The diplomatic row over the arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by U.S. law enforcement officers has built to a genuine crisis in bilateral relations. The dispute threatens to derail a decade of hard work at the foundation of the India–US “strategic partnership.” Read Here – The National Interest
How many Indian Prime Ministers have been born in independent India? If you said “none so far,” you’re right. Read Here – The Diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret toIndia over the arrest and strip-search of a consular official inNew York, as the top American diplomat sought to calm a deepening row over the incident. Read Here – Bloomberg
According to Perry Anderson’s new book, The Indian Ideology, India’s democracy — routinely celebrated as the world’s largest — is actually a sham. It is fatally compromised by its origins in an anticolonial struggle led by the “monolithically Hindu” Congress party, which Anderson holds largely responsible for the bloodiness of the partition of the British-ruled subcontinent […]
A series of elections in India last week has exposed a major diplomatic problem for the U.S. State Department: The man expected to lead the world’s largest democracy in 2014 is not legally allowed to enter the United States. Read Here – Foreign Policy
A string of incidents involving indiscipline and insubordination in the Indian armed forces has set off alarm bells in India’s defense establishment. Read Here – The Diplomat
The Indian financial system suffers from a hangover of cronyism and corruption that have brought the government budgets on the verge of bankruptcy Read Here – The Hindu
“China won’t like it.” That has been a consistent refrain of the UPA government and the Congress party in shaping India‘s recent foreign policy. New Delhi‘s self-induced fear of provoking China has restricted the pursuit of beneficial engagement with other major powers and Asian neighbours. India’s self-denial is hardly consistent with its proclamations on “strategic […]
In many respects, a strategic and economic partnership with India could catalyze Japan’s renewal as a 21st century great power – one no longer as dependent on the United States, and one better diversified to compete with emerging economies. Read Here – RealClearWorld
Clearly, India needs to follow the Russian example and develop better and all encompassing ties with China, the initiative for which has to come from the top. New Delhi needs to make a clear effort to promote diplomatic and cultural ties with Beijing even if there is opposition from the Sinophobes in the country, many […]
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