Is India making smart moves with Sri Lanka?
If there is one country where everything has gone wrong, it is India’s neighbor, Sri Lanka. Since the country gained independence from Britain in 1948, it has not seen the turmoil that it is...
Category: Asia
Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka
Introduction What is happening today in Sri Lanka is result of years of mismanagement. The country has run out of money and the economy is worsening. Sri Lanka relies on imported goods even for...
[Book Review] China – the Pessoptimist Nation
Book author: William A. Callahan The book opens with a William Faulkner quote which goes like “The past is never dead, it’s not even past.” The author, William A. Callahan through this quote tries...
Why is the Taliban failing state-building?
Introduction All political calculations fell flat post the US pull-out from Afghanistan. In the past, several western political theorists correlate the US involvement in Afghanistan to the Weberian theory of ‘nation state’ and the...
Nordic countries are increasingly suspicious of China
If there is a new example to establish that nothing is permanent, then it is the relationship between the Nordic countries and China. The rise of China’s economic and technical power, rather than political...
India-Spain relations: Finding common ground
José Manuel Albares, Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, visited India on June 15. This was his first official visit to India. Albares’ visit assumes importance since it is one of...
Adapting to the Digital Trade Era: A brief study of Indian and Chinese markets
Economic hardships have been seen by a growing number of people as there are changes that are shaping the labour markets, shifting demographics, and dynamic workforces. A spike in international migration has added another...
China’s annexation of Tibet with the view of recent developments
Introduction Loyalty has always been a significant political imperative for China. A similar motif could be well observed in Beijing’s approach to the Tibet autonomous region (TAR). On January 25th 2022, Communist part of...
The ascendancy of India at the global stage
Over the last 25 years, India’s explosive economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world’s emerging major powers. Long plagued by endemic poverty, until the 1990s the Indian economy was also...
How India has kept the spirit of NAM alive
Introduction In the recent geopolitical scenario, India has truly shown the world that neutrality is a sign of great strength and has made a loud proclamation to the world about its independent and sovereign...
