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.
May 19,2020 03:18:34 AM
Whatever the fate of the resolution, the wide-ranging support it has got amidst the vocal Chinese opposition is impressive.
Tue, May 19, 2020May 12,2020 03:30:06 AM
Significant political contestations within the US and between the US and China to reform, reorient or bypass the WTO system are at hand. All major economies will be drawn into this conflict.
Tue, May 12, 2020May 05,2020 01:49:17 AM
The Foreign Office is merely following other professions that are adapting to restrictions on travel across borders and within them by the corona crisis.
Tue, May 05, 2020April 28,2020 00:23:25 AM
Imran Khan's indecisive leadership in handling the corona crisis may have tipped the scales for Pakistan’s deep state that has always treated the civilian leaders with disdain.
Tue, Apr 28, 2020April 21,2020 01:20:24 AM
The corona crisis threatens to write the obituary of global capitalism. It will have a lasting impact on national economic strategies and politics.
Tue, Apr 21, 2020April 14,2020 01:49:26 AM
As the virus and China move to the top of the US domestic agenda, their impact on Washington’s relations with Beijing is bound to be significant. And unlike Russia, China is far more central to the US economy and a powerful political challenger to America’s global leadership.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020April 11,2020 04:00:26 AM
India needs all the pragmatism it can muster to pursue its interests in a world where all the major global institutions — from the WHO to the WTO — are experiencing unprecedented turmoil and are heading towards an inevitable restructuring.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020April 07,2020 03:08:17 AM
Although all world leaders have acknowledged the global imperative in dealing with the virus, they have put the nation first. Are all nations now for themselves? Not so fast.
Tue, Apr 07, 2020March 31,2020 00:24:28 AM
The case for China’s culpability is based on the principles of state responsibility and Beijing’s alleged failure to respect the obligation, under the 2005 International Health Regulations, to notify the world on the outbreak of the epidemic.
Tue, Mar 31, 2020March 24,2020 00:16:13 AM
China has carefully calibrated its rise in UN system. World, including India, must deal with consequences.
Tue, Mar 24, 2020March 20,2020 03:45:59 AM
Coronavirus crisis is an opportunity for Delhi to build on domestic technological capabilities in artificial intelligence, big data analytics, life sciences and health technology in the private sector.
Fri, Mar 20, 2020March 17,2020 04:00:15 AM
This crisis could have a lasting impact on the global political economy, trigger new equations among nations
Tue, Mar 17, 2020March 10,2020 04:24:47 AM
Although the slowdown in Chinese manufacturing has disrupted the supply chains of many goods, the impact on the drug industry has helped highlight the national security implications of China’s dominance over the pharmaceutical industry.
Tue, Mar 10, 2020March 03,2020 01:11:44 AM
As it looks at the growing role of the private sector and the effort by nations like the UAE and Luxembourg, Delhi needs to move quickly towards a new model for India’s space activity.
Tue, Mar 03, 2020February 28,2020 03:00:29 AM
PM Narendra Modi has broken through systemic prejudice against US engagement. But an India at war with itself can’t take advantage of the possibilities presented by the ‘Hindi-Amreeki, Bhai-Bhai’ phase in the relationship.
Fri, Feb 28, 2020February 25,2020 01:52:55 AM
The threat to the sovereignty of India and China does not come from occasional statements by the White House, resolutions in the US Congress or stinging editorials from the New York Times. The real threat to their sovereignty comes from policies that deepen internal conflicts.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020February 22,2020 03:00:32 AM
Delhi has already stepped up its naval activity within the Gulf and beyond as part of its emergence as a regional security provider. It knows that its effectiveness will rise manifold if it acts in concert with the US and other partners. Modi and Trump could begin by laying the political foundation for such cooperation.
Sun, Feb 23, 2020February 20,2020 00:40:38 AM
Trade has long been a contentious issue between New Delhi and Washington. Donald Trump administration has made the problem more acute, but India too is turning to protectionism.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020February 18,2020 00:47:36 AM
Delhi needs to unlearn some of the assumptions about US policy as it prepares to host Trump next week. While the diaspora is important and could be of some value in dealing with Trump, it can’t override the deeper forces animating American politics.
Tue, Feb 18, 2020February 11,2020 00:38:47 AM
Optimists hope that a sharp drop in economic activity in the current quarter will be followed by a steep uptick in growth in the next when the virus is contained and normalcy returns. Pessimists, however, suggest that the economic disruption could have lasting effects.
Tue, Feb 11, 2020February 04,2020 05:00:04 AM
While Trump and Sanders could not be more different as individuals, they are alike in one respect: They promise or threaten — depending on one’s perspective — to overturn the established order in the US. Both are “outsiders” who rose to prominence in the teeth of the insiders’ opposition.
Tue, Feb 04, 2020January 28,2020 01:35:19 AM
The government needs a more comprehensive domestic framework that promotes the use of new technologies for public good as well as imposes necessary constraints against their abuse by both state and capital.
Tue, Jan 28, 2020January 21,2020 00:46:56 AM
Given its growing stakes in the global economic order, Delhi ought to be at the leading edge of the current debate on the future of capitalism. India, though, seems too preoccupied sorting out the persistent legacies of feudalism.
Tue, Jan 21, 2020January 17,2020 04:30:32 AM
In Myanmar to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Xi is expected to nudge his hosts to implement stalled Chinese infrastructure projects, consolidate Beijing’s status as the most important economic partner of Naypyidaw.
Fri, Jan 17, 2020January 14,2020 03:12:49 AM
The Iranian people, who had apparently rallied behind the flag after the US killing of Soleimani were now turning their rage against the government. The chant “Death to America” a week before were replaced by “Death to the Dictator” in a reference to Khamenei.
Tue, Jan 14, 2020