India - Newspaper Articles & Oped

This article written by Derek Grossman analyses how India is the clear geopolitical beneficiary of Putin’s war on Ukraine.

This article analyses PM Modi’s Hindu Nationalist agenda and its impact on India’s democracy and its relations with the United States of America.

This article, published by the Sydney Morning Herald, discusses the agenda for the Indo-Australian summit.

In this article, C. Raja Mohan discusses India’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific as it is an indispensable piece of the puzzle for the United States of America in order to balance China in the region.

In this Hindustan Times article published in June 2018, Dhruva Jaishankar analyses Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keynote address at the Shangri-La security conference and highlights India’s perspective on the Indo-Pacific’s security dynamics based on the speech…

This article published in the Indian Express suggests that India should prioritise the maritime aspect of the Indo-Pacific. He also highlights that almost every joint or vision statement at the end of summit-level talks or meeting between major maritime powers accords high priority to maritime security and stability. He further goes on to list areas that India could focus on in order to play an active role in the Indo-Pacific.

This article published in the Indian Express suggests that India should prioritise the maritime aspect of the Indo-Pacific. He also highlights that almost every joint or vision statement at the end of summit-level talks or meeting between major maritime powers accords high priority to maritime security and stability. He further goes on to list areas that India could focus on in order to play an active role in the Indo-Pacific.

This article written by Harsh V. Pant for The Diplomat outlines the challenges and opportunities that the Quad represents for India, he further suggests that the Quad marks a shift in global politics and also projects how India should approach the Quad in the future.

Published in The Diplomat, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan sheds light on New Delhi’s incoherent and inconsistent approach to the Indo-Pacific. She argues that Indian policymakers should consider the effects of the mixed signals they are sending to India’s partners and devise a more consistent Indo-Pacific strategy.

Harsh V. Pant and Abhijnan Rej discuss three main challenges to the operationalisation of the Indo-Pacific construct for New Delhi. They also highlight the geopolitical challenges India faces with respect to China and the West.

The following article by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury who is the Senior Fellow for South Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) explores the limits of naval engagement in India’s Indo-Pacific policy beyond the Indian Ocean in the bid to balance USA and China.

The authors explore the origins of the strategic construct of the Indo-Pacific and present different perspectives on the geographical extent of the Indo-Pacific. They further go on to explore the Indian geo-strategic vision for the Indo-Pacific and possible partners for collaboration. This article was published by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies.

In this article which is published by the Financial Times, Amy Karmin discusses how New Delhi is focusing on the Indian Ocean after skirmishes with China on the Himalayan border.