India’s Strategic Imperative in Post-Hasina Bangladesh
India must persist as future of South Asia is embedded in a firm Delhi-Dhaka engagement.
Harsh V Pant
Professor of International Relations at King’s College London and Director of Research at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi.
India Faces New Bangladesh Reality
Sheikh Hasina is gone, but the real challenge begins now. A new reality confronts the people of Bangladesh. There is a new sense of optimism, but it is embedded in a deeply divided society and polity.
India Intensifies Pushback Against China: A Strategic Shift Beyond the Neighborhood
The week gone by has been a busy period for India in the Indo-Pacific. India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Laos and the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Japan. Jaishankar's visit to Laos also featured a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, following their last meeting at Astana earlier this year. The context for Jaishankar's visit was set by India's enduring pushback against China in key arenas of its interest.
India’s Foreign Policy Budget: Aspirations Outlined Amid Structural Constraints
Harsh V PantAditya Gowdara Shivamurthy Structural issues like partial utilisation of allocated funds, slow implementation of projects, and short-staffing pose a major challenge to the successful implementation of the budget. The full budget for the current financial year that was…
The Unstoppable Surge: Trump Gains Ground as Biden Faces Mounting Challenges
Harsh V Pant Even before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, American politics was churning. But after the dramatic developments of last week, it’s spinning in a way few could have foreseen. Even as President Joe Biden is…
The Trump-Vance Impact: Shaping Global Order Regardless of Election Results
The most significant aspect of a Trump-Vance foreign policy is likely to be closer scrutiny of China. The isolationist streak in America’s body politic is a warning to the rest of the world that has become too dependent on the US as the key guarantor of global security.