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.

July 23,2019 00:30:02 AM
There is valuable real estate for space-faring nations on the lunar surface. But international law is still unclear on ownership in space.
Tue, Jul 23, 2019
July 22,2019 01:38:42 AM
The essence of talks: What General Bajwa can deliver on regional peace, what he wants in return.
Mon, Jul 22, 2019
July 16,2019 00:08:58 AM
The churn in the Persian Gulf provides India an opening to step up its strategic engagements beyond investments in the Chabahar port.
Tue, Jul 16, 2019
July 09,2019 01:19:39 AM
There is renewed global interest in the moon. India must leverage its space legacy to gain lunar advantage.
Tue, Jul 09, 2019
July 02,2019 02:45:08 AM
As in India, so in the ASEAN, there was much initial suspicion about the meaning of and the motivations behind the term Indo-Pacific. If India’s preferred focus was on the Indian Ocean, the ASEAN had grown accustomed to the idea of the Asia-Pacific.
Tue, Jul 02, 2019
June 25,2019 02:10:39 AM
The key to successful engagement with the US is to keep the negotiations going and make progress wherever one can. Americans are always ready to split the difference and move on. Delhi has been notorious for its inability to bring any negotiation to a close.
Tue, Jun 25, 2019
June 18,2019 00:01:38 AM
The street protests threaten to dim Beijing’s aura of invincibility.
Tue, Jun 18, 2019
June 13,2019 00:19:12 AM
The context of India-Pakistan relationship has changed significantly. Any framework for dialogue must reflect the new situation
Thu, Jun 13, 2019
June 11,2019 00:10:40 AM
The strengthening of ties between Russia and China present a challenge to Delhi. But it is better prepared than most to play the new Great Game.
Tue, Jun 11, 2019
June 07,2019 00:18:28 AM
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to the southern seas, Delhi must come to terms with a number of realities.
Fri, Jun 07, 2019
June 04,2019 00:04:46 AM
Rise of the all-knowing surveillance state has reinforced Deng Xiaoping’s model of open economy and closed polity in China.
Tue, Jun 04, 2019
May 28,2019 00:05:01 AM
If there is one piece of real estate that holds the key to the geopolitics of East Asia, it is Taiwan.
Tue, May 28, 2019
May 25,2019 01:30:05 AM
Modi needs to take a strategic view of India’s foreign trade, purposefully explore the possibilities for give and take with the US, and seize on the rearrangement of global production chains in the wake of the US-China trade war. No other set of issues will shape India’s future global trajectory more than a pragmatic reorientation of India’s trade strategy and the reformation of its negotiating structures.
Sat, May 25, 2019
May 21,2019 01:27:09 AM
Rather than pray for the success of SAARC, the new government in Delhi should double down on informal diplomacy that could help pave the way for more purposeful regional cooperation — both bilateral and multilateral.
Tue, May 21, 2019
May 14,2019 01:09:58 AM
Whether Trump cuts a deal or escalates the economic war with China, Delhi can’t continue with its trade policy lassitude. On the other hand, the rejigging of the political relations between America, China and Russia might present Delhi with fleeting strategic opportunities that need to be seized quickly.
Tue, May 14, 2019
May 07,2019 02:00:33 AM
That China and India compete for foreign military bases is not merely an extension of their very familiar rivalry but a definitive moment in their overall political evolution as modern states.
Tue, May 07, 2019
April 30,2019 00:10:36 AM
India now needs to prepare for an outer space that might become an active military theatre. Above all it needs collaboration with allies and partners in outer space.
Tue, Apr 30, 2019
April 27,2019 17:27:42 PM
In a joint statement issued after the consultations America, Russia and China outlined agreement on a set of broad parameters for promoting peace in Afghanistan.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
April 23,2019 00:01:27 AM
Even as it shuns the BRI, India is recognising that the corridors spreading out from China have connectivity in space and digital domain.
Tue, Apr 23, 2019
April 16,2019 01:25:57 AM
The key to Modi’s success in the Muslim neighbourhood has been the decision to focus on India’s national self-interest rather than religion.
Tue, Apr 16, 2019
April 09,2019 00:45:03 AM
The problem is not the lack of big ideas within our political class. Few parties believe foreign policy is of any importance in winning elections.
Tue, Apr 09, 2019
April 02,2019 00:55:18 AM
Before India’s political scene got so intensely polarised, there was a time when the Opposition celebrated the government’s national security achievements. Offering formal praise for scientists becomes an excuse to duck some real questions.
Tue, Apr 02, 2019
March 26,2019 01:56:57 AM
If the political classes choose to turn every problem in the neighbourhood into a domestic contestation, Delhi’s adversaries will continue to gain ground in India’s neighbourhood.
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
March 18,2019 23:35:14 PM
The unprecedented speed of online communication, the relative ease of spreading misinformation and the growing sophistication of fake news has helped constitute a new global cyber landscape that few could have imagined a decade ago.
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
March 12,2019 00:09:55 AM
The election is a good opportunity for the BJP and Congress to debate the changing international situation, India’s response.
Tue, Mar 12, 2019


