Modi’s Indian Ocean Island Trip Is Integral to His Second Term in Office

Modi’s Indian Ocean Island Trip Is Integral to His Second Term in Office

Indian Prime Minister Modi will pay his first foreign trip since re-election to the Indian Ocean island states of the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 8-9 June in showcasing the geostrategic importance that these two countries have for India’s foreign policy during the next five years of his second term in office. Indian think tanks…

It’s Not a “Trade War”, India & The US Are Just Trying to Get a Better Trade Deal

It’s Not a “Trade War”, India & The US Are Just Trying to Get a Better Trade Deal

Many international observers have misinterpreted Trump’s termination of India’s membership in the “Generalized System of Preferences” and New Delhi’s decision to supposedly go forward with the S-400s despite CAATSA sanctions threats as the beginning of an Indo-American “trade war”, but both allied Great Powers are actually just playing games with one another in order to…

Trump’s Post Election Surprise for Modi’s India Explains Everything One Needs to Know About America’s “New Normal”

Trump’s Post Election Surprise for Modi’s India Explains Everything One Needs to Know About America’s “New Normal”

US foreign policy has become less and less predictable over the last two years, but one thing that has been totally consistent is Donald Trump’s willingness to tariff, sanction or embargo just about every foreign economy in the world. This is the case irrespective of all other diplomatic considerations. When it comes to India, the…

Modi’s Escalating War Against India’s Forests and Tribal People

Modi’s Escalating War Against India’s Forests and Tribal People

The result of the biggest election in history, India 2019, is terrible news for tribal peoples in the world’s biggest democracy. Politicians with authoritarian nationalist inclinations like India’s newly invigorated Narendra Modi are in vogue around the world, and while many minority groups are feeling the impact of this surge to the right, the past…

Iran’s Relations with India and Pakistan. Couldn’t Be More Different

Iran’s Relations with India and Pakistan. Couldn’t Be More Different

Iran is becoming increasingly desperate after the US intensified the economic component of its Hybrid War on the country, and while Indian Prime Minister Modi snubbed the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat during his visit to the country earlier this month and humiliatingly sent him back to his homeland empty-handed, his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan warmly…

India: Congress’ Lack of a Proactive Vision Spelled Its Downfall

India: Congress’ Lack of a Proactive Vision Spelled Its Downfall

The BJP’s colossal landslide has led to some serious soul-searching by the Congress opposition, but the answer to its downfall should be obvious to all and it’s that the party completely lacked any proactive vision. The latest Indian elections were basically a referendum on Modi, and to his credit, he won by a colossal landslide….