China is a South Asian country, sharing borders with 14 countries including India. Governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC) since 1949, it has rapidly transformed into a global manufacturing hub and technological leader. Its significance lies in its economic rise in the region and hegemonic influence over smaller countries through loans and the Belt and Road Initiative.
As the epicenter of COVID-19, China faced global scrutiny over its pandemic response. Its strict zero-COVID policy and economic slowdowns have affected global markets, while trade disputes and technological restrictions with the US, EU, and India continue to shape its global relations.
China’s foreign policy is marked by its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), expanding influence through infrastructure projects, and territorial disputes, particularly in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and along the India-China border. It fought a war with India in 1962 over Aksai Chin, and tensions persist along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), most recent being the Galwan Valley clash in 2020.
Who is doing “Rona dhona “? Only the people who find everything wrong about the BJP. Most Indians understand that India is focusing on its own growth. They couldn’t care less about Pakistan.
Bottom line …Mr Gupta’s realist framework misses Bharat’s deepest asset. Wars end, oil wells dry up, remittances stop — then what? What endures is Dharma — not its politicized caricature, but its civilizational essence that has sustained this land through every existential crisis. Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitaha. No sanctions can embargo that.
This blog is actually funny and to a degree silly. It diagnoses but does not treat
The article does have a repetitive, belaboring quality to it.
Most of what he’s laying out about India’s dependencies — energy, remittances, fertilizers, military hardware — isn’t exactly revelatory.
These are well-documented structural constraints that any serious foreign policy observer already knows.
The Gulf remittance dependency, the Russian arms relationship, the Iran oil question — these have been discussed extensively for years, especially since the Ukraine war began in 2022.
Pointing out “India has dependencies therefore limited strategic autonomy” is a bit like writing a long column to conclude that water is wet.
The more interesting and harder question — what should India actually do differently, and by when, and how — gets dispatched in roughly one vague paragraph at the end about “honesty and diligence over two decades.”
This piece could have gone much further than restating the obvious and actually grappled with what strategic autonomy would concretely require.
Navel gazing. One part of that will have to be an honest evaluation of Quad. President Trump has called NATO, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary – Europe bringing value to USA both economically ( very substantial, along with Japan ) and strategically ( perhaps a little less ) – a “ Paper tiger “. European partners “ Cowards “ UK’s aircraft carriers “ toys “. A term of disparagement for Prince MbS, who is de facto Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, occupies a special position in the Islamic world. True, some of the personality quirks of President Trump will not carry over into the next administration. However, a clear evaluation of the costs and benefits of Quad membership, how much it helps us in dealing with China.
Here comes the paki loving fake news peddler couptaji again, spinning his BS.
Pakistan having strategic clarity is as true as you couptaji seeing a coup in delhi by indian army.
Have some shame. ven pakistanis do not believe they are so good. you are so pathetic.
And about energy and palstics , fertilisers what do you want the BJp to do ? dig in your farm for oil ? only gas they may find is in your posterior after you have had lots of free pakistani biryani. LOL