Closed-Door Discussion with visiting US Delegation
The roundtable highlighted how India–US ties are being reshaped by Trump 2.0’s transactional approach, tighter great-power competition, and shifting Indo-Pacific dynamics. While defense and technology cooperation are expanding, renewed pressures on trade, digital policy, and burden-sharing present challenges. India’s task will be balancing alignment with autonomy amid evolving US–China rivalry
Taiwan Beyond Semiconductors: Three Decades of India-Taiwan Relations and Emerging Collaborations
This CSDR report examines three decades of India-Taiwan relations, arguing that despite significant growth from USD 5 billion to over USD 10 billion in bilateral trade, the partnership remains vastly […]
Trump heat, Tokyo-Tianjin warmth: Modi begins to rejig India’s major power relations
In riding roughshod over partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea on trade, and by threatening to weaponise security ties, Trump has forced them both to strengthen bonds […]
PM Modi’s Asia tour: Expect rhetoric from SCO meet in China, progress in Japan
The SCO is often portrayed as an inner-Asian club standing up to American dominance, an aspiration undermined by internal contradictions
India-China ties — improvement signs are loud, problems sliding under the radar
Do India and China share a strategic or geopolitical alignment? Are there signs of improving relations in this aspect? Yet again, the evidence points in the other direction.
India’s Strategic Crossroads: Navigating a Fragmenting World Order
This impact essay constitutes a systematic analysis of India’s options within the context of a transforming global security and economic architecture. It scrutinises the alignment between India’s fundamental interests and […]