COVID-19: Working on the Diplomatic Front
In a podcast with India Foundation, the Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla spells out the efforts being made by the Ministry of External Affairs to deal with the global pandemic and how...
Category: Asia
High On Optics, Low on Substance: The Statements On India-China-Nepal Dispute
Last 24 hours have witnessed high drama in Asia as governments of China and Nepal have made gestures that may be interpreted as signs of a thaw in their ongoing confrontations with India, but...
India and the OIC: The Act of Balancing
“Muslim government would consult with a view to promoting among themselves close cooperation and mutual assistance in the economic, scientific, cultural and spiritual fields, inspired by the immortal teachings of Islam.” The aforementioned lines...
U.S.-China Relationship: A Theoretical Analysis
Thucydides Trap, often invoked to envelop relationship between USA and China, was a general theory put forth during the Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) where Sparta, a ruling power was challenged by Athens, a rising/revisionist...
Corporate appointments in SOEs: the three circles of China’s economic strategy
The most distinctive aspect of China’s “socialist market economy” is that it relies on a precisely set and regularly reviewed strategy. Defined in its plans (the Five Year plans, alongside other longer-term objectives, the...
China ‘preparing for an Armed Combat’
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the People’s Liberation Army to step up their war preparedness. In a meeting with the Chinese military leadership on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, the Chinese...
Wang Yi Showcased Chinese Foreign Policy For New World Order
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Counsellor, Wang Yi, held a two-hour-long press conference for the Third Session of the 13th National People’s Congress on Sunday and answered questions from Chinese and foreign media about China’s...
India-Nepal Relations: It’s time for a change in strategy
“Stable and Friendly” relations- one of the fundamentals for age-old and deep-rooted Nepal-India friendship. However, friction has arisen between close and immediate neighbours in the past few weeks on the border disputes, particularly in...
Understanding China’s National Security Law for Hong Kong
Following months of intense anti-government protests across Hong Kong, Beijing is now set to legislate a new national security law that is said to have the potential of changing the way the world has...
Could Coronavirus Help to Modernize the Japanese Economy?
Despite some stumbles at the start, the COVID-19 crisis could offer a historic opportunity for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government to overhaul Japan’s stagnant economy, with its enormous levels of public...
