India’s Strategic Dilemma: How to Respond to a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
India needs to consider the political and military consequences of a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan and formulate a policy to support Taiwan's freedom
Category International Relations and Strategic Studies
The West’s China Consensus Is Shifting: What Does This Mean for the Future?
In this age when geopolitics is in an overdrive, several assumptions of the past about the global order’s evolving nature have fallen by the wayside. The world is grappling with multiple challenges and yet there is no framework in place as of now that allows us to assess the rapid change in any meaningful manner. Nations, big and small, are struggling to cope with this flux with extant institutions, both domestic and international, exposing their limitations with each passing day. New ideas and arguments are being tested in real time as new possibilities emerge for countries trying to retain their strategic space to manoeuvre.
Qin Gang’s Expulsion: Mayhem in China’s Heaven
The ouster of China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, after only six months in that post, and the recalling of his senior Wang Yi to it, has exposed the rot in China’s higher echelons and the vulnerabilities of the second largest economy in the world.
India and Sri Lanka ride an Optimistic Wave
President Wickremesinghe seems to have succeeded in conveying Sri Lanka's best intentions for India during his visit.
The New Geopolitical Order: How India is becoming a key player in the world stage?
What determines the ardour of the West’s wooing of India? Wherever India’s Prime Minister goes, he is feted, wooed, coddled. What explains this ‘rock star’ treatment?
For the supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the answer is quite simple: his unparalleled charisma and popular support. For those not so adept at such thinking, a more rational explanation is in order. One can be found in the ongoing flux in geopolitics and the desperate search for a new world order, in which the West hopes to retain advantage, even if to a lower degree than it has had in the past.
India-France Ties Strengthened by Indo-Pacific
PM Modi's visit to France further strengthened India-France ties, with major defence announcements and cooperation in various domains.
The SCO Under India’s Leadership: A New Beginning
The New Delhi summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) concluded on July 4, 2023 virtually after 140 programmes of conferences, workshops, and dialogues of member states on different subjects.