Dear Readers, It’s been a roller-coaster 2013 for foreign policy and international relations. The New Year is unlikely to be different, with more surprises and crisis expected to hit the ever-shrinking world. Keep visiting us and catching up with what’s happening around you. Thanks for all your support in the year that just rolled past.
What the recent changes to Japanese defense mean in the context of a return to “normalcy.” Read Here – The Diplomat
With his image gracing bank notes and staring out from Tiananmen Gate, Mao Zedong remains a constant presence in China 120 years after his birth, revered as a hero who founded the communist state and restored national pride – even as China moves ever further from his vision of a communist society. Read Here – AP
Multiple Indias have always existed in Gandhi’s land of 700,000 villages, but never perhaps in such proximity or with such access to one another, a rising class of conspicuous consumers hoisted through a decade of now faltering growth hard by villages where unemployed men dim boredom with alcohol. Read Here – New York Times
A new carrier like India’s does more than just denote blue-water capability. Read Here – The Diplomat
Watching China’s economic planning process, Indians may be tempted to ditch democracy. Here’s why they shouldn’t. Read Here – The Diplomat
India is stepping up its defense sales presence in Southeast Asia, an outgrowth of its Look East policy. Read Here – The Diplomat
And while it may not come as a surprise that countries like the United States, Israel, and Russia receive significantly more attention than their counterparts in Latin America and Africa, it’s still worth noting that the geography of reporting—which is formed as much by human judgment as by the caprice of current events—influences the ways […]
On November 16, the Indian Navy finally took delivery of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Adm. Gorshkov, at Sevmash Shipyard in northern Russia’s Severodvinsk town. The acquisition marks a new phase in India’s quest to become a true blue-water navy. Read Here – The Diplomat
Sustainable food self-sufficiency is unattainable for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Domestic production meets only a small proportion of needs, yet consumes significant economic resources and almost monopolizes water use Read Here – Chatham House
looking beyond borders 