Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesn’t get pressured
2 years, 6 months ago

Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesn’t get pressured

Deccan Chronicle  

Sovereign nations are those with absolute power over themselves. This comes because of its dominance across a range of things from military power to being the largest economy, its position as the issuer of the world’s reserve currency and its primacy in technology. Russia, though much weaker than America and also weaker than the erstwhile Soviet Union, also is a major power because of its military strength which is deployed in places like Syria. We must remember that China’s influence of the world, which has expanded exponentially since 2000, has not come on the back of its position on the United Nations Security Council. To resist external pressure, it could use India’s inherent assets and try and make democracy stronger by giving more space to human rights and minority rights.

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US Sutra | India’s quest for great power status: What is needed?
1 week ago

US Sutra | India’s quest for great power status: What is needed?

Firstpost  

As the US steps back from its role as a global policeman, the vacuum in international security governance is palpable. This shift heralds an era where regional powers might take on more significant roles in maintaining peace within their spheres of influence India would need to bolster its military capabilities, possibly increasing its defence budget, enhancing its naval presence in …

India is the kind of associate power that Donald Trump will look for: Walter Mead
1 month, 1 week ago

India is the kind of associate power that Donald Trump will look for: Walter Mead

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to be supportive of both the bilateral relationship with India and the Quad amid continuing contestation with China, leading American columnist and academic Walter Russell Mead said on Saturday. Walter Mead said India was among the countries that had done the best with Donald Trump during his last term by coming up …

India deserves to be in list of global superpowers: Putin
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India deserves to be in list of global superpowers: Putin

Deccan Chronicle  

Moscow: India deserves to be included in the list of global superpowers as its economy is currently growing faster than in any other country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Addressing the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, Putin also said Russia is developing relations with India in all directions and there is a great …

Rebalancing India's Great Power Relations: A Crucial Moment for the Indo-Pacific
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rebalancing India's Great Power Relations: A Crucial Moment for the Indo-Pacific

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation in the sixth Quad Leaders' Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., has raised hopes of consolidating security cooperation among the four leading maritime democracies in the Indo-Pacific. However, it was India's National Security Adviser's (NSA) trip to Russia in early September for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) NSA meeting, which included a high-profile …

India plays opportunistic game in US: China Daily editorial
3 months, 4 weeks ago

India plays opportunistic game in US: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his hosts in Kyiv on Friday, one month after his visit to Moscow, he was committed to playing a personal role in trying to mediate in the over-2-year-old conflict between Ukraine and Russia, urging both sides "to sit together and look for ways to come out of this crisis". Speaking to a gathering of Indian-Americans …

Opinion: India, stability, and 'new world order' - Global security from New Delhi's vantage
9 months ago

Opinion: India, stability, and 'new world order' - Global security from New Delhi's vantage

India Today  

India will head into elections from the middle of next month in what is the world’s largest democratic exercise. At the recently concluded India Today Conclave, the Prime Minister mentioned that India will offer stability and prosperity for an uncertain world in the coming five years. From an Indian perspective, the outreach to the Gulf under Modi is multilayered, ranging …

Aakar Patel | Of Authoritarianism and Freedom: What the world is saying about today’s India
9 months, 1 week ago

Aakar Patel | Of Authoritarianism and Freedom: What the world is saying about today’s India

Deccan Chronicle  

There was a popular video recently by a young man named Dhruv Rathee, which irked the government’s supporters. Its broad argument may be understood by the title, which was “Is India becoming a dictatorship?” The examples used in the video included the recent rigging of the Chandigarh mayoral election by the BJP, the recent rigging of the panel to select …

India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows
10 months, 3 weeks ago

India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. The deployment highlights the country as a “proactive contributor” to international maritime stability, said Vice Adm. Anil Kumar Chawla, who retired in 2021 as head of India’s southern naval command. Baruah, who directs the Indian Ocean Initiative at the Carnegie …

Aakar Patel | It's time to rethink India\'s role in the world; if it\'s helping us
1 year, 1 month ago

Aakar Patel | It's time to rethink India\'s role in the world; if it\'s helping us

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian government has abstained from calling for an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip in a UN General Assembly resolution in order to avoid upsetting the United States. In 2014, the BJP manifesto said it would “strengthen Saarc” and that India’s states “will be encouraged to play a greater role in diplomacy”. This approach comes from a …

Aakar Patel | What will make India great? The nation's rise, or people's benefit
1 year, 2 months ago

Aakar Patel | What will make India great? The nation's rise, or people's benefit

Deccan Chronicle  

The world’s largest economy is the United States, which has a GDP of $26 trillion. During last month’s Vibrant Gujarat summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India’s economy would be third largest during his third term, meaning from 2024 to 2029. In May, a business newspaper carried this headline: “Per capita GDP for Bangladesh higher than India till 2022”. …

India will continue to raise its voice in support of Afghan people: Ruchira Kamboj tells UNSC
1 year, 2 months ago

India will continue to raise its voice in support of Afghan people: Ruchira Kamboj tells UNSC

The Hindu  

India’s permanent representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj has reiterated the country’s steadfast dedication to peace, stability and humanitarian support for Afghanistan. In a U.N. Security Council briefing on Afghanistan on September 27, Ms. Kamboj highlighted three key observations regarding the situation in Afghanistan while drawing upon India’s historical and civilisational ties with the Afghan people. “At #UNSC Briefing …

Dilemmas of India’s great power ambitions
1 year, 5 months ago

Dilemmas of India’s great power ambitions

The Hindu  

“What kind of a global power will India be?” There are those who argue that India should aspire to be a great power and assert its growing power internationally; others argue that India should focus on the uplift of millions of its people above the poverty line, improve governance and reconcile within the country before venturing into making a better …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Our Pak-China focus hurts India's stature in the world
1 year, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Our Pak-China focus hurts India's stature in the world

Deccan Chronicle  

The India-chaired online Shanghai Organisation Cooperation summit in New Delhi did not go very well for India, and the experts are busy explaining it away. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a veiled attack on Pakistan in the context of cross-border terrorism, and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had responded by calling out state terrorism without naming India because Pakistan …

Rahul Gandhi on China: India cannot be ‘pushed around’
1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul Gandhi on China: India cannot be ‘pushed around’

Live Mint  

Rahul Gandhi has emphasised that India will not be swayed by China and stressed that the relationship between the two nations is expected to be challenging in the coming years. The ongoing border standoff in eastern Ladakh has further strained bilateral ties, with India emphasising the importance of border peace for a normal bilateral relationship. Highlighting the significance of India's …

Aakar Patel | Targeting others': How will it benefit India or brighten the future?
1 year, 8 months ago

Aakar Patel | Targeting others': How will it benefit India or brighten the future?

Deccan Chronicle  

Ideologies usually have an end-state or a desired place they want to arrive at. This is what Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, said was the purpose behind the introduction of religion in the Constitution and making God the sovereign instead of Parliament. It is completely unthinkable to us in the India of 2023 that the majority …

Book Review | No room for atavism if India hopes to be a leading world power
1 year, 9 months ago

Book Review | No room for atavism if India hopes to be a leading world power

Deccan Chronicle  

The rhetoric is compelling, even seductive: India, we are told, has burst upon the world as a great power. Dr Tellis refers to S. Jaishankar’s articulation of India’s foreign policy goals, which suggests that India is seeking to become a “leading” and not a “great” power or just a “balancing” power. “ Modi’s vision, strictly speaking, envisages India becoming a …

Citing PM Modi's ‘not an era of war’ comment on Russia, US says ‘India has…’
1 year, 9 months ago

Citing PM Modi's ‘not an era of war’ comment on Russia, US says ‘India has…’

Hindustan Times  

The United States expressed hope that it can work with India to bring an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. Lauding PM Modi, Ned Price said, "India has the ability we have seen from Prime Minister Modi to speak with tremendous moral clarity. When Prime Minister Modi said last year "this is not …

In the new evolving world, India needs a new vision
1 year, 11 months ago

In the new evolving world, India needs a new vision

The Hindu  

The year 2022 can perhaps be best summarised by a quote by Vladimir Lenin: ‘There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.’ The year began with the ostensible vanquishing of the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the remarkable collective vaccination efforts of science, business and governments across the world. Editorial | Clarity and confusion: On Rahul …

Modi and Jaishankar have become to foreign policy what Rao and Manmohan were once to economy
2 years, 2 months ago

Modi and Jaishankar have become to foreign policy what Rao and Manmohan were once to economy

Firstpost  

The Gulf War had left India in a precarious situation. When one revisits the year 1991 in India’s history and gathers thoughts on its significance for India’s destiny three decades later, there is an uncanny resemblance that is found between Rao-Manmohan combination and Modi-Jaishankar partnership — but the latter is in the domain of foreign policy. Since then a new …

Aakar Patel | Can India do what it takes to make a big leap forward?
2 years, 3 months ago

Aakar Patel | Can India do what it takes to make a big leap forward?

Deccan Chronicle  

India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest economy. In the 10 years till 1993, that nation grew its GDP by 15 per cent each year to reach $8,884. The World Bank’s data shows that India’s per capita income in 1960 was $82, while China’s was $89. To grow at 15 per cent per year is …

Head-on | How a rising India can counter China’s geopolitical challenge
2 years, 4 months ago

Head-on | How a rising India can counter China’s geopolitical challenge

Firstpost  

China’s pre-occupation with Taiwan over the next few years along with its continuing economic slowdown presents India with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebalance the geopolitical odds in its favour Indian policymakers have several economic, geopolitical and military levers to counter the challenge China poses to India’s orderly rise as a regional power today and as a global power in the …

DC Edit | Modi\'s hardsell in Europe
2 years, 7 months ago

DC Edit | Modi\'s hardsell in Europe

Deccan Chronicle  

In the geopolitical landscape that has shifted thanks to the war raging in Ukraine, India appears to have explained its stance of strategic neutrality better to European countries than it has to the US. It might appear contradictory that India — more deeply committed to its ties with the US now than ever before in history — is more in …

‘With Us or Against Us’ is Outdated, the Quad Will Benefit from India-Russia Ties
2 years, 8 months ago

‘With Us or Against Us’ is Outdated, the Quad Will Benefit from India-Russia Ties

News 18  

The US and EU’s sanctions on Russia for its military action in Ukraine have made India assert its strategic autonomy. President Biden touched on the topic, claiming India’s response to the sanctions has been “shaky.” Despite this, India continued to work towards its energy security by engaging with Russia while it also held multilateral and bilateral meetings with Quad members. …

DC Edit | India\'s stance over Putin\'s war gets harder to sustain
2 years, 9 months ago

DC Edit | India\'s stance over Putin\'s war gets harder to sustain

Deccan Chronicle  

US President Joe Biden’s admonishment of India for its “shaky” stand on Russia with regard to its invasion of Ukraine was bound to come. As the leader of the free world who is proactive in keeping Nato and EU nations united in its stand against Russia and towards which he is travelling to Brussels and Warsaw, Mr Biden had to …

How India changed direction of its engagement with major powers: From non-alignment to multi-alignment
3 years ago

How India changed direction of its engagement with major powers: From non-alignment to multi-alignment

Firstpost  

In India, some foreign policy analysts declared non-alignment 2.0 to demonstrate the nation’s strategic autonomy. However, the slow but steady evolution of India-US strategic partnership made the non-alignment strategy moribund for all practical purposes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s five-hour visit to India and ten-year extension of a military agreement, among other things, raise questions over the strength of India-US strategic …

Aakar Patel | Bigotry misfit in modern world: What direction is India headed?
3 years, 1 month ago

Aakar Patel | Bigotry misfit in modern world: What direction is India headed?

Deccan Chronicle  

For many years, I had the opportunity to visit and study Pakistan and also to write for its newspapers. Even today, Pakistan's laws are largely the same as India's and the residents of Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar are familiar with things like Sections 420, 302 and 144. The punishments remained on the books but the State, which was a modern …

India’s path to power: Strategy in a world adrift
3 years, 2 months ago

India’s path to power: Strategy in a world adrift

Hindustan Times  

It is often said that countries have no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests. The core strategic principles outlined in there remain relevant to India’s continuing engagement with the world: The need to make independent judgments in internation- al affairs while not being unduly influenced by ideas and policies emanating from elsewhere; the need to develop the capacity for …

A strategy for India in a world that is adrift
3 years, 2 months ago

A strategy for India in a world that is adrift

The Hindu  

New situations require fresh thinking. A few of us — Yamini Aiyar, Sunil Khilnani, Prakash Menon, Nitin Pai, Ajit Ranade, Srinath Raghavan, and Shyam Saran — some of whom were authors a decade ago of Non-Alignment 2.0, were prompted by the tectonic shifts in India’s internal and external environment to take another look at India’s path to power in a …

Aakar Patel | No good news: It's difficult to be an optimist in India today
3 years, 6 months ago

Aakar Patel | No good news: It's difficult to be an optimist in India today

Deccan Chronicle  

It is not easy to find good news in India and has not been easy for a long time now. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an interview last year offered five points to correct course, but he also added that a course-correction was possible only after one had acknowledged that there was a problem. The MGNREGA programme’s size last …

India story is not over yet: Fast global aid indicates world wants New Delhi's resurgence
3 years, 6 months ago

India story is not over yet: Fast global aid indicates world wants New Delhi's resurgence

Firstpost  

At the India-EU summit in early May, French president Emmanuel Macron declared, “India does not need to listen to lectures from anyone about vaccine supplies. It may be difficult to comprehend at this moment of distress, but if not for India’s earnest global engagement over the past few years—and, its proactive assistance to many nations during the first wave of …

Aakar Patel | How the world sees India is changing not for the better
3 years, 8 months ago

Aakar Patel | How the world sees India is changing not for the better

Deccan Chronicle  

What sort of India is the present generation growing up in and what will they live through? India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force -- meaning those who are employed or looking for work -- is at a historic low. Within India our politics has become dark and election …

Aakar Patel | India's image in free fall, but govt in denial on real causes
3 years, 9 months ago

Aakar Patel | India's image in free fall, but govt in denial on real causes

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2020, the Narendra Modi government decided to improve India’s standing on various indices that showed a deterioration in governance. A report the next month said the government was “working to improve India’s ranking on 29 global indices, and it wants the message to reach everyone loud and clear”. The way it would do this was “a massive publicity campaign” …

Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India's global reputation hit
3 years, 9 months ago

Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India's global reputation hit

Deccan Chronicle  

The Washington Post’s editorial board has written that India’s claim of being a democracy should be put in question. India’s brave soldiers like Akshay Kumar and Sachin Tendulkar did not respond to the Washington Post either, as they had done to Rihanna. The Economist, which is the world’s most respected magazine, has carried a headline in its latest issue which …

Ladakh Crisis and its Strategic Implications: India Needs to do Much More to Bridge the Power Gap With China
3 years, 10 months ago

Ladakh Crisis and its Strategic Implications: India Needs to do Much More to Bridge the Power Gap With China

News 18  

The disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops, amassed face to face in the Pangong Tso area in Galwan Valley in Ladakh for the past nine months, comes as a relief not only to the people of India and China but also to the neighbouring Asian states and the world. India’s engagement strategy was predicated on the expectation that trust, destroyed …

Project Force: Is India a military superpower or a Paper Tiger?
3 years, 10 months ago

Project Force: Is India a military superpower or a Paper Tiger?

Al Jazeera  

After decades of under-investment, India’s military forces have been in decline, but it isn’t all bad news for the country. With a weak air force that is under-strength, an army still bogged down with strategic ideas formed in the last century and a navy that looks good on paper but is being comprehensively outclassed by China’s navy, India is finally …

Aakar Patel | Fragile Index shows India is headed into a scary future
3 years, 11 months ago

Aakar Patel | Fragile Index shows India is headed into a scary future

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the many globally measured indicators in which India has fallen since 2014 is the Fragile States Index. In the detailed chapter on India, the index tells us why it is they think our future is more likely to be shared with these nations rather than with the prosperous and democratic Western countries that we want to be with. …

The reality of an India at the crossroads
4 years ago

The reality of an India at the crossroads

The Hindu  

Individual events are often an indicator of broader trends. India’s forays in its Near Abroad in West Asia are yet to yield results, even though, on the surface, relations with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are better. Comment | The shifting trajectory of India’s foreign policy Signs of rigid policies Far more serious, however, are concerns being voiced …

The shifting trajectory of India’s foreign policy
4 years, 1 month ago

The shifting trajectory of India’s foreign policy

The Hindu  

The Third India-U.S. 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of India and the U.S. The centrepiece of the dialogue was the signing of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation, which marked India’s entry as a full member into the select category of nations entitled to receive highly classified U.S. defence and intelligence information. Even …

Aakar Patel | Jaishankar’s prescriptions are simplistic, just excuses
4 years, 3 months ago

Aakar Patel | Jaishankar’s prescriptions are simplistic, just excuses

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s foreign minister comes from a family of scholars. Subrahmanyam’s son Sanjay, Jaishankar’s brother, is one of the world’s most famous scholars of medieval India. Jaishankar has recent a book released a few days ago which said three things had negatively affected India’s foreign policy. The second was the delay in the economic reforms of 1991: if done earlier, they …

The Democracy Factor in Indian Foreign Policy Amid the New Cold War Between China & US
4 years, 4 months ago

The Democracy Factor in Indian Foreign Policy Amid the New Cold War Between China & US

News 18  

As tensions in Sino-Indian relations continue to escalate, the role of democracy in shaping India’s response to growing Chinese assertion has become increasingly prominent. Yet although US President Donald Trump can undermine Chinese influence from afar, India’s geographical proximity to China places them in an extremely volatile position. By banning various Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms such …

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