Economy and Foreign Affairs
Financial Sanctions – Hastening The US Economic Decline?
With the pivotal role played by the US military-industrial complex in WW II, the US displaced Britain as the dominant global economy and since then the US dollar has been…
By Col Deepak Kumar (Retd.)
The World Is Not Enough
From time immemorial, survival of the self and the tribe, at any cost, has been the foremost pursuit of mankind, and trade has been used immensely to achieve this. One…
By Akshit Ramanathan
Chinese Hand Behind Sri Lanka’s Crisis and The Indian Dilemma
While the economic crisis has been in the making for over a decade in Sri Lanka, but the way it has unfolded is beyond comprehension. The visuals of citizens of…
By Maj Gen Ashok Kumar (Retd)
India’s Commitment for Global Food Security
Amid the negative impact on global food supplies and oil prices due to the Ukraine war, India on Monday said that it is “committed” to working constructively in mitigating the…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Infrastructure in the Deep Peninsula for National Security and Self-reliance
A Swarajya report https://swarajyamag.com/infrastructure/vo-chidambaranar-port-to-expand-with-rs-7200-crore-project-to-compete-with-colombo-and-singapore-as-transhipment-hub about VOC port in Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu, and its plans to expand into a container trans-shipment port was interesting. It reminded me of a plan…
By Rajeev Srinivasan
Conflict over Oil and Gas in the 21st Century: Is India Prepared?
Two primary strategic assumptions dominated the last few years of the twentieth century. First, that the global economic fulcrum is slowly but surely tilting away from the industrialized west to…
By Debnath Shaw
India on the European Horizon
India@75 is no longer an emerging power, but has emerged as a credible regional and global actor of consequence. It is a rising power to be reckoned with. More importantly…
By Amb Anil Trigunayat
A Foreign Policy Aligned With India’s Interests
India’s Foreign Policy is changing. Not towards non-alignment, as most foreign commentators have written, but towards ‘alignment’ with India’s interests …as well as common sense. On April 11, during the…
By Claude Arpi
Modi’s West Europe Tour: An Assessment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed his whirlwind three days’ tour of three west European nations. True to his reputation, the itinerary was packed with talks with the German Chancellor, participation…
By JK Tripathi
Complex Web of Creditors, Politics, Threatens Sri Lanka’s Restructuring
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) - Social unrest, political uncertainty and a complex web of creditors could scupper Sri Lanka's push for a swift overhaul of its $12 billion…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Solomon Islands Pact with China Impacts Australian Elections
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - For the first time in decades, the actions of a foreign state have taken centre stage in an Australian election campaign, analysts said, as…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Xi Jinping Sticks with COVID Stance Despite Anger, Economic Headwinds
By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
