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Politics | New energy in India-Saudi Arabia ties
India and Saudi Arabia are re-defining their foreign policy priorities: For New Delhi, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states are becoming key interlocutors in the Middle East. For Riyadh, India is one of the eight major powers with which it wants to forge strategic partnerships as part of its Vision 2030.
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Politics | British Parliament deadlock leaves Brexit in purgatory
Boris Johnson has succeeded in breaking the logjam in British Parliament on the deal by presenting a solution which has now much greater traction than ever before. However, that’s just not enough in overseeing Brexit.
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Politics | Wuhan Spirit or Chennai Connect, New Delhi must prepare to secure its interests
As India becomes a more proactive player in the international order and China’s troubles with the rest of the world continue to grow, Beijing will target New Delhi even more pointedly.
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Foreign Affairs | Balancing Powers, Modi Style
If China has a long-term strategy of containing India within South Asia, then India can just as easily adopt a strategy of challenging China’s core interests. And India is trying to do this by building solid partnerships with other major powers like the US.
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Brexit | Boris Johnson is stuck in a labyrinth of his own making
British polity is undergoing a churn unlike any in recent history and it will end up reshaping the nation’s political texture. Whether British politicians are ready for this change is a different matter altogether.
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Politics | Is it status quo in Israel?
If the second election in five months to the Knesset does not deliver a decisive mandate, Israel faces the prospect of a long period of political haggling once again.
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Brexit | How will this never-ending drama end?
A no-deal Brexit would be economically disastrous for the UK and might even lead to shortage of medicines and food in the short- to medium-term. However that is not Boris Johnson’s concern at the moment.
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G7 Summit | Modi and Trump meet in the shadow of subcontinent’s changing geopolitics
Donald Trump’s engagement with the Kashmir issue has a lot to do with his need to secure Pakistan’s backing for his Afghanistan policy.
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US-China Trade War | The global economic environment is at an inflection point
The escalating US-China crisis is more than a mere bilateral dispute between two major powers. It underscores the unravelling of the post-Cold War consensus on global economics and politics.
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South China Sea | India’s short-sighted stand will damage its credibility in Southeast Asia
India’s silence on developments in the South China Sea is highly unlikely to win it a lasting friendship with China but has the potential to do it some lasting damage.
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Politics | PM Boris Johnson’s first test will be to pull the UK out of the Brexit quagmire
India will continue to be seen as an important partner for the UK post-Brexit. Boris Johnson is fond of India and considers Narendra Modi a “political phenomenon”.
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Politics | Pakistan and the curious case of Hafiz Saeed
How Pakistan deals with Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case after the ICJ verdict and to what extent it makes serious attempts at convicting Hafiz Saeed will be test cases for Islamabad’s commitment to seeking normalisation of ties with New Delhi.
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India-US ties | Mike Pompeo’s visit comes at an important time
A strong relationship with the US is the most potent way to ward off the China challenge in the short to medium term. In the long term, this will allow India to develop its comprehensive national power.
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Rising India | Modi must build on foreign policy success
In his first term, Modi had succeeded in articulating a global role for India as a leading player in the international system, one which shapes global rules and is not merely a rule-taker. In his second term, he should be focusing more on how to operationalise this idea into concrete policy outcomes.
