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It is easy to be awestruck by the sweeping changes that have transformed India’s political economy in recent decades. But these changes, paradoxically, are taking place amidst a great deal of continuity.
While remaining dedicated to the strengthening of the central government of Afghanistan, India must also constructively engage political groups outside the government.
The visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to India marks the rapid acceleration of bilateral ties after Delhi’s prolonged neglect of Baghdad.
Xi Jinping, who took charge of the Chinese Communist Party last year, has quickly proclaimed the “Chinese Dream”—or the great renewal of the nation—as the main mission for his decade-long rule.
Early parliamentary approval of the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh is in India’s interest. If the BJP sees itself as a champion of national security, it must support the bill.
The controversy that has been raging about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s U.S. visa suggests that for the BJP, the United States is particularly important.
As India celebrates the launch of the Vikrant, the much delayed first indigenous aircraft carrier, Delhi is not the only one in Asia focused on the virtues of airpower at sea.
Delhi must move toward more responsible management of its borders with Pakistan and China.
Although U.S. Vice President Biden’s visit to India received relatively limited media attention in both India and the United States, it has led to another round of questions about the state of U.S.-India relations.
India’s heavy-handed approach to Maoist violence in the central state of Chhattisgarh has only made the problem worse.