If you can’t fix the institutions that are supposed to fix the world’s problems, use new ones In today’s Pax Indica column, I argue that “India must use the G-20 to present the UN, the World Bank and the IMF with a simple choice: reform or face irrelevance.” Like Groucho Marx who didn’t want to ...
The First Law of Middle Eastern Geopolitics In this fortnight’s Pax Indica column, I record Turkey’s breakout moment. (It) was only when Turkey floated the flotilla to Gaza that people took notice. The successor to the Ottoman empire had announced its arrival. The re-emergence of Turkey as a major power offers India the opportunity to ...
The New Himalayas and the Global Raja-Mandala Do come and listen to my talk on how India might promote its interests in the geopolitics of the 21st century. It’s next Wednesday 16th June at the Bangalore International Centre. Synopsis: Despite fundamental differences in the way India and China view international relations, the high Himalayas prevented ...
It’s an inflection point In hindsight, the labour strike at Honda’s auto parts manufacturing plants in Guangzhou and Wuhan is likely to prove a turning point in China’s economic history. It is remarkable because it is the first time that the Communist Party of China has permitted an action of this nature in a very ...
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