Ties between India and the US have hit a rough patch, with President Donald J. Trump taking aim at New Delhi’s continuing trade with Russia. Trump has described India as a ‘dead economy’.
In Chinese discourse, India is portrayed as playing both sides, indecisive, and lacking strategic coherence, a “fence-sitter” unable to secure the confidence of either Washington or Beijing.
With Trump escalating trade tensions, especially with China, the 90-day moratorium presents a rare opportunity for India to strike while the iron is hot.
China wants to disregard India’s global status as the key factor forcing its hand toward military disengagement. But it can’t ignore New Delhi’s engagements with the US and its allies.
India must leverage its state capacity to implement policies that support businesses while avoiding coercive actions that create chilling effects on companies and investments.
Speaking at India Ideas Summit, Lindsey Ford says countries in Indo-Pacific are increasingly questioning the role China should have in their critical infrastructure.
The ‘Global Times’ commentary isn’t the first attempt by Chinese state media to criticise Indian diplomacy. But its swift retraction shows significant embarrassment for Beijing.
The need of the hour is for India to forge an ambitious SMR public-private partnership with the US–the country that spearheaded the exception for India at the Nuclear Suppliers Group 16 years ago.
Bangladeshi Hindu leaders are either in jail or in hiding. And some journalists who tried to report their continued persecution have either lost their jobs or mysteriously died.
Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
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