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Above All, Look after Yourself: Conflict Mediation with Chinese Characteristics
BIG POWERS NOT only start conflicts or take sides in them, they can sometimes act as mediators trying to end a conflict. As hard as it may be to believe today, the US has been involved in settling at least 11 conflicts since 1990, including in Central America, Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia and Sudan. Unsurprisingly,…
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ചാരുന്നേയുള്ളൂ ; ഇന്ത്യ ചായുന്നില്ല (Only Leaning, India is Not Aligning)
സജീവമായ സാമ്പത്തിക-ഭരണ വ്യവസ്ഥാപരമായ പരിഷ്കാരങ്ങളില്ലാതെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ചൈനാനയം പരിമിതപ്പെടുകയും സൈനിക-സാമ്പത്തിക ശക്തിസന്തുലനം ചൈനയ്ക്ക്അ നുകൂലമായി നിൽക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും…
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India-China thaw — real progress or an impression of progress?
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi will head to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders’ summit at the end of August but attention will be focused on the bilateral relationship…
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India’s China policy at a crossroads
THE IRONY IS that this ‘normalisation’ of ties with China is not one that is the result of hard bargains or one that showcases any advantages for India
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Why India must rethink its Tibet policy
THE JULY 2 announcement by the 14th Dalai Lama stating that the traditional process of his reincarnation will continue is an occasion to examine Indian and Chinese responses, the reasons for the Dalai Lama’s decision and to ask the question of what Indian policy going ahead should be…
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China’s new trilaterals reshaping regional balance in South Asia
FOR OVER A decade, China has pursued its grand strategic project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and more recently its extensions – the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilisation Initiative…
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China’s ‘National Rejuvenation’ v/s MAGA
THE WORLD IS currently reeling from US President Donald Trump’s desire to “Make America Great Again.” The MAGA movement and Trump’s second turn at the American presidency is a populist response to years of rising income inequality and social upheaval in the US. Long before Trump came up with MAGA…
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Delhi’s multilateralism plank needs tweaking
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIA and China are now at the heart of their interactions in multilateral institutions and, thus, of geopolitics
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China and an American Pope in Rome
THE APPOINTMENT OF the United States-born Robert Prevost as the new Pope, Leo XIV has more than religious significance to it. It’s also a matter of geopolitical significance at a time when China is increasingly contending with the US for global domination…