Need for foreign aid can often turn nations into battlegrounds for big global players at the cost of their own interests, says a study by Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan analysts have a lot to say about India's move to cancel meeting ahead of UNGA; CPEC now finds its way to Cairo.
M Narendra Modi, in an oblique reference to the BRI, said any mega connectivity project must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries involved.
The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
India should be making more NOISE for China to leave TIBET. That will solve many of the problems that India is fighting for and bring a lot of good to Tibet and the world.
Saw a video clip of Mark Wiens travelling through Gilgit – Baltistan, a beautiful territory, sharing food with its hospitable inhabitants. Not sure how many of them would wish to become part of us. There is an official position on PoK, Dr Farooq Abdullah has sometimes been candid in his disagreement with it. If this becomes the basis for opposing BRI / CPEC, then that becomes a real cost to pay for a somewhat nebulous claim. Have often felt that pragmatism and economic realism must suffuse our foreign policy more deeply.
India should be making more NOISE for China to leave TIBET. That will solve many of the problems that India is fighting for and bring a lot of good to Tibet and the world.
Saw a video clip of Mark Wiens travelling through Gilgit – Baltistan, a beautiful territory, sharing food with its hospitable inhabitants. Not sure how many of them would wish to become part of us. There is an official position on PoK, Dr Farooq Abdullah has sometimes been candid in his disagreement with it. If this becomes the basis for opposing BRI / CPEC, then that becomes a real cost to pay for a somewhat nebulous claim. Have often felt that pragmatism and economic realism must suffuse our foreign policy more deeply.