India’s Central Asia strategy needs less romance, more realism
India cannot match China’s infrastructure spending, Russia’s geographic advantages, Europe’s financial resources or Türkiye’s direct access across the Caspian. Nor does it need to. Sustained political attention should be matched […]
C Raja Mohan writes: A changing Asia demands more from Delhi and Tokyo, together
The Japanese Defence Minister’s Delhi visit should be an occasion to ask how both countries can give their defence partnership much greater operational and technological weight
Appeasement has a bad name in India. Time is ripe to use it in foreign policy
A strategic culture that puts a premium on assertion and displays of strength may have been more counterproductive than beneficial to Indian interests in some cases.
Mecca pact: Interests primary, not alliances
Our reflexive scepticism towards the shifting dynamics in West Asia indicates that certain entrenched habits are still overriding fresh strategic assessments
Grand Strategy: The bigness trap of India’s strategic community
For most of our thinkers and analysts, the large world out there has become merely a set of questions about ourselves: what does this mean for India
The Quiet Corridor: The Case for Deepening India-Canada Pharmaceutical Trade
This report makes the case for deepening India-Canada trade in finished pharmaceutical products and for institutionalizing it under the CEPA negotiations now targeted for conclusion by the end of 2026.