Navigating the China Challenge
Modi-Xi meeting puts India-China economic relations back in focus. The worry is not India’s large bilateral trade deficit but its strategic dependence on Chinese products in sensitive tech
Category Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies
Forging Ahead: China, India, and the Future of BRICS Leadership
With all the 10 BRICS member states (including five new members) meeting in Kazan, Russia, for the annual leaders' meeting from Tuesday to Thursday, the original five members of the grouping have catapulted onto varying trajectories that need urgent and innovative planning.
The Surge of Industrial Robots: China’s Leading Role in Automation
The biggest deployment of industrial robots is in China, which has a quarter of the world’s deployed industrial robots.
Shifting Focus: Jaishankar Signals Pakistan’s Reduced Role in India’s Strategic Priorities
After generating days of excitement in the media, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit finally concluded with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar making a quick visit to Islamabad. For all the speculation about India and Pakistan, in the end, what the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the SCO will likely be remembered for is perhaps Jaishankar's sunglasses. In this age of intense social media scrutiny, a small clip, now viral, of Jaishankar sporting his sunglasses in style became symbolic of India's confidence in dealing with Pakistan. Hilarious though this might seem, all that is left of Pakistan in Indian foreign policy imagination today is decoding our diplomats' style and body language.
Assessing the Trudeau Effect: Implications for India-Canada Strategic Relations
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently found himself in the spotlight again as India has expelled six Canadian diplomats. The India-Canada relations have had to go through a lot of tumultuous times during his period before they have hit rock bottom for which PM Justin Trudeau is singularly responsible. But the kind of politician Trudeau is, one thing seems to be clear: “Elections are Coming” which have provoked immature diplomacy on his part.
Israel’s Pipe-Dream of Iranian Regime Change
The Iranian regime is not going anywhere in a hurry, nor is its worldview going to change. The only change that might come would be in the shape of its capabilities.
The Middle East in Crisis
Tel Aviv doesn’t seem to have any political endgame beyond the destruction of its adversaries. But without a political strategy, battlefield gains won’t amount to much.