My childhood memories of a broken Buddha sculpture spawned a bewildering array of questions—long before I came to know about the greatness of the apostle of Ahimsa. We were told that the sculpture, made of...
For many years we regularly saw news stories, like this Washington Post piece, telling us that the official data on the bilateral U.S. trade deficit was hugely exaggerated. The argument was that we count the full value of a...
United States (US) and China are locked into a trade war, wherein actions and counter-actions being taken at bilateral level, bypassing the established international trade rules. Although the immediate reason cited for US’ trade restrictions on China is the...
The rise of a critical mass of world leaders including Donald J. Trump, Xi Jinping and others In Europe, Asia and Latin America who are bent on shaping a new world order in their authoritarian and civilizationalist mould, has...
The Galwan valley encounter between India and China, which took an unanticipated but a significant number of casualties on both sides, is certainly a major setback for India’s good neighbour policy and its national security architecture. The sudden reversal...
Reckless US hostility toward China risks eventual confrontation between both countries.
Majority bipartisan hardliners already severely damaged bilateral relations.
Unacceptable US policies toward Beijing reflect what the scourge of imperialism is all about.
What’s short of hot war could cross that rubicon...
China’s recent efforts to win popular support at home have shown a surge in its public diplomacy activities. Social media activities in China have gained significance, in recent years, with the mounting interactions with the domestic public. China’s use...
The spotlight at the G20 summit in Osaka was undoubtedly on the meeting last Saturday between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Much of the ‘feel-good’ impression of that event was based on three things.
One, Trump’s...
NIKHIL SEETHI
The relationship between China and India, the two fastest growing economies in the world, is of special significance in the contemporary world and it calls for an analysis based on the strategic and cooperative partnership in the...
It is anybody’s guess why US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo had to cancel the Sri Lanka leg of his limited South Asia visit, when he did spend time in the neighbouring Indian capital of New Delhi. If...
