India
Is the Gorkha’s place in India’s history about to change?
The Maoist guerrilla fighter turned politician, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, visited India this month. Relations between the neighbours have reached an all-time low…
Will Modi charm again in Washington?
It seems like just a minute ago that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Australia, hugging his counterpart Anthony Albanese in front of a crowd of 20,000 ecstatic…
Acting East on the seas: India’s naval cooperation with ASEAN
In recent years, New Delhi has increasingly focused on expanding its strategic footprint in Southeast Asia. While key states have expressed impatience with India’s slow steps…
Trading up can unlock India’s industrial potential
Since India moved away from its socialist economy in 1991, it has had many transformative successes, but its biggest failure continues to be the absence of a robust manufacturing…
Indonesia and India are neighbours far apart
When an Indian navy Kilo class conventional submarine docked in the Indonesian capital Jakarta earlier this year, an observer in The Jakarta Post was moved to argue that Indonesia…
How Australia can speak up on human rights in India
Writing in The Interpreter last week, Elaine Pearson, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, made a compelling case for Australian leaders to raise human rights concerns with Indian…
India’s diplomatic poise: Not just about photo ops
India’s Narendra Modi is back in Delhi after his travels in the East. After a busy few days in Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, the Prime Minister is gearing up for his…
India’s underperforming ties to Vietnam
Book Review: India-Vietnam Relations: Development Dynamics and Strategic Alignment, by Reena Marwah and Le Thi Hang Nga (Springer Nature, 2021)
In Vietnamese culture dissent…
A G20 presidency to build Brand India as a champion of the Global South
India is using the G20 presidency to demonstrate to the world the country’s strengths as a responsible and collaborative global actor. The message is a broad one – “One Family,…
Albanese should raise human rights concerns with Modi
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Sydney this week, there should be no empty clichés from Australia’s leaders simply hailing India as “the world’s largest democracy…