Joyeeta Basu

INDIA’S STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IS RESEMBLING STRATEGIC CONFUSION

This is the age of strategic autonomy in foreign policy, we are told. Our policy is all about “India first”…

3 years ago

INDIA IN AMRIT KAAL

From the time Narendra Modi has become Prime Minister for the first time in 2014, his speeches on Independence Day…

3 years ago

WEST NEEDS TO LISTEN TO INDIA ON UKRAINE VS RUSSIA

This month it will be six months of the Russia-Ukraine conflict—six months of non-stop war and sanctions that have endangered…

3 years ago

NANCY PELOSI STANDS UP TO CHINA

Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi must be congratulated for being steadfast in her decision to visit…

3 years ago

LANKA SHOULD REFUSE CHINESE ‘RESEARCH’ SHIP ACCESS TO HAMBANTOTA

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on Saturday that a Chinese “research” vessel is set to berth at Hambantota port…

3 years ago

MAKE INDIA CHINA-PROOF

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a congratulatory message to newly elected President Droupadi Murmu, said that “China and India are…

3 years ago

SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF BENGAL

To misquote Shakespeare, “something is rotten in the state of Bengal”, a visual manifestation of which flashed across the nation’s…

3 years ago

WELCOMING DROUPADI MURMU, PRESIDENT TO BE

This week will mark a momentous occasion for India, as it will see the rise of a tribal leader to…

3 years ago

CAATSA WAIVER WILL STRENGTHEN INDIA-US RELATIONS

A piece of good news that came last week concerned the US Congress passing an India-specific waiver to CAATSA (Countering…

3 years ago

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE GATHERING SHOULD BE BETTER

In recent times, a perception has been growing about how our intelligence gathering and policing machinery can do a better…

3 years ago

SRI LANKA MUST KEEP CHINA AWAY

Sri Lanka is in turmoil, with irate mobs invading the Presidential palace in Colombo and setting on fire the Prime…

3 years ago

INDIA MUST KEEP ITS OPTIONS OPEN ON BRICS

There is some speculation about the direction that the BRICS platform comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China, is taking. The…

3 years ago