Bangladesh’s Tryst with China’s BRI: Economic Boom or Debt Trap?
The China-Bangladesh relationship has enjoyed a growing closeness in recent years, particularly after Xi Jinping’s 2016 visit to Bangladesh – the first by a Chinese […]
Category: Indo-Pacific
Nepal’s Predicament: Stuck between the Indo-Pacific and BRI?
With the new government led by Nepal Communist Party Chairman (NCP) KP Sharma Oli completingone year in office last month, novel foreign policy challenges have […]
The Curious Case of India-Iran-U.S. Dynamics
Multi-alignment is the new buzzword in India’s foreign policy discourse. At the moment, the global trend is towards multipolarity and New Delhi sees multi-alignment as […]
Shifting Dynamics: What the Raisina Dialogue Tells Us About Global Trends
India is on the rise—it is among the fastest growing economies in the world, is an established technology powerhouse, and is increasingly playing a key […]
Quad: An Investment Counterweight to China?
New Delhi’s role in the “Quad” grouping, made up of the United States, Japan, and Australia besides India, has been the subject of myriad debates […]
India’s Vision of the Quad Needs Clarity
At the Raisina Dialogue, an annual multilateral conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics hosted by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Observer Research Foundation in […]
Chinese Aggression in the South China Sea: Implications for India
Chinese Premier Xi Jinping made a splash internationally when in his first military order of 2019 he instructed the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be […]
India, China, and the Battle of Perceptions in the Indo-Pacific
As the concept of the Indo-Pacific region (IOR) begins to gain traction in the United States and elsewhere, China and India are being increasingly juxtaposed […]
Looking Ahead to 2019: The Great Indian Balancing Act
Whether one lauds or condemns the specifics of India’s foreign policy orientation under the premiership of Narendra Modi, one can hardly ignore his efforts to […]
Can India Set the Clock Back in the Maldives?
India closely watched the recent presidential elections in the Maldives and with a new government now in place in Malé, New Delhi senses an opportunity […]