Category: International affairs

QUAD and Malabar exercises The Statesman 28 Oct 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2870780/Kolkata-The-Statesman/28TH-OCTOBER-2020#page/7/2 QUAD and Malabar exercises 28 Oct 2020 Two recent decisions involving the Indian government are being linked together to project India joining alliances to contain China. There is no doubt, Chinese unilateral actions in the South China Sea (SCS), its threat of annexing islands belonging to other nations and imposing the nine-dash line will impact global shipping. Added to […]

The changing Middle East dynamics CENJOWS 03 Sept 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=380 The changing Middle East dynamics 03 Sept 2020 The recent signing of a peace agreement between the UAE and Israel is possibly the first stage of resetting regional dynamics in the Middle East. The announcement of the UAE-Israel deal was made by Trump, who had brokered it. He has also stated that the signing would be done in his […]

US poll outcome will not impact India ties The Statesman 18 Aug 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2789319/Kolkata-The-Statesman/18TH-AUGUST-2020#page/7/2 US poll outcome will not impact India ties 18 Aug 2020           Multiple perceptions exist on the possible impact of upcoming US Presidential elections on Indo-US and US-China relations, especially when India and China are facing a prolonged standoff. Comments have increased in intensity since the Democratic US Presidential hopeful, Joe Biden, nominated Kamala Harris, as his running mate […]

Economic wars are the new norm The Excelsior 27 May 2020

Economic wars are the new norm Economic wars are the new norm 27 May 2020           Economic actions are currently preferred options for powerful nations to display their disapproval and impose punishment on adversaries. Wars involving the military are costly in political, human and economic cost, punishing economic actions are not, especially for the nation imposing it. On the contrary, […]

India should strive for a greater leadership role The statesman 14 Apr 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2632705/Kolkata-The-Statesman/14TH-APRIL-2020#page/7/2 India should strive for a greater leadership role 14 Apr 2020           There is little doubt that Covid19 will change the way nations act. It may take a month or six, but ultimately the pandemic would be defeated. No nation or organization coordinated the global battle, it was every nation by itself. The US, which traditionally led battles against […]

Coronavirus will open doors for India CENJOWS 10 Apr 2020

https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=259 Coronavirus will open doors for India CENJOWS 10 Apr 2020           Recently President Trump ordered China based US concern, 3M, which manufactures masks and ventilators, to stop shipments to other countries and divert its stocks to the US. This was post him signing the Defence Production Act in end March. This statute compels American companies to produce material that […]

China virus versus COVID 19 The Excelsior 04 Apr 2020

http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com/?id=MTAzMzAw China virus versus COVID 19 04 Apr 2020           There is an argument on the naming of the Coronavirus between China and the global public. Nationals from countries, other than those living on Chinese largesse, seek to call the presently spreading Coronavirus by its original names ‘Wuhan Coronavirus’ or ‘Chinese Coronavirus’ as against the World Health Organization’s (WHO) designated […]

The blame game on Coronavirus The Statesman 24 Mar 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2606824/Kolkata-The-Statesman/24TH-MARCH-2020#page/7/2 The blame game on Coronavirus 24 Mar 2020           Trump has been terming COVID 19 or Coronavirus as the Chinese Virus based on its origin. He has been demanding that China be held responsible for failing to report accurately on the pandemic. His Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has also referred to it as the ‘Wuhan Virus’. These accusations […]

From globalization to isolationism CENJOWS 23 Mar 2020

https://cenjows.gov.in/article-detail?id=248 From globalization to isolationism 23 Mar 2020           The fast spreading Coronavirus has impacted the global community in a manner never witnessed before. Nations are struggling to cope with the speed of spread of the virus and its impact on the population. Casualties are mounting daily, leaving governments perplexed on how to control the crisis. Simultaneously national economies are […]

CAA, Delhi riots and foreign relations The Excelsior 19 Mar 2020

http://epaper.dailyexcelsior.com/?id=MTAyODAy CAA, Delhi riots and foreign relations 19 Mar 2020           In response to a question on whether India was losing its allies over its Kashmir policy, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Delhi riots, S Jaishankar, the Indian foreign minister stated, ‘maybe we’re getting to know who our friends really are.’ While it may have been a means of […]