New Delhi: On ‘The Gist‘, Abdulla Shahid, the Foreign Minister of Maldives, in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. In this conversation recorded on July 12, 2023, Minister Shahid says, “the range of cooperation between the Maldives and India in the last four years(of President Ibu Solih’s first term) has been phenomenal”, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s French connection underscores a partnership growing on three distinct pillars: defence, civil nuclear cooperation and space, says Arun Kumar Singh, former ambassador to Paris from 2015-17. In this chat on The Gist, Ambassador Singh says the understandings and agreements reached during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to France last week, lay out a […]Read More
Is India on the path to gradually rendering irrelevant the Indus Waters Treaty? India recently rejected a ruling by the Hague-based tribunal, the Court of Arbitration, calling its competency in question to decide on Pakistan’s complaint about the Ratle and Kishenganga hydropower projects. In recent years, more and more voices in India have been demanding […]Read More
NEW DELHI: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Paris was steeped in symbolism, the outcomes of the trip have taken the trajectory of bilateral ties to a different level. The biggest takeaway is the announcement that both sides will co-develop a military jet engine for the advanced medium combat aircraft that India will induct […]Read More
IAF Station, Tezpur: In the first of our series, ‘Eastern Front Airpower‘, we speak to Air Commodore V.J. Singh, the Air Officer Commanding(AOC), Indian Air Force Station, Tezpur. StratNews Global’s team of Amitabh P. Revi and Rohit Pandita travel to the IAF base Tezpur, in Assam, after filming two other series: ‘East of The Northeast‘ and ‘Along The China Front: Commanding The Tawang Heights‘ . In […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Hours after the German Cabinet released its first China Strategy paper on Thursday, which called Beijing out over its unfair practices and aggressive actions, the Chinese embassy in Beijing warned against “meddling” in China’s internal affairs and said “China will resolutely safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests”. While reiterating its One China […]Read More
Little over a fortnight ago, PRICE or the People’s Research on the Indian Economy, released its latest report titled ‘India’s Middle Class’. The report argues that the growth of India’s middle class has crossed a tipping point. It is estimated at 432 million at present and is projected to grow to a staggering 1 billion […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Whether it is the war in Ukraine now in its second year or the strategic churn in West Asia, international geopolitics is in flux with the established great powers looking to smaller countries for support. Global investment and banking firm, Goldman Sachs believes this flux is here to stay, at least for some […]Read More
NEW DELHI: This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Paris and in addition to holding talks with President Macron, he will attend the Bastille Day parade. France has been a reliable partner of India and defence is key to the bilateral strategic relationship. The agenda of Modi’s visit is vast and there could be […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Dr. Mohan Kumar is perhaps uniquely placed to speak on India and France: he was ambassador there from 2015 to 2017, and had an earlier stint at the mission in Paris as well. In his view, this visit by Prime Minister Modi has considerable strategic implications, not least because it comes on the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Citing the commonality of their defence assets, India and Malaysia on Monday agreed to establish the SU-30 Forum and a Strategic Affairs Working Group to increase cooperation between the defence ministries of the two nations. In another major development that took place during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Mohamad Hasan […]Read More
The Myanmar crisis and implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ peace plan for the country’s post-coup conflict is set to dominate the ASEAN foreign ministers’ retreat on Wednesday. One notable absentee will be junta foreign minister Than Swe, who has not been invited despite Myanmar’s membership in the regional bloc. The junta leadership […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s new foreign affair law is basically legal warfare, using legal tools to buttress its territorial and other claims, says Dr Jyun-Yi Lee, associate professor at Taiwan’s Institute for Defence & Security Research. In this chat on The Gist, Dr. Jyun argues that China sees legal warfare as a valuable tool chiefly against […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Technology collaboration between the United States and India was among the key takeaways of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent state visit to the U.S. And one of the key tech areas in which both countries have decided to work together is quantum technology. In the 2020-21 budget, India allocated ₹8,000 crore for the […]Read More
There are over 100 illegal Chinese police stations worldwide. Their role is to help Chinese citizens overseas with administrative issues, such as renewing driving license, visa and so on. However, China was recently accused of running a ‘secret service station’ to track & monitor Chinese dissidents.Read More
NEW DELHI: Last Saturday (1 July) India celebrated the sixth anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). By any count it is the most marquee tax reform carried out by India and has incredibly managed to economically unify the country—previously goods had to move through 36 tax jurisdictions. And, since there was no tax […]Read More
The bounty of HK $1 million each announced July 3 on the heads of eight pro-democracy activists living abroad by the Hong Kong police has sparked howls of protest from western capitals. The activists — seven men and one woman, aged between 26 and 74 — left Hong Kong during and just after the 2019 […]Read More
China’s overpriced property market has forced many Chinese to continue renting homes. Not so well known is Shenzhen’s Unified Rental Housing Policy, that on the face of it, is pretty innocuous: it seeks to standardize the management of rental properties in specific areas, regulating the rental market and improving the quality of rental housing while […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s policies in Tibet have been the subject of much controversy and debate. In this conversation on The Gist, Penpa Tsering, Sikyong, or president of the Central Tibetan Administration, underscores the scale of China’s assault on local customs and traditions. Children, he said, are being taken away from their parents and sent to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The 23rd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation hosted online by India, wound up after day-long deliberations. On The Gist, former diplomat Ashok Sajjanhar took note of Prime Minister’s Modi address where he urged the SCO not to hesitate to criticise the perpetrators of cross border terrorism. The prime minister was evidently hinting at […]Read More
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