Jaishankar’s China Doctrine: Deciphering 8 Propositions and 3 Mutuals

Leave a Comment / China, Commentaries / By Parimal Maya Sudhakar

The crisis of 2020 in bilateral relations is also an opportunity to address all the issues together, which is perhaps the only way to bring in normalcy in relations with China without compromising Indian interests and priorities. Dr. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, has espoused the Modi government’s new China doctrine while speaking online at …

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India-US Partnership: A moment for optimism or caution?

Leave a Comment / Commentaries, International Relations / By Parimal Maya Sudhakar

There is every reason for the US to be optimistic about bilateral relations with India, but there are many reasons for India to be cautious about a strategic partnership with the US. India is an outlier in the American policy circle and has been for some time. During a time of uncertainty in US foreign policy …

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Beyond the LAC conflict

Leave a Comment / China, Commentaries / By Parimal Maya Sudhakar

The developments over the past month are not only unusual but unprecedented, as per most of the strategic thinkers in India. Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) has described the scenario best when he said that India’s fingers have become trapped under Chinese boots. The unresolved border drama between India and China is flaring up …

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India on Gilgit-Baltistan: Posturing without Policy?

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There is nothing about India’s policy on Jammu and Kashmir that would encourage anyone living in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan to hope that New Delhi may offer them better terms than Pakistan does. 3 years and 9 months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to the ‘freedom struggle’ in Baluchistan from the rampart of the Red …

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