NEW DELHI: Last week Uday Kotak, the founder and outgoing CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, set the cat among the pigeons by alleging that the United States dollar, the world’s reserve currency, is a “financial terrorist”. He is not alone. Last month President Luiz Lula of Brazil, during a bilateral visit to China, too questioned […]Read More
BENGALURU: The U.S.-China geopolitical fault lines in high technology have become sharper than ever and nowhere has it been more significant than in the domain of semiconductors. Semiconductors are critical to advanced computing and artificial intelligence (AI) that will form the core of the next-generation industrial revolution. They also have significant implications for advanced and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest and the subsequent rampaging violence continue to be a hot topic on Chinese social media. Two days after the arrest, a hashtag titled ‘#Pakistan Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested’ has garnered over five million views yet wasn’t among the top 50. Little surprise, given that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Myanmar has been reeling from the civil war ever since the Junta toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s government two years ago. Since then many factions of the country have been protesting to restore a pro-democratic government. This agitation has claimed thousands of lives and has become a pressing issue for neighbouring countries like […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “In terms of geopolitical competition, India will be one of the most powerful countries in the world. India’s role is crucial, in terms of the rise of the Indo-Pacific, and it is also one of the drivers of economic growth in the world today.” That was Alex Ellis, UK High Commissioner, underscoring India’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Exactly a year ago, Sri Lanka defaulted for the first time in its history. And now as Pakistan’s economic crisis deepens amid its currency crashing against the U.S. dollar with surging inflation, it almost seems like a replay. It is no surprise that the Pakistani rupee crashed to 288.5 against the US dollar […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Imran Khan is finished, the only question is whether he will be politically eliminated or physically, says Sushant Sareen, Pakistan scholar at the Observer Research Foundation. Speaking on The Gist, Sareen believes that Imran accusing senior ISI officers of trying to assassinate him may have triggered his arrest and detention. At this point, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Got to go! With that Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen returned home from Delhi leaving a tweet to clarify matters. “In light of the events in Israel, I decided to cut short the diplomatic visit to India and return to Israel after my meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that will take […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China is known for its strong family system. Traditionally, a Chinese family had well-defined roles for its different members. Children are not just raised by parents but often two or even four grandparents. Important life decisions involve the entire family. Elders have pride of place, they are to be respected and followed unquestioningly […]Read More
NEW DELHI: America’s latest gambit of convening a meeting of national security advisers from three countries (India, Saudi Arabia and UAE) to counter China’s BRI reflects its growing loss of influence in the Arabian Gulf and the broader Arab world, says Talmiz Ahmad, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The diplomat turned scholar who is well […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With Cambodia as the spur, Beijing is consolidating its hold in the Gulf of Thailand, which can become the gateway for Chinese ships to enter the Indian Ocean. China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported that China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) secured a contract from a Cambodian firm last week to construct a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ambassador Bhaskar Balakrishnan, who is also the Fellow for Science Diplomacy, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, gives his thoughts on the challenges governing space today at the DefSat Conference and Expo. Excerpts: What should be India’s role in space? International cooperation is a strategic area for a space programme. India has […]Read More
Afghanistan is stable, secure and there is relative safety when one is travelling through the country, says Arshad Yusufzai, Peshawar based Pakistani journalist who travels frequently across the Durand Line. In the first of two conversations recorded for The Gist, Yusufzai says that while it is safe to travel through the countryside economic conditions are […]Read More
India’s state-owned Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) plans to enter Myanmar by setting up retail fuel outlets in strife-torn Sagaing region, according to Indian media reports. NRL has been exporting oil to Myanmar via the 421-kilometre road linking Numaligarh in Assam state to Moreah on the border with Sagaing, NRL chairman and managing director Bhaskar Jyoti […]Read More
GOA: At the meeting of SCO foreign ministers, the media attention was largely focused on Pakistan’s attendance. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari became the first Pakistani foreign minister to visit India in over a decade, which led to questions about a so-called ‘breakthrough’ in bilateral ties. At the press briefing, External Affairs Ministers put all speculation to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Was Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang hinting at some concessions at the end of his bilateral with S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the SCO in Goa? Note these words: “…push for further cooling and easing of the border situation and maintain sustainable peace and tranquility in the border areas.” Of course, it […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dr Geeta Kochhar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Chinese and South East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), Founder & Host, ‘Nation-State Dialogue‘ and Dr M.S. Prathibha, Associate Fellow, East Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses(MP-IDSA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel […]Read More
GOA: In a first sign of a possible rethink on easing tension in Eastern Ladakh, China has expressed its readiness to “cool down” the situation along the border. “Both sides should continue to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, consolidate the existing achievements, strictly abide by relevant agreements, take […]Read More
“The youth is strong, so the country is strong.” “The future belongs to the youth, and hope is placed on the youth.” Propaganda on Chinese social media marking the 104th Anniversary of the May 4th Movement. One hundred and four years ago, on May 4th 1919, over 3,000 students from 13 Beijing colleges launched a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For a host of reasons, China has become the center of global debate and scrutiny. The Western block of nations, which had nurtured the Chinese economy for most of the last three decades, have suddenly turned hostile. Worse, they are trying hard to reduce their dependence on China and decouple from it. This […]Read More
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