Indian power projection and influence will greatly depend on the choices of small powers — or partner countries — that exercise great agency despite power asymmetries.
GDP measures only the size of an economy. India’s economy must have more depth, more domestic industries, and faster income growth at the bottom, as China has achieved.
When both governments and international institutions are explicitly warning businesses about geopolitical risks, traditional corporate approaches to navigating international relations are no longer sufficient.
In an age of soft power and tech influence, fear of foreign bases misguides strategy. Calm analysis, not panic, must shape India's response in the Indian Ocean Region.
Africa can draw inspiration from India's unified political and economic model to tackle regional challenges, enhance stability, and gain geopolitical leverage in a volatile world.
Finding Sambhavna will not be easy in this time of rapidly changing geopolitics. But as the last eight editions of the GTS have proven to us, the possibilities are endless.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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