Joyeeta Basu

Don’t let China’s political warfare hurt India

August 10, 2023

Chinese influence peddling, which is part of Communist China’s 24X7 political warfare is an insidious way of destroying rivals and competitors, in an effort to establish the Communists as the world hegemon. An American professor, Kerry Gershaneck, who has written a book on this, “Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s...

Russia and Ukraine must make genuine efforts towards peace

August 8, 2023

A meeting to discuss the end of the Russia-Ukraine war was organized in Saudi Arabia last weekend, which saw around 40 countries including India, the United States and China attending, apart from Ukraine, on whose initiative the meeting was organised. However, “peace talks” may be a misnomer for the meeting,...

Time to stay vigilant against anti India forces

August 3, 2023

It’s time that India’s security apparatus stayed extra vigilant. The G20 leaders’ summit is just a month away. World leaders will descend on New Delhi in September, in what will be the culmination of India’s G20 presidency, before the baton is handed over to Brazil. Following this will start the...

China does not want peace with India

August 1, 2023

There is some positive news on the India-China economic front—that of a reduction in the trade deficit between the two countries. China’s exports to India fell by 0.9% in the first half of the year, amounting to $56.53 billion, when it was $57.51 billion last year. The trade deficit decreased...

Opposition is running after optics, not substance

July 27, 2023

Two separate no-confidence motions against the NDA government were submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday. One was by the Congress, the other by K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s BRS, proving, as expected, that I.N.D.I.A., of which both parties are supposedly a part of, have a long way to go before...

India should not let yuan get upper hand in BRICS

July 25, 2023

Ahead of the BRICS summit in South Africa next month, an interesting piece of news surfaced about BRICS currency not being on the agenda of the meeting. “There’s never been talk of a BRICS currency, it’s not on the agenda,” Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Ambassador at Large: Asia and BRICS...

Opposition unity is about creating perceptions

July 18, 2023

The meeting of the Opposition parties started on Monday in Bengaluru in Karnataka, a state that the Congress recently snatched from the BJP in the Assembly elections. It may look like a mega meet of 26 parties that are joining hands to defeat the BJP in 2024. But a closer...

Do not normalise Bengal violence

July 11, 2023

What’s wrong with West Bengal? It’s difficult to believe that in the 21st century there can be an Indian state where every election process is like an exercise in medieval barbarity. The rampant booth capturing, intimidation, violence, murders—the brazenness with the way it happens, and the blood curdling brutality of...

Anatomy of an animus: Why is Obama wishing India ill?

June 27, 2023

The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States witnessed substantive outcomes that will take the India-US partnership to newer heights, especially with deals such as the potential co-production of the GE-414 engine in India, with 80% technology transfer. This is something unprecedented as the US does not...

PM Modi has redefined Indian diplomacy

June 23, 2023

India has always given priority to responsibility towards the world and the resolve to serve humanity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi A robust foreign policy is of immense significance in today’s highly interconnected and interdependent world. A country’s standing in the global order is determined by its ability to maintain socio-economic...

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