NEW DELHI: As the Chinese machinery (read the Chinese Communist Party) took time to wake up to the COVID-19 crisis battering Hubei province, the rest of the world was caught unawares. The slow Chinese reaction, in part, was because officials at the provincial level in Hubei were trying to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak at their […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Italy, with over 6,000 people felled by the coronavirus has more dead than anywhere in the world at this time. Fausto Biloslavo, a senior journalist with Il Giornale and Panorama warns the actual number of people infected may be ten times the official figure. In this conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P.Revi, he insists the all-India […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The leaders of 27 EU member states were in fighting mode as they held a rare video-conference on Tuesday to carve out a joint response to the crisis. According to latest figures, the virus now numbers 15,000 cases in the continent along with an estimated 536 deaths. This figure is likely to change […]Read More

NEW DELHI: “Namastey London” is the title of a Bollywood film that was released over a decade ago. The title was attractive enough for Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of Ola cabs, to use it when he opened Ola operations in the British capital last month. The London launch was the culmination of global foray by the Bengaluru-based company which saw […]Read More

PUNE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s belief that the India-EU relationship has so far “underperformed” has found a ready echo amongst leaders of member nations of the European Union, all of whom are ready to discuss business and common concerns on the global geo-political front when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Brussels later this month. […]Read More

NEW DELHI: “What the prime minister giveth, the prime minister taketh away…” These words from a Facebook post by former environment secretary Theresa Villiers, summed up the Conservative party’s abject acceptance of the cabinet purge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Trump-style sacking and the induction of the new cabinet ministers, many of whom are […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Post-Brexit, India will find itself being wooed more assiduously by the UK and the European Union. As Ranjan Mathai, former foreign secretary and former high commissioner to the UK, points out in an interview with StratNews Global Opinion Editor Ashwin Ahmad, the formal exit of the UK from the EU on January 31 […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Dominic Asquith, outgoing British high commissioner to India, hopes the Indian government will address concerns being expressed about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). “I trust that it (the Indian government) will continue to address the concerns that have been expressed. But that is for the Indian government and Indian people,” he said. Asquith, who […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Europe seems to be at a crossroads today. The US pivot towards Asia has ensured that global geo-politics is slowly but surely being played towards the east of the world. This trend, exacerbated by growing tensions within the transatlantic alliance, and the fact that the 28-member organisation cannot seem to pull together on […]Read More

The competition for strategic space in the Indian Ocean could see China deploying an aircraft carrier with its complement of other vessels, in the coming years. That’s the assessment of the Indian Navy based on a close study of the pattern of China’s naval profile since 2008, when it first entered the Indian Ocean in force. […]Read More
Podcast
Latest
“‘Technical’ Mission Logical Step; Visas, Consular Services, Channels To Opposition Key To Strategy”
Terrorism- Pakistan’s Proxy War In Jammu And Kashmir
G-7 Summit: More Pressure On Russia, BRI Rival Plans & India’s Role In Global Energy, Food Security
No Thaw, India In China’s Adversarial Crosshairs
‘Civil Conflict In Myanmar Has Deepened Uncertainties Over Kaladan Project’
Videos
Russian Energy Calculus And The Western Duplicity
‘Western Imagination Failure That Russia Wanted To Finish Ops In Days, Change Ukraine Government’
Should India Buy Heavily Discounted Russian Oil, Energy Assets Of Exiting Western Companies?
Expect Full-Throttle Pushback By Russia & China Against Quad: Vijay Gokhale
Can’t Follow LAC Protocols Selectively: Army Chief On India-China Standoff