Tag: India
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India’s Tibet Card : CCP in Melt Down
India has started flashing the Tibet card. The sensitive CCP has started reacting to it. It will do well to understand that this is a long game and needs a lot of political resolve in India to see it through. After all Tibet ka Azaadi Mein Bharat ka Suraksha hai. This will not be easy…
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China’s Mega Dam : Water Bomb For India
The CM of Arunachal Pradesh has described the mega dam which China is constructing in the great bend on the Brahmaputra is a water bomb for India. It is actually more than that. It affects habitat and ecology of locals, will induce mud slides and earth quakes and could also lead to changing out monsoon…
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India USA : Troubled Partners
The India US Strategic Partnership has run into rough weather. However as per the latest PEW report a sizable number of people of India still consider USA as a prime ally. We need to factor this in. People’s perception cannot be discarded or elites can not think differently. Also The Trump tariff & trade war…
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UPDATE ON ISSUES IN NORTH EAST INDIA
Northeast India has plethora of issues. It borders three countries with whom we have major issues and these are troubled internally. Hence there is a spill over . Some of its states have long simmering problems. Issues like migration, drugs, religious conversion, tribal identity add to the problems. Need to handle this region with care…
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INDIA AS A GLOBAL PLAYER: THE CHALLENGES IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
I had the privilege and honour to give talk on India as a Global Player and Challenges in a Multipolar World during the Sixth S Muthiah Memorial Lecture Organised by Colours of Glory and The Madras Management Association. The event was well attended and the QnA session was thought provoking.
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RARE EARTHS IN INDIA AND ESCAPING CHINA’S RARE EARTH TRAP
China has weaponised its rare earth dominance. In this context it is necessary to take stock of India’s state of rare earth materials and development in the value chain. It is also necessary to examine as to how India can get out of the rare earth trap. The examination tells us that there are many…
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How Will The Trade War End For China?
Had a very useful discussion with Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan on how the trade war will end for China. It is now clear that the focus of Trump’s trade war is China. However beyond that, USA is making moves to reassert global dominance. It has two broad aims – curtailing Chinese influence and stopping radical…
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The Yunarch On A Wooden Horse
The Yunarch on a wooden horse is much like Don Quixote. He is crossing India’s redlines. He is deliberately courting China and Pakistan to spite and scare India. It is the most short sighted thing to do as the global economy is in a spin. That too by an illegal advisor to his government The…
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STOP CUTTING CAKE WITH CHINA DURING THE TRADE WAR-KEEP IT OUT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
The trade war is on in full swing between USA and China. It could lead to a 3rd world war. China is making open overtures to India to align with it against USA. However given the track record and duplicity of China’s opinion towards India we must be clear that it is in our best…
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INDIA NEPAL DYNAMICS
Political uncertainty is back in Nepal. Will monarchy return or will the situation descend into anarchy? This is a question on everyone’s mind. Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan, with his expertise and usual clarity of thought conveys the dynamics of politics in Nepal. Monarchy is unlikely to return. At the same time the political merry go…
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