 18, 2019
May 03, 2019 01:15 IST
Radical Islam keeps raising its head in newer places across Asia, as it recently did in Sri Lanka, and now poses as much a challenge to China’s rise as it does to India’s. Both countries must work together towards a win-win strategy on over-powering it.
Fri, May 03, 2019
October 17, 2018 01:25 IST
Government needs a shared understanding and an effective and credible spokesperson on economic policy
Wed, Oct 17, 2018
August 25, 2018 00:49 IST
Despite the controversies it has generated, Karan Thapar’s book offers a fine glimpse into his career and personal life and the bond of trust that once existed between the media and those in power
Sat, Aug 25, 2018
August 07, 2018 00:07 IST
Ideological intolerance and a bureaucratic strait-jacket are damaging JNU. Don’t let a mediocre leadership denigrate one of our finest institutions.
Tue, Aug 07, 2018
August 11, 2017 23:42 IST
India is no Philippines. In the Philippines, China managed to declare victory by convincing President Rodrigo Duterte that friendship with China is a better bet than friendship with the United States. China subdued Philippines without fighting.
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
June 09, 2017 00:05 IST
Judicial intervention in economic activities hurts livelihoods. A developing country can ill-afford such activism
Fri, Jun 09, 2017
April 14, 2017 00:15 IST
Is the term an oxymoron? Is it possible to balance the two in a way that is reassuring to a majority of people?
Fri, Apr 14, 2017
March 15, 2017 00:05 IST
The rise of BJP, the decline of Congress, demand fresh ways of seeing.
Wed, Mar 15, 2017
October 25, 2016 00:02 IST
Voter has a right to know how a party she has voted for will manage leadership transition in the family.
Tue, Oct 25, 2016
October 03, 2016 00:04 IST
India will have to devise and pursue the logic of a long period of bilateral disengagement.
Thu, Oct 06, 2016
October 24, 2015 00:00 IST
Amaravati offers Chandrababu Naidu an opportunity to redefine his politics and policies
Sat, Oct 24, 2015



