Sunday, Sep 25, 2022
Journalism of Courage
C. Raja Mohan
C. Raja Mohan is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute, Delhi--a division of the Asia Society India Centre in Mumbai. He is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.
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With Russia’s declining influence, India needs a new strategy in Eurasia
Whether Delhi likes it or not, Russia is locked in an unwinnable war with the West, is increasingly beholden to China, and struggling to retain its traditional primacy in inner Asia
Wed, Sep 21, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes | Russia’s setback in Ukraine: India must be alive to changes on the ground
C Raja Mohan writes: After Russian retreat from Kharkiv, there is no question that the global narrative on the war in Ukraine is beginning to change
Tue, Sep 13, 2022
Japan is recasting its national security vision in face of an aggressive China. India must inject strategic content into ties during 2+2 dialogue
C. Raja Mohan writes: There is deep political resistance and bureaucratic inertia against any effort to recast defence policies in both capitals. There is much that Delhi and Tokyo could do together in meeting their common security challenges.
Wed, Sep 07, 2022
C. Raja Mohan writes: The return of nuclear weapons on the global platform
C. Raja Mohan writes: After 1998, India premised its strategy on building ‘credible minimum deterrence’. The time has come to reflect on what is ‘credible’ and redefine what ‘minimum’ might be.
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
New Delhi’s balancing act: We must find our own way to manage the current turbulence in the triangular relationship between Washington, Moscow, and Beijing
C. Raja Mohan writes: 'Strategic play' must guide India in the coming years — reducing the power gap with China, building the capacity to deter Beijing’s aggressive actions on its land and maritime frontiers, and rebalancing the Indo-Pacific.
Tue, Aug 23, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes: Diplomacy for Viksit Bharat
C. Raja Mohan writes: Our diplomatic discourse remains trapped in a framework that emerged when India was weak and vulnerable 75 years ago. The fears of a 'developing nation' can’t be the guiding principles for the diplomacy of a 'developed nation'.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes | India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: What east can teach west
C Raja Mohan writes: Good news from India's eastern frontier with Bangladesh raises a hope: If we can do it in the east, where the sources and consequences of Partition were far more complex, it should not be impossible to normalise the western frontier with Pakistan
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
Pakistan@75: Navigating the way forward
C. Raja Mohan writes: Pakistan needs a fresh start. Ending the stalemate with India will expand the diplomatic, political and economic space for it to navigate its multiple current crises
Tue, Aug 02, 2022
C. Raja Mohan writes: It’s time India and Japan rethink their nuclear policy
C. Raja Mohan writes: Delhi will have to respond, sooner than later, to the dramatic changes in the global environment triggered by the rise and assertion of China. With partners, India and Japan can form credible deterrence
Tue, Jul 26, 2022
C. Raja Mohan writes: Lessons on navigating the evolving geopolitics in the Middle East
C. Raja Mohan writes: Joe Biden's recent trip to the Middle East highlights the emerging trends in the region's diverse political and strategic orientations. Diplomatic realism in Delhi means India can realise its potential in the region
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes: India’s new West Asia approach is a welcome break with past diffidence
C Raja Mohan writes: India's participation in I2U2 summit – with Israel, US, UAE – marks a more confident engagement with the region.
Tue, Jul 12, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes: With China’s expanding influence, Asia is also seeking to diversify its security partnerships
C Raja Mohan writes: This has led to greater Asian engagement with Europe as well as creation of new Indo-Pacific regional institutions – including Quad and AUKUS
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
C Raja Mohan writes: India needs a forward-looking strategy on Pakistan
Pakistan’s hand today is much weaker, while India's room for manoeuvre has grown.
Tue, May 31, 2022
Opinion: Can India turn Quad into an instrument to realise its significant potential as technological power?
C. Raja Mohan writes: The US is eager to strengthen India’s technological capabilities for defence and security. Delhi needs to move quickly to create internal environment for such partnerships with Quad members.
Tue, May 24, 2022
For a better South Asian neighbourhood
C Raja Mohan writes: Ukraine conflict, developments in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan underline need to reframe regional ties, work with the logic of geography in Subcontinent
Tue, May 17, 2022
Ukraine conflict won’t make Biden abandon Indo-Pacific strategy
C. Raja Mohan writes: The US emphasis on partnerships rather than unilateralism in dealing with the China challenge means India’s agency in the region can only grow.
Tue, May 10, 2022
Europe is looming larger than ever in India’s strategic calculus
C. Raja Mohan writes: The Ukraine war has shown that India needs strong commercial and security partnerships with Europe that stand on their own merit and bring the many synergies between them into active play.
Wed, May 04, 2022
India, Europe and the Russian complication
C. Raja Mohan writes: Ukraine war has persuaded Delhi to recalibrate its great power relations, compelled Brussels to wake up from geopolitical slumber.
Tue, Apr 26, 2022
A new shine to old ties
C. Raja Mohan writes: India and UK have faced legacy issues, fundamental paradoxes. Now, amid a changing strategic scenario, Boris Johnson’s visit is well timed to move the relationship forward
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
The wider impact of Pakistan’s internal crisis
C. Raja Mohan writes: Its battles are tied to external geopolitical equations and rivalries
Tue, Apr 12, 2022
Imran Khan has done what no civilian leader in Pakistan has done before
C. Raja Mohan writes: He has challenged the army’s hegemony on a broad range of issues, blocked the no-confidence motion against him by dissolving the assembly.
Tue, Apr 05, 2022
With the Russian invasion, the spotlight is on Poland’s role in European politics
C Raja Mohan writes: Unlike a divided Germany that did not have full sovereignty and was troubled by its status as the fulcrum of the Cold War, Poland has risen to the occasion
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
On South Asia, US must reorient itself
C. Raja Mohan writes: Washington could seize the current opportunity, amid Ukraine crisis, to elevate US's salience, limit the traditional economic and military weight of China and Russia in the Subcontinent.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
Ukraine invasion and the great geopolitical reset
C. Raja Mohan writes: Whichever way it plays out, the current crisis has affirmed America’s pole position
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
How invasion of Ukraine could transform nuclear landscape of Asia
C. Raja Mohan writes: Countries in the region are worried and want to prepare for the possibility that China may emulate Russia and invade Taiwan.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022