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By unveiling an expansive action plan in Dhaka for economic integration and transborder connectivity, Modi can help Delhi end the widespread negative narrative on the subcontinent’s prospects and extend the positive dynamic in the east to the north and the west.
Vacancies are hurting important institutions in India.
Manohar Parrikar and Ashton B. Carter are under pressure to cope with the challenges of the current fluid power dynamic in Asia.
The tone of disinterest in Asian defense diplomacy, set by former Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony during the UPA years, appears to continue under the Narendra Modi government.
Modi’s diplomatic activism in India’s neighboring countries has generated praise, but a closer examination of his foreign policy reveals a large degree of continuity with his predecessors’ international relations.
Rather than taking action, Modi has been much more inclined to announce new reforms, and he has been surprisingly politically risk averse.
A year into Modi’s prime ministership, relations between India and Pakistan are in many ways unchanged, but the role Pakistan plays in India’s broader foreign policy has been evolving and is increasingly complex.
Narendra Modi’s greatest momentum has been in foreign policy. But the external opportunities he has successfully created for India could be undermined by potential domestic failures.
Over the last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China policy has revealed the continuation of India’s asymmetric strategies—seeking to build multiple alignments while remaining grounded in strategic autonomy.
India needs to generate one million jobs per month for the next 20 years to absorb its burgeoning working-age population. India’s manufacturing sector, which is relatively underdeveloped, will have to absorb a significant part of this workforce.