24 Nov 2021
Maldives: India first or India out?
Relations between one of the largest countries in the world and one of the smallest inevitably brings sensitivities.
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9 Nov 2021
India’s answer to China’s ports in Sri Lanka
Adani’s multimillion-dollar investment in Colombo not only makes commercial sense, it’s a strategic game-changer, too. -
2 Nov 2021
Sport between India and Pakistan is not just that
Players – or countries – can send a message in victory and defeat. -
27 Oct 2021
AUKUS? Quad? FOIP? A fragmented approach cannot counter China
Only a coherent policy for the Indo-Pacific will work. The West needs to offer a strong economic balance to Beijing. -
20 Oct 2021
India’s AI conundrum
Thriving automation and AI industries pose difficult decisions for a country with an ever-growing workforce. -
5 Oct 2021
Could India join the Five Eyes?
The benefits for New Delhi are no secret. But access to intelligence does come at a price. -
21 Sep 2021
Australia-India trade deal: An early harvest or cherry picking?
A pragmatic tone appears to distinguish the revived talks. Ambitious, not so much. -
26 Aug 2021
Economic diplomacy: After Kabul, Australia looks to India
Australia has a lower war-to-aid ratio, but the US is more transparent about its failure against the Taliban. -
24 Aug 2021
India fears a poison harvest from Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover forces a regional realignment and has left New Delhi wondering about its past investment. -
18 Aug 2021
Afghanistan’s collapse shifts strategic dynamics in South Asia
If the Taliban’s return is seen a plus for Pakistan, India appears to be the loser. -
9 Aug 2021
Australia and India: A time to refocus on trade talks
Tony Abbott’s visit to India shows conditions are ripe to advance a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement. -
3 Aug 2021
India-US ties: Work in progress
“Quad” partners they may be, but the US is performing a delicate dance around its human rights concerns in India. -
28 Jul 2021
India: A very colonial hangover
The Pegasus spyware saga puts a spotlight, again, on a lack of parliamentary accountability for intelligence agencies. -
26 Jul 2021
Another proxy war in Afghanistan?
India and Pakistan both have deep ties to Afghanistan and as US troops withdraw, a fresh conflict may fill the void. -
30 Jun 2021
Central Vista Project: Raining on Modi’s parade
Politicians, historians and intellectuals have lined up in opposition to New Delhi’s reimagined grand boulevard. -
24 Jun 2021
The dangers in Australia’s blissful ignorance about India
It’s far from all bad news. But Australians don’t know that other Asian great power as well as they should. -
22 Jun 2021
India’s hidden Covid crisis
Food security is the unexpected collateral damage in subcontinental pandemic response. -
1 Jun 2021
China’s never-ending Tibet paranoia
The growing US–China rivalry is changing the dynamics of the contest over Tibet. -
28 May 2021
Indians are becoming visible in Australia like never before
Outrage over the two-week India travel ban is another marker of the diaspora’s growing influence in Australian politics. -
12 May 2021
India’s Covid-19 wave is spreading south
Will South India’s health system hold up to its promise in the second wave of Covid? -
5 May 2021
Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis
China and Russia are on a vaccine drive across South Asia to deliver on India’s fast-vanishing promises. -
4 May 2021
India’s power illusion
Ambition now looks like arrogance as New Delhi’s mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in disaster. -
3 May 2021
India: Smoke and mirrors
India’s terrible Covid tragedy, still on the rise, reveals who really keeps the country from falling apart. -
30 Apr 2021
Taiwan: Renewing a southbound vision
Increasing economic ties with Southeast Asia has been a success for Tsai Ing-wen. She should look beyond to India, too. -
26 Apr 2021
Bhutan: Happy days for the jab in between a strategic pinch
The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations is a remarkable achievement for the kingdom. More tests lie ahead. -
21 Apr 2021
India’s failure to include enough women in politics
The world’s largest democracy has barely begun to draw on half its pool of candidates. -
16 Apr 2021
Russia’s Asia diplomacy
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visits to Beijing, New Delhi and Islamabad showed Moscow still has clout in the region. -
12 Apr 2021
The Quad (finally) delivers: Can it be sustained?
The future of the grouping might well be determined by China’s behaviour. -
9 Apr 2021
Economic diplomacy: Global tax, education exports and Team Australia
Levelling the field with a global minimum tax, rethinking student fee revenue, and getting APEC back in the room. -
29 Mar 2021
Unresolved questions in US-India relations
Washington has signalled a desire for closer ties with New Delhi, but major challenges are yet to be answered. -
26 Mar 2021
In India, a taste of political variety
State elections will test whether diversity in local politics can steer the country away from one-party dominance. -
17 Mar 2021
Aggressive sea control isn’t an option for India’s navy
Be assertive close to home. But India should not shrink from distant waters, either. -
16 Mar 2021
The Quad gives a boost to India’s vaccine diplomacy
Countering China’s influence is one thing. But fostering regional cooperation plays to the strengths of the grouping. -
15 Mar 2021
A new “concert” to govern the Indo-Pacific
For Quad leaders emphasising an “inclusive” region, there may be a ready-made example for involving China. -
10 Mar 2021
Sea denial is not enough: An Australian and Indian perspective
Debates over naval policy need to be mounted with a full understanding of just what a nation needs to do at sea. -
3 Mar 2021
Cracks beginning to appear in the Russia-India relationship
But Washington’s interests might actually be served by New Delhi and Moscow muddling through. -
2 Mar 2021
Agalega: A glimpse of India’s remote island military base
Satellite imagery reveals the transformation of an Indian Ocean island into a strategic outpost. Many questions remain. -
26 Feb 2021
India must be realistic about Russia relations
New Delhi can talk up ties all it likes, but Moscow’s eyes are also looking east – to Beijing. -
18 Feb 2021
India’s Koo plots a digital coup
A Twitter clone is gaining ground, but where does the push to localise social media end up? -
16 Feb 2021
India, Canada and the new vaccine politics
As a pharmaceutical powerhouse, India finds it now holds the cards over Canada and what it sees as its irksome PM. -
10 Feb 2021
Crushing dissent in a new paranoid India
As public protests grow, so does the government’s authoritarian urge. -
9 Feb 2021
India and Australia: Beyond the three Cs
It is unambiguously in Australia’s interest to strengthen our relationship with India in many aspects. -
9 Feb 2021
India should prioritise a denial strategy in the Indian Ocean
The stand-off with China in the Himalayas has raised a broader debate about India’s strategic outlook. -
20 Jan 2021
The Irrepressibles tame the Invincibles in their impregnable fortress
A transformative cricket series will do more to strengthen Australia–India bonds than any amount of public diplomacy. -
19 Jan 2021
Australia’s Pacific Step-up and the Quad
The four nations should take the chance to draw together a group of common initiatives in the Pacific islands region. -
15 Jan 2021
India launches its mammoth vaccine drive
Two Covid vaccines are rolling out across the country – and offers to neighbours might boost India's reputation. -
18 Dec 2020
Can Modi calm the farm?
A “crash or crash through” approach has served India’s PM well, but India’s farmers are proving a bigger obstacle. -
2 Dec 2020
India’s farmers take on Modi
The tactics that have allowed the Modi government to enforce unpopular new laws may not work this time. -
20 Nov 2020
India heads towards economic autarky
A telling speech foreshadows an India more focused on domestic markets and one with less clout in the region. -
18 Nov 2020
Putting the caste system in its place
Recent events have brought renewed attention to the injustices of India’s social hierarchy, and similar codes elsewhere.