C. Raja Mohan
C. Raja Mohan is Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and contributing editor on foreign affairs for 'The Indian Express'.
Tue, Dec 03, 2019
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.
Fri, Nov 29, 2019
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.
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
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.
Fri, Nov 22, 2019
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.
Tue, Nov 19, 2019
With a strong government in Sri Lanka, it is time for Delhi to think boldly about its relationship with Colombo.
Tue, Nov 12, 2019
The Kashmir issue has long dominated the regional framing of India-Pakistan relations within the Subcontinent and beyond. But Punjab, has often shown the possibilities for potentially transformative breakthroughs in bilateral relations.
Tue, Nov 05, 2019
The Kashmir issue may not vanish from the regional and global agenda, but it is the Pashtun question which will continue to haunt the future of Pakistan and the Subcontinent.
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
The current juncture in Pakistan is a good moment for India to speak up on Pakistan’s internal developments. Demanding humane treatment for Sharif and Zardari is the least Delhi can do.
Tue, Oct 29, 2019
Amid India’s intellectual xenophobia of those years, any American scholar like Steve was suspected to be a “CIA Agent”. For the American academics wanting to engage Delhi, “anti-Americanism” appeared to be part of the Indian elite’s DNA.
Tue, Oct 29, 2019
The ambition of MbS is to diversify the Saudi economy from its historical reliance on the oil business and develop manufacturing and service sectors through liberalisation at home, and deeper integration with the world.
Tue, Oct 22, 2019
India must recast relations with Nepal on basis of geographic and cultural interdependence, sovereign equality and mutual benefit.
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Nepal’s northern border with China is entirely with Tibet, and Beijing sees security cooperation with Kathmandu as critical in controlling the movement of people across this frontier.
Sun, Oct 13, 2019
The question of Beijing’s support for Islamabad on Kashmir may have dominated India’s recent discourse on China.
Fri, Oct 11, 2019
Delhi’s overestimation of its leverage with Beijing in the triangular relationship with Washington has unfortunately meant India often chose to voluntarily limit its partnership with the US and its allies.
Wed, Oct 09, 2019
Over the last couple of years, technology issues have emerged at the front and centre of the deepening Sino-US trade tensions.
Tue, Oct 08, 2019
Vice-President Naidu’s visit to the Indian Ocean islands should be a moment for Delhi to launch economic, defence cooperation with the littoral.
Tue, Oct 01, 2019
China is not the first country to move from underdeveloped to developed status. It is the first country to compress that journey into just four decades.
Tue, Sep 24, 2019
India and the US need to address the vexed issues in trade. This will prepare New Delhi for profound changes in global economic order
Sun, Sep 22, 2019
Modi must also underline that the main purpose of India’s diaspora engagement in America is about elevating the strategic partnership with the US to a higher level.
Tue, Sep 17, 2019
Reactions of several Muslim countries to India’s decision on Kashmir shows that political and economic interest bind nations — not ideologies.
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