The Global Human Capital Index sees India finish 103rd among 130 countries, behind Sri Lanka and Nepal, and just ahead of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Donald Trump has promised more troops in Afghanistan and criticised Pakistan for supporting terrorism. Experts explain what this could mean for India and south Asia.
There is no evidence that Hafiz Saeed’s political party would do any better than the many Islamic parties which have been losing elections for years in Pakistan.
Rahimullah Yusufzai
Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
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.
airy fairy stuff all this is…our own economy is in shambles and you are advocating expanding in the region. Law and order is breaking down, regulation and corruption is rife, PPPs are dead, infrastruture is growng at snail’s pace, people dont want to pay for toll bridges and other services, courts are overreaching and supportive of populist agenda…..
As before, as The Economist once noted, India will forever remain the country of the future. You speak about investing abroad- Indian business itself doesn’t want to invest in infrastructure-toll road, ports, airways, power plants.
To make matters worse, Pakistan has hitched its wagon to the rising star.
Indian story is over. Not only over…it will unravel fast now onwards
with the failure of India Kashmir policy and the continued pre occupation of marginalising Muslim population . India has wasted its economic clout . The jumping into south china sea issue and trying to use Japan or Vietnam against China will be regretted
Is China really dominating South Asia? China which couldn’t retain its friendly relationship with all in ASEAN or East Asian neighbours can’t match India’s influence in ASEAN or South Asia. Time will show who succeeds.
No one should even think of slaying the dragon. China is an immense economy, with huge trade volumes, growing capital surpluses which it can export in the form of much needed projects. We have been viewing South Asia in geopolitical terms, clouded by our unending standoff with Pakistan, which makes Saarc possibly the least productive regional grouping in the world. Time for basic reordering of our foreign policy, which has become too US centric and sometimes views the world in security oriented, zero sum terms, like the quad. More than the military and geopolitical rise of China, which is now in America’s league, we have failed to think through the implications of its relentless economic resurgence. It is taking over South Asia, without a shot being fired.
airy fairy stuff all this is…our own economy is in shambles and you are advocating expanding in the region. Law and order is breaking down, regulation and corruption is rife, PPPs are dead, infrastruture is growng at snail’s pace, people dont want to pay for toll bridges and other services, courts are overreaching and supportive of populist agenda…..
As before, as The Economist once noted, India will forever remain the country of the future. You speak about investing abroad- Indian business itself doesn’t want to invest in infrastructure-toll road, ports, airways, power plants.
To make matters worse, Pakistan has hitched its wagon to the rising star.
Indian story is over. Not only over…it will unravel fast now onwards
with the failure of India Kashmir policy and the continued pre occupation of marginalising Muslim population . India has wasted its economic clout . The jumping into south china sea issue and trying to use Japan or Vietnam against China will be regretted
Is China really dominating South Asia? China which couldn’t retain its friendly relationship with all in ASEAN or East Asian neighbours can’t match India’s influence in ASEAN or South Asia. Time will show who succeeds.
Some kind of armchair analysis ? I
No one should even think of slaying the dragon. China is an immense economy, with huge trade volumes, growing capital surpluses which it can export in the form of much needed projects. We have been viewing South Asia in geopolitical terms, clouded by our unending standoff with Pakistan, which makes Saarc possibly the least productive regional grouping in the world. Time for basic reordering of our foreign policy, which has become too US centric and sometimes views the world in security oriented, zero sum terms, like the quad. More than the military and geopolitical rise of China, which is now in America’s league, we have failed to think through the implications of its relentless economic resurgence. It is taking over South Asia, without a shot being fired.