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While India Makes Inroads in the Maldives, China Stays
In August 2020 India extended USD $500 million in aid to buttress a connectivity project in the Maldives. The package consisted of a USD $100 million grant and a USD $400 million line of credit. The loan is intended to…
Strengthening the Indian Chakravyuh: Optimizing India’s Strategic Advantages in the Maritime Domain
On November 5, 2018 Rear Admiral (retd.) William McQuilkin assessed Indian maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean Region, and strategic options for greater Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), sea control, and power projection. Given the current Sino-Indian crisis and consideration of…
کیا کرونا وائرس سارک کو فعال بنا سکتا ہے؟
وزیراعظم نریندر مودی نے اس وقت بہت سے لوگوں کو حیران کردیا جب ۱۳ مارچ کو انہوں نے ٹوئٹر پر یہ تجویز دی کہ ”کرونا وائرس سے لڑائی کیلئے ایک مضبوط حکمت عملی ترتیب دینے کیلئے“ جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون…
COVID-19: Can it Revive SAARC?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised many when on March 13 he took to Twitter to propose that leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations meet via video conferencing to “chalk out a strong strategy to fight…
INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In 2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the Indo-Pacific. In the context of the continuing currency of the Indo-Pacific construct, China's Belt and…
Modi 2.0 and India’s Neighborhood First Policy: Walking the Talk?
In keeping with his “neighborhood first” policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured the Maldives and Sri Lanka from June 8-9, the inaugural foreign visit of his second tenure. This visit seemed prudent since despite Modi’s aggressive outreach to the neighborhood…