Tag: United States
India’s Five Foreign Policy Goals: Great Strides, Steep Challenges
In two years, Modi has displayed an instinctive understanding of power in the conduct of world affairs, and he has also benefited from being less politically hamstrung than his predecessor Manmohan Singh, with whose worldview he in fact shares much in common. Read Here – The Wire
Why Two Years Of Modi Are A Chronicle Of Wasted Opportunities In Foreign Policy
Modi’s forays into international diplomacy largely served to burnish his image in the domestic audience as a knight in shining armour. But the country awaits its due share of dividends. Read Here – Scroll
What Trade Deals Are Good For
A logical implication of the externality argument is that trade agreements lead to freer trade. Some have equated this with the argument for free trade, but the arguments are quite distinct. The case for free trade rests on strong assumptions that may or may not be reasonable. Read Here – Harvard Business Review
Is China Really That Dangerous?
(U.S.) DOD (Department of Defense) observes that China’s leaders “portray a strong military as critical to advancing Chinese interests, preventing other countries from taking steps that would damage those interests, and ensuring that China can defend itself and its sovereignty claims.” Which is precisely what U.S. policymakers do. Read Here – The National Interest
India: One State, Many Countries
As the rest of Eurasia slides further into crisis, the only thing getting in India’s way is India. Read Here – Geopolitical Futures
Avoiding A War In Space
Space is becoming more congested, contested and competitive. Since the Soviet Union put the first satellite, Sputnik I, into space in 1957, no nation has deliberately destroyed another’s satellite in orbit. But there is a growing possibility that battles may soon be waged in space. Read Here – Stratfor
China’s Worst Nightmare: Is A U.S.- India Military Alliance Brewing?
Washington and New Delhi are getting a lot more serious about military-to-military ties. As the United States and India become more wary of an increasingly assertive China, the two countries are gradually edging closer together. Read Here – The National Interest
Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot For The Middle East’s Mess
The failure of the Sykes-Picot agreement is now part of the received wisdom about the contemporary Middle East. And it is not hard to understand why. Four states in the Middle East are failing — Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya. Read Here – Foreign Policy
Trump And The Twilight Of White America
On June 25, 2015, a week after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States, the Census Bureau released a landmark report on the demographics of American children under the age of five. For the first time in U.S. history, it reported that a minority of this group is “white”—neither black, nor Asian, […]
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