Manifesto Guarantee Deconstructed
As can be expected, these go unmentioned in the manifesto – after all the manifesto is supposed to create a feel good factor in the nation. The end result of 'Modi’s guarantee’ could be contrary to the promises.
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The Name Game: China’s Renaming Strategy in Arunachal Pradesh
Srikanth Kondapalli China has been raising irredentist claims on territories and resources of its neighbors on one pretext or another in order to finally grab them. China’s leadership is following what its communist party founder Mao Zedong used to say…
Why Democracy Deserves the First-Time Voter’s Support
We must choose not the least bad option but the option that allows us to develop new thinking without such thought being labelled deviant and being crushed.
Democracy
Many tend to make their choice of political party in much the same manner as in which they decide which team to support in the World Cup.
The likes and dislikes of friends and family play a large role. The impression created by a particular leader at the local or the national level makes a difference. Claims and counterclaims of what governments run by the parties seeking their vote have achieved matter.
The media plays a big role in making such considerations available to the voter, modifying the considerations en route. Most of the media hinders, rather than helps.
Navigating the Complex Dynamics of West Asian Geopolitics: Preventing Escalation
What will the complex calculus of the new Middle East crisis resolve into, and what will be the impact on India?
ISRAEL has succeeded in diverting world attention from Gaza and Hamas to Iran. This is similar to how Hamas, in October 2023, successfully short-circuited US efforts at normalising relations between the Arab states and Israel under the Abrahams Accord.
These moves and countermoves are ratcheting up the intensity of conflict in West Asia with serious global implications, including for India. The Indian approach seems to be similar to that in the case of the conflict in Ukraine— to play both sides.
Navigating the Rough Seas: China’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific
China continues to warn regional players of negative consequences of their actions. Yet, it is Beijing’s own behaviour that is reshaping the Indo-Pacific landscape.
Escalating Tensions: Philippines Confronts China's Aggression in the South China Sea
The waters of the South China Sea are roiling again; this time, it is the Philippines that is at the heart of the turbulence. Although Manila and Beijing have been at loggerheads over submerged shoals in the South China Sea for decades, China has upped the ante in recent months with Chinese ships firing water cannons and ramming into Philippine ships. Beijing’s grey zone tactics have been evident to the wider world, with Manila hoping that perhaps this negative publicity would force China to back off. But that has not been the case so far.
A New Yen for Change: Understanding Japan’s Currency and Implications on Geopolitics
Japan's recent emergence from a negative interest rate regime marks a new assertiveness on the part of the first post-World War 2 miracle economy