The paradox is striking: While India has been trying to attract FDI, Indian companies are investing abroad.
While Modi’s visit has ignited a sense of optimism about Bangladesh-India bilateral relations, tensions persist.
The recent signing of a motor vehicle agreement by the transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal marks a big breakthrough in the evolution of South Asian regionalism.
The impressive participation around the world on International Yoga Day is indeed a testimony to India’s immense reservoir of soft power.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) historic victory in India’s 2014 general election prompted declarations of a watershed in the behavior of the Indian voter. Upon closer inspection, the reality is more nuanced.
At their formation in 1947, India and Pakistan had more in common with each other, and shared more economic and cultural links than any other two nations on earth. Partition created not just a physical boundary, but also a psychological border between these two states.
As Tehran and Washington inch towards a nuclear deal, there will be room for expansive engagement between India and Iran.
As Suu Kyi recasts the relations between Myanmar’s democratic forces and Beijing, Delhi can’t allow the security agenda dominate its ties with Naypyidaw.
The Indian government cannot ignore Pakistan, given its size, its military capability, its history of conflict, and its connection to China.
India’s inward economic orientation and preoccupation with the troubled land borders in the north and northwest has resulted in Delhi neglecting its maritime frontiers.