Foreign Policy & Strategy
Positioning Critical Minerals in the India-EU Partnership...
Anindita Sinh discusses the potential for India and the EU to cooperate towards resilient supply chains for critical minerals given their shared...
Interview | Prominent Indian Economist Warns Pakistan’s Economic Crash...
In this episode of Thought Behind Things, Sanjay Kathuria discusses Pakistan's economy. ...
Australia Should Champion Indian Ocean Port Development...
Australia’s advanced port infrastructure and regulatory framework provide a strong foundation for its role in promoting port development and...
Reopening Trade With Pakistan Will Also Help India...
Given that India never banned trade, it should be simpler for India to reciprocate diplomatic outreach by rolling back the penal import duty....
Beyond Self-reliance: India’s International Partnerships on Critical...
This blog series maps and surveys the growing number of India’s international partnerships in the critical minerals space, providing readers with a...
Time to Secure Bay of Bengal...
BIMSTEC shouldn’t further delay its sixth summit to avoid losing relevance at a time its vision of economic integration is threatened by instability...
Pakistan Should Restructure Its Debt Now...
Even though the Pakistani government now appears to recognise its debt problem, it has failed to acknowledge the severity of the situation....
Will the IMF’s $7 Billion Bailout Stabilize Pakistan’s Economy?...
The article discusses the significance of the IMF’s latest package, whether it will help Pakistan out of its economic crisis, and its domestic...
Africa can Make India’s ‘Critical Mineral Mission’ Shine...
India will have to collaborate with countries in the continent which has a significant amount of the world’s known critical mineral reserves....
It’s a Brave new era of International Trade, and Canada is Unprepared...
The Liberal government’s decision to slap a 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles the past week should not have been a surprise. Yet, how...
A New Footing in South Asia For India-Russia Friendship...
PM Modi's visits to Moscow and Ukraine highlight Russia's rising role in South Asia, aligning with India's strategy beyond arms, energy, and China....
The Geopolitics in ‘Tibet Border’ Reference...
Dorjee Tshering Lepcha’s speech underlines that India’s development policies for its border areas and its policy towards China are connected, and...
Seven Things Kamala Harris Must do now...
She must not repeat Hillary Clinton’s mistakes or her own from the 2020 campaign; she must identify an issue she can own and she must define herself...
A Better but Still Insufficient MEA Budget for Indian Diplomacy...
For India to realise its 2047 Viksit Bharat ambition and pursue its strategies for an increasingly competitive and complex world, the Ministry of...
Interview | What The Union Budget Means For India’s Foreign...
Constantino Xavier explains the implications of the 2024 Union Budget for India's foreign policy....
Interview | Indian Diplomacy: China’s Economic Slowdown...
Jabin Jacob analysis the structural factors behind China’s ‘new normal’ of low GDP growth, the effects of this deceleration on Chinese people...
Russia’s Rising Role in India’s Neighbourhood First Policy...
The blog argues that common to most of the analysis on Russia-India relations is the restrictive tendency to focus on three pillars: arms, energy, and...
US Presidential Elections: The Challenge Before the Democrats...
With four months to go, can the party elevate a fresh new candidate who can take on Donald Trump?...
Toward a Durable India-Pakistan Peace: A Roadmap through Trade...
With re-elected governments now in place, the next few months offer some political space for bilateral trade discussions....
Recalling Ambassador Asrani’s Lagos Masterstroke...
Like the words of the Japanese poet, Basho, he loved, Asrani is now on a ‘journey... my dream goes wandering’....
A Chain that Links us All...
Ramu Damodaran writes about how a governor of Andamans influenced the Barbados programme of action for Small Island Developing States in 1994. ...
US Campus Crises: Are America and a Fragile World Order at Risk of Coming...
The divisions in the US universities beyond the gates of the campus have created the perfect breeding ground for political bottom-feeders....
All Powers Great and Small: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better in...
Shivshankar Menon examines the shifting dynamics of global geopolitics, emphasising the historical evolution from empires to modern superstates and...
Interview | Questioning Katchatheevu Agreement Could Damage Ties,...
Former envoys to Sri Lanka say the Ministry of External Affairs’s position for the past decade has been in line with previous government thus far...
Why India Must Put Africa at the Heart of its Global South Vision...
As Africa houses three-fourths of humanity and over 39 per cent of the global GDP, there's a growing call to reform existing structures towards a more...
Podcast | A Fresh Look at India’s Neighborhood First Policy...
Constantino Xavier joins Milan Vaishnav to assess the Modi government's approach to managing India's relationship with its neighbors across the...
Crossroads of Power: Strategic Aspects of India’s Economic Relations...
This study reviews the strategic aspects and related ramifications of existing and potential surface trading routes between India and the three South...
Ukraine War, Gaza Conflict and Middle East Strikes: It’s Time Businesses...
Vikram Singh Mehta advises businesses to integrate scenario planning into risk management processes to tackle political risk in an increasingly...
India’s Climate Diplomacy: New Priorities and Policy Options...
This Policy Brief explores how India has transformed into a positive force on the global stage, achieving domestic climate targets and spearheading...
2024: Brazil’s G20 Year...
Brazil gears up to lead the G20 with a three-point agenda focusing on combating hunger, poverty, and inequality; sustainable development; and global...
Quad-ASEAN Technology Cooperation for Critical Minerals Supply Chains...
As a part of CSEP's ongoing work on securing critical minerals for India’s green technology and net-zero transition, this analysis incorporates...
Diplomacy in a Changing World...
Shivshankar Menon explores the shifting tides of diplomacy. This piece examines the evolving landscape of international relations in a changing world....
Podcast | Trade Ties: Exploring South Asia’s Evolving Geopolitical...
Sanjay Kathuria discusses how the geopolitical competition in South Asia is influencing trade relations and policies of the states engaged in the...
To Lead the Global South, India Must Leverage Its Bridging Power...
India actively works with the United Nations on South-South development, being one of its largest financial donors....
How the Psychology of Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden and MBS is Driving Oil...
The dominant drivers of the crude oil market today are not the fundamentals of demand and supply, but the non-fundamentals, the psychology of Prime...
Podcast | COP28: Spotlight On Indian Climate Diplomacy...
In the last one decade, India has cast itself as being part of the climate solution—which in turn has created the space for diplomatic negotiations....
Can a Polarised India Deter China?...
If the smartest thinkers in the US can worry about its political dysfunction and can call for ‘rebuilding support at home’, Indians should worry...
Climate Diplomacy Must Begin at Home...
It is now time to invest in a strategic capacity so that India's climate diplomacy is better equipped to transform prevailing climate commitments into...
India’s Global Climate Strategy...
India’s progress in driving the need for climate mitigation and adaptation has been commendable and swift. A key question is whether results in...
Podcast | How India and China Compete in Non-Aligned South Asia and The...
China’s economic, diplomatic, and military activities in South Asia and the Indian Ocean island states have New Delhi concerned about Beijing’s...
Tracks to Transition: India’s Global Climate Strategy...
An increasingly competitive geopolitical context is fragmenting global climate governance and traditional modes of multilateral cooperation. The...
Interview | Shivshankar Menon on India Canada Relations...
In an interview with ABC News, Shivshankar Menon discusses India Canada diplomatic relations....
Podcast | Shivshankar Menon on India, Narendra Modi, China, Australia and...
In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks to the leading Indian scholar and diplomat, Shivshankar Menon on Hamas’s attack...
Pakistan’s Missing Market...
Resuming trade with India is a chance to escape spiraling crises, writes Sanjay Kathuria in this article. ...
Did Mahatma Gandhi miss Nobel Prize because of an Air Crash?...
A diplomat had nearly swung the honour for Gandhi in 1961...
Canada needs to see India – not just the Diaspora...
Dealing with common challenges requires a political compact that addresses how both countries view Canada’s Indian diaspora and mitigating its worst...
Podcast | A Big-Picture Look at the India-China Relationship...
Shivshankar Menon shares his views on the India-China competition, the potential for cooperation or crisis, and what it means for India’s partners...
What India’s G20 Achieved for the Global South...
A multipolar world with competing power centres, rising economic fragmentation, and deglobalisation will only compound the pressures on institutions...
Nepal-India Transit Trade Ties Can Unlock Economic Opportunities,...
Nepal and India have renewed their transit trade agreement, improving Nepal's access to Indian sea ports and inland waterways, boosting supply chain...
Interview | The outlook for India’s Economy Shines Bright...
Riya Sinha talks about India’s connectivity with neighboring countries, liberalization of the economy, and strategies to attract foreign direct...
Interview | More Than Geopolitics, There’s Now Also an Economic Basis to...
Siddharth Varadarajan spoke to India’s former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the...
India is Adapting to the Shifting Climate Terrain...
India has a unique opportunity to use the G20 presidency to drive climate cooperation as crises abound and the desire for deep climate action is...
India-China Rivalry Not Episodic or Contextual but Structural: Experts...
It is not exactly true that India's rivalry with China is spoken of only in hushed tones. The Indian strategic community is quite vocal about this...
More of the same? India’s Strategic Balance...
In this episode of the Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs, Constantino Xavier discusses India’s foreign policy and its relationship with Russia....
Interview | Constantino Xavier on Operation Kaveri...
WION News speaks to Constantino Xavier on Operation Kaveri and the crisis in Sudan....
Podcast | India’s Strategic Shift...
Constantino Xavier discusses India’s foreign policy and its relationship with Russia....
Podcast | Connectivity and Cooperation in the Bay of Bengal Region...
In this episode of South Asia Chat, Ramita Iyer, Research Analyst, ISAS, speaks to the editors of the report - Constantino Xavier, and Amitendu Palit...
Interview | Geopolitical Differences and Economic Ties...
Rajesh Chadha discusses economic growth and geopolitical developments for India and Korea on Arirang News....
What India, As President of G-20 and Architect of Credo of Non-violence,...
Is there not a threshold beyond which the severity of human suffering renders meaningless words like “political sovereignty”, “national...
An Indian View on ASEAN...
This is an edited and revised adaptation of remarks by Shivshankar Menon from the E-Launch and Discussion of The State of Southeast Asia: 2023 Survey...
India’s vishwa guru ambitions need to be backed by resources,...
Man power and resources can strengthen India's vishwa guru ambition. It will need those resources for cooperation and competition with other...
How India Budgets to Become a Leading Power...
Constantino Xavier and Riya Sinha comment on the MEA Budget and how India can become a leading power in an increasingly uncertain, competitive and...
CO23016 | India’s Optimism for a New Regional Order...
The global pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have had a dual structural impact that accelerated Asia’s regional transition, which has been slowly...
Podcast | A World Between Orders...
Shivshankar Menon discusses what’s at stake in Ukraine, India’s place in this changing world, and what order could emerge from today’s...
India: Looking to Help Frame a New Global Balance...
India has been playing a silent but important role in pushing Brussels...and other European capitals, to recognise that the future global balance of...
Routledge Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia...
Chapter on "Reinventing Non-Alignment in South Asia:The Foreign Policies of Nepal and the Maldives" by Nicholas Blarel and Constantino Xavier in the...
How India Handles China will Determine Success of Foreign Policy...
The issue of how India handles China is likely to remain India's most complex external challenge....
India’s National Priorities are Best Served Domestically...
We should scale down expectations and time expended on preparing for the SCO and G20 summits, says Jaimini Bhagwati....
Putting Women at the Centre of Foreign Policy...
More than a moral mission, by nurturing a feminist dimension in its Neighbourhood First policy, India will be able to better achieve its regional...
‘India’s Nepal Policy has not Changed. There Will be Shifts, but...
Former Indian foreign secretary and national security advisor Shivshankar Menon on the changing power dynamics in South Asia, India’s political...
Nepal’s Delicate Foreign Policy Balancing Act...
By understanding Kathmandu’s domestic aims and regional balancing, both New Delhi and Washington can play to their strengths and maximize the...
Seventy Five Years of Indian Foreign Policy: Key Successes, and the Gaps...
Indian diplomacy has been bold and innovative but today's challenges require another reworking of statecraft in pursuit of the country's 'unvarying...
Nobody Wants the Current World Order...
How did all the major powers—even the United States—became revisionists....
IPEF versus RCEP...
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) has military ramifications, but the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) does not, says...
Why is Sri Lanka in Crisis, and What Comes Next?...
Constantino Xavier looks at how Sri Lanka’s governing choices over many years led to crisis, the difficult reforms ahead, and the implications of...
A New Cold War May Call for a Return to Nonalignment...
Why a growing number of countries want to avoid getting stuck in a great-power tussle—again....
The Ukraine Conflict has Raked up Old Dilemmas...
Vikram S Mehta writes: Issues related to energy security, climate change mitigation have been brought to the forefront....
The Indo-Pacific Economic Bloc Offers India a New Opportunity...
We’ll have to re-examine our traditional positions wherever needed to make the most of economic integration under the Indo Pacific Economic...
India Could Drink Sustainably from the Spring-Wells of Development...
Jaimini Bhagwati argues how India, as a swing state could seek greater accommodation of its strategic and economic interests with the West in light of...
Western Companies Can Help Ukraine by Sending Work...
Ukraine’s tech outsourcing sector, one of Europe’s largest, has adapted nimbly to the war....
Could S Jaishankar Don the Kissingerian Mantle?...
If there were an India-led peacemaking initiative, Jaishankar might be the best qualified to crack the Ukrainian diplomatic impasse, writes Vikram...
The Fantasy of the Free World: Are Democracies Really United Against...
Russia’s war in Ukraine might be a pivotal episode in a global contest between autocracy and democracy. Chastened by Putin’s gross violation of...
Has the Government Handled the Ukraine Crisis Well? | Interview...
In a 45-minute interview with The Wire, the former national security adviser Shivshankar Menon said the Indian government must play a forceful and...
Why the Corporate Flight From Russia Is No Precedent for China...
Despite the rising tensions with China, it is hard to see how the Ukraine war could set a precedent for a confrontation with a vastly bigger economic...
In Dialogue with Jaimini Bhagwati on “The Geoeconomic Effects of the...
Jaimini Bhagwati, Distinguished Fellow, CSEP, and former Indian Foreign Service officer, talks to Constantino Xavier, Fellow, CSEP about the impact...
In Dialogue with Shivshankar Menon on the Russia-Ukraine War...
In the first episode of In Dialogue, Shivshankar Menon, Distinguished Fellow, CSEP, and former NSA, talks to Constantino Xavier, Fellow, CSEP, about...
Don’t Use Chips to Play Poker With Putin...
Semiconductor blockades are powerful sanctions—but may not prove effective with Russia....
Internal Drivers of China’s External Behaviour...
Shivshankar Menon suggests crucial domestic factors which have driven China’s path and examines some implications of the role in shaping China’s...
Interpreting India at the Summit for Democracy...
For the Indian government, the future of democracy is being played out in Asia and Africa, where states are experimenting with competing governance...
‘The Fractured Himalaya: India, China, Tibet 1949-1962’ review: A...
The history of the critical initial years of a political relationship when India and China tried to manage issues such as the boundary question, and...
Economic Heft and Foreign Policy Posturing...
India's foreign policy options are circumscribed by its relatively inadequate economic size and technological capabilities, says Jaimini Bhagwati....
Power balance has shifted against us: Shivshankar Menon on India-China...
We have to rely on ourselves to deal with China. We have started military reforms but it is too early to say we have been successful, says Shivshankar...
A Strategy For India In a World That is Adrift...
The country’s path to power will be affected by the geopolitical and economic centres of gravity now shifting to Asia....
Cross-Border Terror Not Over-Arching Threat, SAARC Policy Needs Review...
India must rethink its attitude to cross-border terrorism which is “not an over-arching threat” and also urgently review its SAARC policy or run...
India and US have certain congruence in maritime security through IPS...
"I think India and the US have a certain congruence in maritime security through the Indo pacific in keeping those sea lanes open, safe, free but I...
Border Disputes? Let’s Make Boundaries Irrelevant Without Changing Them...
Shivshankar Menon discusses the factors that make our boundaries contested....
Indus Waters Treaty is worth preserving...
Selective cooperation with Pakistan, not mindless confrontation is the way forward, writes Jaimini Bhagwati...
India can’t yet claim to be vishwa guru: Shivshankar Menon...
Menon’s new book, India and Asian Geopolitics, is a “plea” for India to engage with the world, especially Asia. ...
Interview: Shivshankar Menon On His New Book ‘India And Asian...
India-China relations will be reset and there’s no going back to the status quo, Shivshankar Menon tells Youth ki Awaaz. ...
The great churning: Modi’s transformation of the Indian military...
India’s current military transformation requires greater civilian participation and expertise in defense matters....
India should not risk leaning too much on one side of global politics,...
Shivshankar Menon, author of ‘Choices: Inside the Making of Indian Foreign Policy’ and ‘India and Asian Geopolitics : The Past, Present.’...
Has Trump permanently altered U.S. foreign policy?...
"Trump has changed U.S. foreign policy because the world now sees the United States differently and because the world has gotten used to a less...
Use the Ladakh crisis as an opportunity...
Civilians need to focus, laser-like, perhaps by creating a Defence Reforms Unit nested within the National Security Council, to push the military to...
Connect East: Explaining India’s BIMSTEC focus...
India’s growing interest in BIMSTEC reflects a geo-economic priority to correct the exceptional connectivity gap that continues to divide the Bay of...
Why Jagat Mehta would have seen Xi in the Mao mould, not Deng...
I know my father would have advocated India find a diplomatic solution to the current imbroglio. But given his experience of Maoist China, he would...
Interview: On India’s neighbourhood, regional institutions and...
Q. Given your expertise in South Asia, by making use of the framework established within comparative politics how do you make sense of India’s...
India’s foreign affairs strategy...
India finds itself in an increasingly dangerous world, one that is fragmenting and slowing down economically....
Acting East: India in the Indo-Pacific...
On January 26, 2018, the 68th anniversary of India becoming a republic, New Delhi hosted the leaders of all 10 member states of the Association of...
Is Modi’s balancing act a reworking of India’s classic...
How many acronyms can one invent to signal a country’s foreign policy interests? Many, if you are Narendra Modi. The Indian prime minister...
From the iPhone to Huawei: The new geopolitics of technology...
In meetings in various international capitals this summer from a gathering of defense ministers in Singapore to a meeting of economic policy...
India 2024: A global India...
The next Indian government faces a world that looks very different from the way it did five – and certainly 10 or 20 – years ago. The global...
India 2024: A secure India...
If we wish to secure the continued transformation of India, we must be prepared for the new situation and threats that we face. At a minimum, that...
Survey of India’s Strategic Community...
Like every major country, India has a strategic community: a relatively small group of professionals who, in different ways, direct or...
Studying international relations in India...
Thank you for asking me to the All India International and Area Studies Convention 2019. You have chosen an ambitious topic: “Ascending India:...
Maritime connectivity and security in the Indo-Pacific...
Thank you for the kind invitation to address this august gathering in Bhubaneshwar today, and my Congratulations to Ambassador Lalit Mansingh and his...
Here’s why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia are trying to...
Asia is in a state of flux. China’s Belt and Road Initiative is reshaping the region’s geography, with roads and railways traversing...
India’s strategic landscape: An assessment...
In trying to assess the strategic environment in which India finds itself in 2018, it may be useful to make eight broad observations. One, the Indian...
How India and China are reshaping their neighborhood...
In this episode, Dhruva Jaishankar, fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings India, and Rush Doshi, post-doctoral fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings,...
What about India, Indonesia, Australia: The new trilateral? ...
Among the growing network of trilateral discussions involving India and other countries, one that has received relatively little attention is the...
India rising: Soft power and the world’s largest democracy...
Arguably, few phrases are as misused in international relations as “soft power.” When he coined the term, Joseph Nye captured the...
Here’s why central and eastern Europe may become an area of promise...
In a rare high-level engagement by India in an increasingly pivotal region, President Ram Nath Kovind is on a visit to Bulgaria and the Czech...
Implications of the US-China trade dispute...
President Donald Trump has unleashed a wave of tariffs over the past year against many of its largest trading partners including China, Canada, the...
India rising: Soft power and the world’s largest democracy...
Arguably, few phrases are as misused in international relations as “soft power.” When he coined the term, Joseph Nye captured the...
Changing nature of international order and the role of U.S....
Brookings India hosted an expert roundtable discussion with Bruce Jones, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings...
The World Cup exposes the limits of globalization...
International soccer, often known around the world as football, is undoubtedly a beneficiary and a symbol of globalization. Over 70 percent of players...
Measuring new indicators of growth...
Notions of being prosperous and developed are changing around the world. The concepts of Gross National Happiness and United Nations’ World...
Future of the India-Russia relationship post Sochi summit...
On May 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin for an informal summit in Sochi, where the two leaders upgraded this...
“Ball is in U.S. court for tariffs”...
Dhruva Jaishankar spoke at a panel discussion on BloombergQuint on how US President Donald Trump’s raising of tariffs was not necessarily...
Wuhan Summit: An important signal of intent by India and China...
The last two years have seen a considerable widening of differences between China and India over issues such as the boundary dispute, the Belt and...
Perspectives on Pacific geopolitics...
The concept of the Indo-Pacific has been in existence for several years now, although it has recently gained renewed traction. An understanding of the...
A Confluence of Two Strategies: The Japan-India Security Partnership in...
The primary driver of Indo-Japan ties is the shared concern about the implications of China’s rise. Japan’s reframing of its security...
What can be expected from a Trump-Kim meeting?...
In keeping with his reputation as the global disrupter-in-chief, US President Donald Trump’s unprecedented acceptance of a face-to-face meeting...
Donald Trump’s trade war: A disruptive approach to trade policy...
US President Donald Trump has changed the whole landscape of political discourse, especially with respect to trade policy. This began with the exit of...
Aid wars: U.S.-Soviet competition in India...
The issue of development aid has significant contemporary relevance. Today, many longstanding donor countries like the United States debate the...
Why is the Justin Trudeau visit to India turning into a diplomatic...
Dhruva Jaishankar spoke to BloombergQuint on Canadian Prime Minister’s visit to India and what a diplomatic nightmare it was turning out to be....
Three un-Davos men: How the culture of contradiction infused the speeches...
The Harvard political scientist, Samuel Huntington, is most well-known for the idea of a clash of civilisations: Post-Cold War conflicts, he...
Why Donald Trump must grab the opportunity to get US trade policy right...
US president Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office left the TPP highly uncertain. After...
What’s changed in the Trump administration’s approach to Asia?...
Let us give credit where credit is due. For all the talk of dysfunction and policy incoherence in Washington under President Donald J. Trump, his...
Tillerson’s visit opens a window of opportunity that India must...
In 2000, in the midst of a US election, George W Bush’s top foreign policy adviser Condoleezza Rice wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs that...
Donald Trump’s Iran folly and India’s dilemma...
On 13 October, US President Donald Trump, in a much-anticipated move, declared Iran a “rogue regime”, a sponsor of terrorism, and an...
BRICS: From a big bang to a whimper...
The 9th Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in Xiamen began dramatically with a big bang, but it was not the kind of noise...
China miscalculated how to handle India, allowed face-saving exit...
To the considerable relief of all parties involved, India and China agreed yesterday to end a 74-day stand-off by their security forces near the...
Beware the Trump effect...
This is a tale of two septuagenarians; I hope they never meet. One is the country of India as an independent democratic nation. The other is the...
Why are China and India in a border standoff?...
The standoff between Chinese and Indian forces near the trijunction with Bhutan is a live, and sensitive, issue for all three countries. It has also...
Even as India attempts to ‘Act East’, it is ‘Thinking...
Not that long ago, the words ‘Not valid for travel to South Africa or Israel’ used to be clearly written on all Indian passports. Narendra...
Assessing Indo-US ties...
Dhruva Jaishankar on BBC assessing Indo-US ties....
On China, Modi Won Unexpected Support From Trump...
There is a lot to analyse, and possibly over-analyse, about the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump....
Facebook Chat on India-US relations...
Q: Dhruva, according to you which sectors will be the focus of the India-U.S. dialogue? Dhruva: Thanks for your question. The India-U.S. agenda is...
Trump & Modi: Seeking a global partnership?...
The visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Washington DC provides an opportunity for the US and India to set aside some of the uncertainties that have...
Realizing the India-US trade potential...
There is significant scope to develop a cooperative India-US trade relationship that expands bilateral economic ties. This is something for US...
Growing the U.S.-India economic relationship: The only way forward...
The June 26 White House meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and United States President Donald Trump will be an opportunity to...
Modi Trump Summit...
Dhruva Jaishankar speaks to FirstPost on the June 26 Modi Trump Summit....
India and the United States in the Trump era: Re-evaluating bilateral and...
Donald Trump’s election at a time of growing and converging interests between India and the United States necessitates a re-evaluation of...
Donald Trump’s friends and foes: a role reversal...
Since the US took to the global stage during World War I, two categories of countries have mattered to its world view: allies and adversaries. Both...
Actualising East: India in a Multipolar Asia...
After years of a ‘Look East’ policy that recognised the importance of the Asia-Pacific region for Indian interests, the Indian government...
‘Vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ for the 21st century...
From Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, India’s leaders have often evoked the phrase vasudhaiva kutumbakam (the world is one family), taken from...
India doesn’t have a lot to lose by boycotting OBOR. Read why...
What does India want from the world? It’s quite clear, really: international partnerships to accelerate its domestic development, a stable and...
Indo-US naval cooperation: steady as she goes?...
The US and Indian navies could carry out ‘benign naval and maritime activity’ during periods of diplomatic strain. In the ever-expanding...
Trump’s new trade tax in uncharted territory...
The proposed border tax adjustment policy deviates from the conventional WTO-consistent regime. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his...
Can Trump really value a strong, independent India?...
The US capital is a strange place these days. The District of Columbia’s coffee shops are running a brisk business, attending to a steady stream...
Dhruva Jaishankar on how the H-1B visa controversy will affect India...
https://twitter.com/ABCNews24/status/826396780057079808 Brookings India Fellow for Foreign Policy Dhruva Jaishankar spoke to ABC News on the future of...
What Trump’s TPP withdrawal means for India...
In one of his first acts upon assuming office, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum confirming the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific...
Passing the baton: what to watch in the Donald Trump regime...
With Donald Trump taking over as US President from Barack Obama, what legacy does he inherit? How could the change in administration in Washington...
Global trends: discontinuity and disruption – risks and challenges...
Key global trends include rising income, climate change, growing cyber dependency, ageing population, artificial intelligence, and the changing nature...
Barack Obama leaves a mixed legacy: impressive handling of the US economy...
Eight years ago, on a freezing January morning, I stood with over a million people on the National Mall in Washington DC to watch a 47-year-old...
Australia-India relations: poised for take off...
Relations between India and the United States before the redefining changes of the past two decades were possibly best summarised in the title of a...
It’s time to resuscitate the Asia-Pacific Quad...
2016 was quite a year. The Middle East continued its violent downward spiral; a failed coup in Turkey erased the last vestiges of democracy in that...
How Donald Trump may re-negotiate the TPP...
In a recent video message, US president-elect Donald Trump announced certain actions he would take on the first day of his administration. On the...
Trump’s decision on Trans-Pacific Partnership gives India some...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a landmark trade deal driven by US which spanned 12 Pacific Rim countries, excluding China. It was viewed as...
How to tame a dragon: To deal with Chinese muscle in a post-American...
The election of Donald Trump as US president has unleashed further uncertainty on a world already in considerable flux. Trump has promised economic...
‘India should be less worried about trade with US than others’...
Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings India, tells Aditi Phadnis of the Business Standard that India should take advantage of Donald...
India, meet President Trump...
For India, there are naturally opportunities in Trump’s election, but concerns over his Asian policy cannot be brushed aside With the election...
Uncertainty and unpredictability about Trump’s presidency...
Dhruva Jaishankar spoke to Quint and BloombergQuint on what having Donald Trump as the next U.S. President means for India. The election of Donald J...
With Trump’s victory, American exceptionalism came to an end...
Fifteen years ago, I came to the United States as an undergraduate student. A few weeks after my arrival, I watched the World Trade Center’s...
What Trump’s Presidency Means For India?...
Dhruva Jaishankar spoke to BloombergQuint on the implications for India of a Trump presidency in the United States....
Brics Summit overshadowed by “how to isolate Pakistan” agenda...
Instead of using the Brics summit to push for greater economic growth and a greater global governance role, India sought to use it more for dealing...
Politics at BRICS...
In a TV panel discussion Dhruva Jaishankar weighs in on three larger-than-life personalities that took centre stage at the 2016 BRICS summit in Goa....
India on the international stage...
Guest interviewer Tanvi Madan, fellow and director of the India Project in Foreign Policy, Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, distinguished fellow in...
Pew survey results heartening for government but should not lead to...
What does India think? This is a question that those of us who work on policy issues outside of government are often expected to answer. A country as...
Why Hillary is a safe bet for India...
The field is set. With the formal anointing of party nominees at the Republican and Democratic Party conventions in July, either Hillary Clinton or...
“Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric does not create an opening for...
In an interview to The Quint on July 22, Foreign Policy Fellow Dhruva Jaishankar offered a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Presidential election...
Donald Trump official nomination for the US Presidential elections...
Now that Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s official nominee for the US Presidential elections, it’s time to think about what a Donald...
As China’s Pakistan ties deepen, India needs a strategy to mitigate...
Much of what we have seen in the strengthened China-Pakistan alignment in the last decade is a reaction to the rise of India. Andrew Small, a former...
Divided, volatile world ahead...
Brexit could not have come at a worse time. The world is a risky place, and many problems can only be addressed through global institutions and...
Brexit: The first major casualty of digital democracy...
In the aftermath of the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, we are left with more questions than answers. Dhruva Jaishankar writes...
India’s underpowered foreign policy...
Narendra Modi government needs to work with several other constituents, including state governments, corporate sector, think tanks and civil society...
Can India’s Think Tanks Be Truly Effective?...
If there is one big challenge that all think tanks face it is measuring their effectiveness writes Dhruva Jaishankar I have worked for much of the...
What the Nuclear Security Summits mean for South Africa...
WPS Sidhu provides an in-depth analysis of South Africa’s nuclear position and the ramification of Nuclear Security Summits on South...
The Brussels syndrome...
There needs to be an international consensus on zero tolerance for all terrorism, as advocated by India and several other countries writes WPS Sidhu....
Dr Barack versus President Obama...
Barack Obama’s foreign policy reflects a moral duality that has befuddled friends and enemies alike Barack Obama’s foreign policy, like...
What China’s rise means for India...
As a rising power, China is determined to have an independent say in the economic, political, and security order around her and in the world. What...
A tale of an election and a selection...
Unless the P5 recognize that a weak and inept leader challenges their own legitimacy, the UN will be encumbered by a powerless leader writes WPS Sidhu...
The global implications of Barack Obama’s speech...
The US president’s swan song has eloquently, though incompletely, spelt out an ambitious but essential vision for a new world order The annual...
What drives South Asians to peacekeeping?...
Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW), quotes Brookings India Non-Resident Senior Fellow WPS Sidhu extensively on how...
Cities become battlefields of terrorism as world continues to urbanise...
The recent series of dastardly and heinous attacks in places as dispersed as Baghdad, Beirut, Bamako, Kabul and Paris by myriad terrorist outfits...
Africa: The indispensible continent for India?...
Despite the Narendra Modi government’s foreign policy hyper-activism, Africa has remained a neglected continent for India. When the India-Africa...
Private sector, state government, civil society can take India-Africa...
With over 40 African heads of governments and states attending, the third India-Africa Forum Summ (IAFS) being held in New Delhi is the biggest...
Africa, the indispensable continent for India...
Four ways in which India and Africa matter to each other The third (IAFS) in New Delhi this week, with over 40 African heads of governments and...
It is time to get past the “single story” about Africa...
India has only 29 embassies in Africa, while the continent has 54 countries — or 55 if one counts the disputed Western Sahara as a...
Watching how Modi’s UAE visit translates on ground...
WPS Sidhu outlines important issues to watch in India-UAE relations, from investments to countering terrorism, Indian workers rights and diplomacy...
UAE visit part of Modi’s Look East, Link West strategy...
WPS Sidhu would like to wait and watch out the India-UAE cooperation on counter-terrorism is actually going to play out This interview first appeared...
UNSC: Misreading an opportunity...
Recent news reports would have us believe that India’s chances for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have been...
Revealing the real strategic significance of BRICS...
The recently concluded twin summits in Ufa – the summits of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping and the Shanghai...
Strategic Importance of Ufa Summits...
The recently concluded twin summits in Ufa, Russia of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping and the SCO (Shanghai...
Brics: Shaping a New World order, Finally...
From the 6th Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit at Fortaleza to the forthcoming seventh Brics summit in Ufa this week, this...
Looking ahead: The next 365 days...
By most accounts Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has notched up a good year in the foreign policy realm, with Modi himself being the...
India-U.S. Relations: Repaired, Revived, Revitalized...
In the foreign policy arena the biggest accomplishment of the Narendra Modi government has doubtless been the evolution of relations with the United...
Bold Initiatives Stymied by Systemic Weakness...
While Mr. Modi’s foreign policy objectives are the same as his predecessor, what has changed is the implementation and operationalization of...
How great power competition has changed...
Power is now more evenly distributed in the international system. As a result, there is rising geopolitical competition among great powers....
The Iran deal: Implications for U.S.-India relations...
Should the deal with Iran on nuclear non-proliferation be concluded this summer, it would also vindicate India’s preference for diplomacy over...
India: Building the Foundations for Robust Global Engagement...
While Mr. Modi’s personal world view and its effect on India’s foreign policy is difficult to discern, India has considerable potential to...
What the Iran nuclear deal means for India...
The Iran deal or the “Parameters for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear...
The Big Deal...
This column first appeared in the Indian Express, on January 29, 2015. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is...
The Bilateral Imperative...
This column first appeared in Business Standard, on January 25, 2015. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is...
Operationalizing India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation...
U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, starting with the July 18, 2005 nuclear agreement and culminating in the formal 123-agreement bill approved by...
Introduction: Building Up the India-U.S. Relationship...
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama met for their first summit in September 2014 in Washington DC, they had a crowded and...
Learning the art of deal-making...
This column first appeared in Mint, on December 8, 2014. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is intended to...
War, peace and international order...
This column first appeared in Mint, on November 9, 2014. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is intended to...
Modi’s delivery challenges...
By all accounts Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was triumphal: both in purely investment terms and in terms of the lofty rhetoric...
Rhetoric signifying something...
This column first appeared in the Indian Express, on October 6, 2014. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is...
Modi’s prayer at the multilateral altar...
This column first appeared in Mint, on September 29, 2014. Like other products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is intended to...
India-U.S. Relations: The View from New Delhi...
There was a time when India-U.S. relations were summed up in platitudes like “world’s largest democracies,” while seasoned pundits...
Energy: A Solid Pillar upon which to Build India-U.S. Relations...
In this India-U.S. Policy Memo, Vikram Singh Mehta emphasizes the importance of energy as a solid pillar for building and consolidating India-U.S....
Lessons not to emulate from Japan...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Japan coincides with his 100 days in office and underlines his foreign policy emphasis on deeds...
Re-energizing India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation...
India-U.S. civil nuclear cooperation, starting with the July 2005 nuclear agreement and culminating in the formal 123-agreement bill approved by the...
India’s Foreign Policy Priorities and India-U.S. Relations...
There is broad consensus in India that the country’s single most important objective is to become the world’s third largest economy by...
A transformative India-US dialogue?...
This column first appeared in Mint, on August 4, 2014. Like all products of the Brookings Institution India Center, this is intended to contribute...
Just another set of BRICS in the wall?...
There is supreme irony that the genesis of the self-consciously anti-western BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping came from...
Just Another Set of BRICS in the Wall ?...
Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu outlines how due to inherent contradictions within the group and open competition between China and India, BRICS might not...
Iraq: Modi’s black swan moment...
In the grand scheme of candidate, and now prime minister, Narendra Modi ‘Iraq’ never featured either benignly or as a potential cause of...
Iraq: Modi’s Black Swan Moment...
In this article, W.P.S. Sidhu talks about the crisis in Iraq and how the kidnapping of the Indian hostages by ISIS caught the Modi administration...
US & India: Hope of deliverance...
Initiatives by US President Barack Obama and Prime Minisiter Narendra Modi, leaders of the world’s biggest democracies, last fortnight evoked...
Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy...
*This column first appeared in Mint, on May 25, 2014. All views are personal. Brookings India does not hold an institutional view on any subject....
Foreign policy: continuity, not change...
On the last day of polling in India’s 16th general elections the final phase of which witnessed vicious, communal and extremely local...
The Concept of Strategic Balance: Relevance and Reality – An Asian...
Introduction: The concept of strategic balance was developed by the two superpowers in the context of East-West nuclear contestation during the Cold...
Contemporary Geopolitics...
Senior Fellow WPS Sidhu made presentations at The Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), as part of the teaching and research multidisciplinary...
Saudi Arabia, Iran and a three-way tango...
If India is serious about being everyone’s ally in the Persian Gulf, it will have to engineer a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran In a...
India’s travails when peace talks fail...
The spectacular failure of the Syrians on both the political and humanitarian fronts has put India’s objectives in jeopardy and reflects the...
Hearing echoes of 1914 in 2014...
The spread of power centres all over the word (rather than its concentration in Europe as was the case in 1914) may prevent global war Noted Oxford...
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