Modi, Bhutan, China and the squeeze
PM Modi’s visit tries to steady India’s hold in Bhutan at a moment when China’s slow, patient pressure is tightening Bhutan’s strategic choices.
Bangladesh’s fragile new order unsettles India
One year after Hasina’s fall, Dhaka drifts between unrest and recalibration, while India faces lost leverage and a hostile flank.
Making sense of the political tsunami in Nepal
India will need to be careful about reiterating the old mantras of cultural, historical and religious ties; it should now invest in developing a new idiom of responding to the naya Nepal
India must reboot neighbourhood policy — trade is the key
The rapidly changing international context makes early action on neighbourhood trade urgent
C Raja Mohan writes: India-Bhutan ties show how to get it right in a challenging neighbourhood
In a region often defined by mistrust and imbalance, India’s relationship with Bhutan shows that asymmetry need not produce antagonism
India’s challenge, beyond Pakistan
A world beyond its neighbour demands greater Indian attention. Simplistic narratives are of little use to India during a time of flux marked by Trump’s dealmaking and shifting partnerships