Can India re-imagine South Asia
2 years, 7 months ago

Can India re-imagine South Asia

The Hindu  

After weeks of protests, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down this month, but that is not the only big political non-electoral change in the neighbourhood in 2021-22. Then we had a similar kind of global economic shock triggered by the oil embargoes which hurt practically every South Asian country, including India. On the other hand, China has started a new South Asian outreach, delivered vaccines when India couldn’t. Do you see the U.S. in South Asia today as a force multiplier for India’s efforts or as a rival to both China and India? Srinath Raghavan: Whether countries in the region are looking to India for leadership or not depends on the quality of India’s growth and economic prosperity.

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Why India’s efforts to engage Global South is a forceful idea
1 week, 6 days ago

Why India’s efforts to engage Global South is a forceful idea

Firstpost  

Today, about 40 per cent of global trade, 50 per cent of manufacturing and a significant share of high-tech products are accounted for by the Global South As the Global South continues to evolve, there is much speculation about its future form and structure, especially considering the rise of economic and geopolitical powers like China and India within the non-West …

Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can grow, develop
2 weeks ago

Aakar Patel | South Asia needs to end communalism to ensure region can grow, develop

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP’s Ram Madhav has written an article titled “For South Asia to grow, communalism must end”. The World Bank says that “South Asia is one of the least integrated regions in the world in terms of trade and people-to-people contact.” Intra-regional trade between Bangladesh, India and Pakistan accounts for five per cent of our total trade, compared to Southeast …

Saarc in limbo, rethink concept of South Asia
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Saarc in limbo, rethink concept of South Asia

Hindustan Times  

Sunday, December 8 was South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Charter Day. On this day in 1985, seven South Asian countries — India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka — convened in Dhaka and signed a charter to establish Saarc to promote peace, and development in one of the world’s poorest and least integrated regions, which has historically …

Transforming Ties: India's Evolving Foreign Policy Towards China and Other Neighbours
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Transforming Ties: India's Evolving Foreign Policy Towards China and Other Neighbours

Firstpost  

India's evolving foreign policy towards China and other neighbors is evident in the recent development of a significant agreement between the two countries on a comprehensive economic and maritime security partnership. This move signifies India's ability to adapt its foreign policy to suit changing circumstances and prioritize its interests, despite facing challenges from China's assertive posture. The agreement also highlights …

World Bank Calls for Tariff Reduction and Ease of FDI in India to Unlock Growth Potential
2 months, 1 week ago

World Bank Calls for Tariff Reduction and Ease of FDI in India to Unlock Growth Potential

Live Mint  

World Bank economist Franziska Ohnsorge urges India to reduce tariffs and ease foreign direct investment restrictions to unlock its full potential. She highlights India's small market share but emphasizes that it can still capitalize on opportunities due to its proximity to global supply chains. The World Bank expects South Asia to remain the fastest growing among emerging market and developing …

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before

Firstpost  

There is hardly any clarity on what China wants — whether Beijing aims to amicably settle the boundary issues and make further progress in trade and cultural ties or if it seeks to encroach on India’s territory On April 10, 2024, amidst the high-pitched and polarising campaign for the upcoming national elections in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a …

Kamal Davar | After Bangladesh’s eruption, stabilising of neighbourhood has become crucial
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamal Davar | After Bangladesh’s eruption, stabilising of neighbourhood has become crucial

Deccan Chronicle  

The last few years have seen serious geopolitical disruptions, both globally and regionally. India’s entire neighbourhood, namely the South Asian region, is by all standards gravely stressed, and thanks to the regional bully, the overly assertive China, has been transformed into an area of intense contestation. Regrettably, the traumatic events of the past three weeks in neighbouring Bangladesh -- a …

A new footing in South Asia for India-Russia friendship
4 months ago

A new footing in South Asia for India-Russia friendship

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s July visit to Moscow and this week’s trip to Ukraine revived the debate on what role Russia plays in India’s evolving strategic balance. But a closer look shows that — except for Pakistan — Russia is also playing a rising role in South Asia, aligned with India’s Neighbourhood First policy from Afghanistan to Myanmar and from …

The View From India Newsletter Lessons from the region
4 months ago

The View From India Newsletter Lessons from the region

The Hindu  

South Asia doesn’t have to look far for crucial lessons in politics. From the coup in Myanmar, the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in 2021, to the political ouster of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, by a people’s uprising, in 2022, to the more recent fall of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following a formidable …

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy

Hindustan Times  

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy, released in December 2022, highlights the country’s willingness to engage with the Indo-Pacific concept, shedding the ambiguity of the earlier stance under president Yoon Suk Yeol’s predecessor. This policy step-up recognises emerging geopolitical trends that require South Korea to engage with new territories previously overlooked in its strategic radar, such as the Indian Ocean Region. The …

Malaysia: A fulcrum for a new improved ASEAN-India-China strategic relationship?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Malaysia: A fulcrum for a new improved ASEAN-India-China strategic relationship?

Hindustan Times  

Major trade supply chains stand disrupted with conflicts that continue to persist around the world. Geographically, its constituent states straddle two of the most significant global trade routes, that of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. While it is a vital shipping route carrying trillions of dollars in cargo that acts as a gateway to the Indian Ocean, …

India, Singapore well positioned to create new era of opportunity: President Shanmugaratnam
5 months, 1 week ago

India, Singapore well positioned to create new era of opportunity: President Shanmugaratnam

Hindustan Times  

Singapore, India and Southeast Asia are well positioned to create a new era of opportunity, equity and sustainability, despite the resurgence of industrial policies among the major economies, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Thursday. India, Singapore well positioned to create new era of opportunity: President Shanmugaratnam Working with other responsible middle powers, both regions have the ability to strengthen …

Grand Strategy: Time to reset the rules of the game in South Asia
6 months, 1 week ago

Grand Strategy: Time to reset the rules of the game in South Asia

Hindustan Times  

By inviting the leaders of key neighbouring countries to the swearing-in ceremony of the new council of ministers, New Delhi has made its intentions clear: It plans to double down on efforts to engage the neighbourhood and regain its influence. South Asian government leaders at PM Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in Delhi The fact is that China has changed the …

U.S.-India ties based on common vision and values: U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin
6 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S.-India ties based on common vision and values: U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin

The Hindu  

Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on June 1 said the U.S.-India ties are based on a common vision and common values and the momentum in the relationship is not only going to continue but will pick up speed. “So, I believe the momentum that we see is not only going to continue but, at a point, it will pick up …

India’s transformation critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia: Jaishankar
6 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s transformation critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia: Jaishankar

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India’s transformation is critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia and the country’s growing weight will ensure the world order remains in favour of freedom, openness and transparency, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. External affairs minister S Jaishankar speaks during the 2024 Nikkei Future of Asia Forum on May 24 In a virtual address to Nikkei …

A Delhi-Tokyo-Seoul trilateral in the making
9 months ago

A Delhi-Tokyo-Seoul trilateral in the making

Hindustan Times  

During his back-to-back visits to Seoul and Tokyo recently, external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, set the tone and agenda for future cooperation with two of India’s major partners in the Indo-Pacific. Japan and South Korea play pivotal roles in India’s Indo-Pacific outreach, contributing significantly to the region’s strategic landscape across various dimensions. The Quad partnership, which includes Japan, aligns with …

India-Japan-South Korea trilateral: Time to chart new paths in the Indo-Pacific
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India-Japan-South Korea trilateral: Time to chart new paths in the Indo-Pacific

Firstpost  

The three nations must take the opportunity to fortify their partnership to safeguard their interests and uphold the international rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific In 2011 an idea was germinated in New Delhi over a dinner reception, and that idea led to the formation of a trilateral between India, South Korea, and Japan. Japan and South Korea can utilise this …

Frontline On Air | India in the South Asian neighbourhood: Friendship or friction?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Frontline On Air | India in the South Asian neighbourhood: Friendship or friction?

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2024 17:18 IST - 1 MIN READ The economic shock of COVID-19 in 2020-2021 and subsequent escalating debt burdens, the ongoing Ukraine war now in its third year, and, in 2023, the eruption of the Gaza conflict, repeatedly jolted the economies of all countries in South Asia. The smaller and more vulnerable economies of all of …

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 …

India can export military systems to Global South countries: IAF chief
1 year ago

India can export military systems to Global South countries: IAF chief

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India’s growing indigenous defence capability has opened the doors for partnerships with the countries of the Global South, and fighter jets, combat helicopters and missile systems hold export potential, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Friday. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari “Platforms like the light combat aircraft, light combat …

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam
1 year ago

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam

Firstpost  

India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic partnerships in the region In a noteworthy development, the Indian Navy has extended its military footprint in the South China Sea, marking a significant shift in regional dynamics. India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic …

India-U.S. relationship has moved in a positive direction, says USISPF chief
1 year ago

India-U.S. relationship has moved in a positive direction, says USISPF chief

The Hindu  

The relationship between India and the U.S. has moved in a positive direction ranging from trade to defence and the two nations have shown a sense of deep understating of each other's differences, the head of a top India-centric business and strategic group has said. "When you look at it from the geopolitical QUAD perspective, there's more alignment between the …

Aakar Patel | Has South Asia hobbled itself? Can we turn into Korea, Taiwan?
1 year ago

Aakar Patel | Has South Asia hobbled itself? Can we turn into Korea, Taiwan?

Deccan Chronicle  

Last week, I wrote about South Asia remaining poor compared to many nations in Asia, which have done something different from us. Note that this is per person income and of the world’s 7.7 billion people, South Asia contributes a full 23 per cent. The World Bank says that intra-regional trade between Bangladesh, India and Pakistan accounts for five per …

India and Japan Converge in Southeast Asia
1 year, 1 month ago

India and Japan Converge in Southeast Asia

The Hindu  

Upon dropping a series of Chinese-led infrastructure projects due to sustainability and geopolitical concerns, the Philippines is now redirecting its attention to Japan and India as alternative sources of development and security. Thus, Japan and India’s bolstered engagements in Southeast Asia complement the interest of resident countries like the Philippines to lessen their susceptibility to China’s expanding economic clout and …

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics
1 year, 2 months ago

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics

Hindustan Times  

As the India-China rivalry is played out across the Indian Ocean region, domestic politics is becoming a key focal point of geopolitics. In the last decade, as China’s naval presence has grown across the Indian Ocean, the region has become a centerpiece of strategic rivalry between India and China. The question of China’s growing military and economic presence and its …

South Asia is expected to grow by nearly 6% this year, making it the world’s fastest-growing region
1 year, 2 months ago

South Asia is expected to grow by nearly 6% this year, making it the world’s fastest-growing region

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The latest South Asia Development Update from the World Bank projected growth in the region to slow slightly to 5.6% in 2024 and 2025, as …

‘India Did Not Forget Us’: Leaders of Global South Thank New Delhi for Post-Pandemic Support
1 year, 2 months ago

‘India Did Not Forget Us’: Leaders of Global South Thank New Delhi for Post-Pandemic Support

News 18  

Guyana, St. Lucia, Bhutan, Maldives and Mauritius thanked India at the United Nations for casting the spotlight on Global South during G20 New Delhi and across multilateral forums and helping with their post-pandemic economic recovery. Guyanese foreign minister Hugh Todd said India now has a seat at the table and is taking nations of the Global South on board. Listen …

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities
1 year, 3 months ago

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities

Firstpost  

The year 2023 marks 50 years of India and the Republic of Korea, South Korea, bilateral relations. RoK’s immediate security concerns are the nuclear powers communist China and North Korea, the latter being backed by the former. Over 50 per cent of India’s global trade passes through the South China Sea. India-RoK bilateral defence deals and the recently held Korea-India …

The Global South should have a bigger voice
1 year, 3 months ago

The Global South should have a bigger voice

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY India has set several new benchmarks during its G20 presidency. Besides themes of climate finance, women-led development, sustainable development, agriculture and food security, digital public infrastructure and the ongoing Ukraine crisis, G20 policy priority has put the focus on the concerns of the Global South. However, the G20 presidency, passing from Indonesia to India to Brazil to …

The Global South should have a bigger voice
1 year, 3 months ago

The Global South should have a bigger voice

China Daily  

WANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY India has set several new benchmarks during its G20 presidency. Besides themes of climate finance, women-led development, sustainable development, agriculture and food security, digital public infrastructure and the ongoing Ukraine crisis, G20 policy priority has put the focus on the concerns of the Global South. However, the G20 presidency, passing from Indonesia to India to Brazil to …

Finding Seoul in the Indo-Pacific
1 year, 3 months ago

Finding Seoul in the Indo-Pacific

The Hindu  

The historic Camp David summit in August this year among the leaders of the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea marks the new beginning of the strategic partnership among the three traditional allies. As India and ROK commemorate the 50th year of their diplomatic relations, the Camp David summit, and a refreshingly new strategic thinking in Seoul, offer …

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna

The Hindu  

The U.S.' relationship with India is "critical" in dealing with its strategic adversaries — China and Russia, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Mr. Khanna said it was unreasonable for the U.S. to expect that India will block the Strait of Malacca during a conflict with China, but New Delhi can be aggressive on its borders in Ladakh and Arunachal …

India seeks bigger role in Indo-Pacific as China continues on aggressive path
1 year, 4 months ago

India seeks bigger role in Indo-Pacific as China continues on aggressive path

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "guarantee" that during his third term, India will become the third largest economy, one place below China, a country with which India is having bilateral issues for quite a while now. The recent developments in the region are hinting that India is seeking a big-brother role in the Indo-Pacific region, especially for countries …

Whose Indo-Pacific Are You Talking About? - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

Whose Indo-Pacific Are You Talking About? - News18

News 18  

In geographical terms, Maldives is a small country compared to most others. In this overall background, the irony was that Maldivian Vice President Faisal Naseem was urging for peace in the Indian Ocean at a conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, when the nation’s Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was participating and also co-moderating a green energy round-table of the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum …

Enhancing India’s maritime footprint in the Indo-Pacific
1 year, 7 months ago

Enhancing India’s maritime footprint in the Indo-Pacific

Hindustan Times  

From May 2-8, 2023, the maiden Association of Southeast Asian Nations -India Maritime Exercise took place in the Indian Ocean. India’s ASEAN outreach began in 1992 when New Delhi was admitted as a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN; 2022 marked 30 years of this partnership, which was celebrated as India-ASEAN Friendship Year. In 2019, India and ASEAN outlined their approaches …

Indo-Pacific in focus of India and S Korea talks
1 year, 8 months ago

Indo-Pacific in focus of India and S Korea talks

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister S Jaishankar and his south Korean counterpart Park Jin on Friday discussed ways to take forward the strategic partnership between the two countries and the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. India and South Korea have also expanded their relationship to cover the economic development cooperation fund, under which both sides are implementing projects, Jaishankar said. “In this …

A common agenda for the Global South
1 year, 8 months ago

A common agenda for the Global South

Hindustan Times  

There is a great deal of curiosity and some scepticism in international capitals about India’s newfound embrace of the Global South. In January, India convened a Voice of the Global South virtual conference, where leaders and ministers from 120 countries discussed a variety of issues, from health and agriculture to trade and energy. The Global South’s limited representation in international …

At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power
1 year, 9 months ago

At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — With the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies meeting Thursday in New Delhi, host India is promoting itself as a rising superpower while leveraging its position on the global stage to bridge the gap between the West and Russia. On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the country’s foreign minister would be …

Trading more within Asia makes economic sense
1 year, 10 months ago

Trading more within Asia makes economic sense

The Hindu  

South Asia should now have a re-look at regional trade across Asia after the warning by the International Monetary Fund on January 31, 2023, that global trade would slow down from 5.4% in 2022 to 2.4% in 2023. A recently published paper in an IMF book, “South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth”, argues that a strong base exists for South …

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | India’s neighbourhood outreach | What lies ahead for South Asia in 2023?
1 year, 10 months ago

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | India’s neighbourhood outreach | What lies ahead for South Asia in 2023?

The Hindu  

India begins the year with an outreach in the neighbourhood- with visits to Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan, and even an invitation to Pakistan- what lies ahead for 2023 in South Asia? Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra visited Bhutan and held talks with the fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuck and called on Prime Minister Lyonchhen Lotay Tshering- discussions on development …

DC Edit | At last, Global South has a voice
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | At last, Global South has a voice

Deccan Chronicle  

There was no great sense of optimism, leave alone any certainty, about the world resolving the major issues of 2022 when it entered 2023. The world is in crisis and there is no end in sight paraphrased Mr Modi’s concerns as he addressed the Global South, a collection of 120 Asian, African, and Latin American countries that do not have …

India to take up development issues facing Global South at G-20 meetings: Sitharaman
1 year, 11 months ago

India to take up development issues facing Global South at G-20 meetings: Sitharaman

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: India will take up developmental issues of the Global South at the meetings of the G-20 countries emphasising that there should not be any first world or third world, but only one world having a common future. Addressing the ministerial session at the Global South Summit, she said India will use the G-20 Presidency to encourage collective solutions …

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 …

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation
2 years ago

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation

The Hindu  

As 2022 comes to an end, the world is embracing a ‘new normal’ where new fault lines are being reconfigured in the Indo-Pacific. As tensions between an aggressive China and an emerging India intensify, New Delhi’s Quad partners are also making inroads in its backyard, ushering significant changes in the region. China’s widening outreach The contestation for South Asia and …

Deciphering the 19th ASEAN-India Summit
2 years, 1 month ago

Deciphering the 19th ASEAN-India Summit

Hindustan Times  

The Association of South East Asian Nations and India had the 19th Summit to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Asean-India dialogue relations on November 12, 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With the global economic landscape shift, Asean and India need to work more closely to explore new sources of growth and prosperity. Although trade growth both in India and Asean, …

Aakar Patel | Can the whole of South Asia work as one to develop itself?
2 years, 3 months ago

Aakar Patel | Can the whole of South Asia work as one to develop itself?

Deccan Chronicle  

We like to think India is in some way different from the rest of South Asia, but we’re really not. In 1990, just 32 years ago, Bangladesh’s life expectancy at birth was 56 years and mean years of schooling 3.3 years. The world average was 72 years of life expectancy at birth and 8.6 years of schooling, meaning that with …

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 …

The race of two Asian giants: India and China
2 years, 4 months ago

The race of two Asian giants: India and China

The Hindu  

Last month, a United Nations population survey estimated that a milestone may be passed in 2023. This is a reminder of how far the two Asian giants have come since their moments of profound political change in the late 1940s: independence for India in 1947, and the victory of the Chinese Communist Party and establishment of the People’s Republic of …

The great divergence across South Asia
2 years, 4 months ago

The great divergence across South Asia

Hindustan Times  

Borders sometimes appear blurry and meaningless in today’s digitised world. There are four large economies in South Asia: India, which produces an annual output well over a trillion dollars; Pakistan and Bangladesh, each of whose output exceeds $100 billion every year; and Sri Lanka, whose output tends to be a little below $100 billion in a normal year. Unsurprisingly, India …

History, Southside | When India, SE Asia belonged to a globalised medieval world
2 years, 4 months ago

History, Southside | When India, SE Asia belonged to a globalised medieval world

Hindustan Times  

Among the most pervasive ideas about India’s history — repeated by diplomat, scholar, and social media user alike — is that the subcontinent “influenced” Southeast Asia in various ways. For example, a scholar at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses writes, “With Southeast Asia, India has been enjoying the historical legacy of the strong influence of the Indic civilization.” …

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