Two decades ago, the BRIC economies were projected to surpass the advanced G6 economies by the early 2030s. Today, the huge potential of the BRICs prevails, but the pace has slowed and country trajectories have diverged....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...