Not West vs rest, India’s challenge is how to navigate within West itself
Where many in Delhi’s foreign policy community see an irreconcilable contradiction between the pursuit of strategic autonomy and partnership with the West, China demonstrated the art of transcending it — […]
C Raja Mohan writes: In navigating US and China, Japan is imagining a new Asia story
Tokyo is not breaking from its One China policy. But it has increasingly signalled that a military conflict over Taiwan would have direct consequences for Japan
C Raja Mohan on Marco Rubio in India: Why Delhi obsesses over Washington
Unlike the US, the Indian elite has little social intimacy or political familiarity with Russia or China. There is only the G-to-G relationship and the coded diplo-speak associated with it
Grand Strategy | The material limits of strategic autonomy
A country’s autonomy is, at the heart of it, a function of its national power, not a function of its political intentions or declarations
SAARC empowers Delhi amidst global turmoil
SAARC offers India what other forums cannot: It needs no guarantees or attention from external actors, and New Delhi can still set the terms of the organisation
Keep the doors open for talks with Pakistan
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale advocates for open dialogue with Pakistan, emphasizing strategic risk management over civilizational ties amid geopolitical tensions.