Chabahar tidings: on Indian taking over port operations in Iran
The opening of the first office of Indian Ports Global Limited at Iran’s Chabahar and the takeover of operations of the Shahid Beheshti port is a milestone in India’s regional connectivity and trade game plan.
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China-US Contention Has Opened Up Space for Other Powers, Including India
Whether China succeeds in her internal reordering and her external quest for primacy depends to a considerable extent on how the US and China handle their relationship.
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Don’t be so deferential to China; leverage conciliatory mood to correct imbalances
Parliament’s standing committee on external affairs has expressed concern that the Indian government’s “conventionally deferential foreign policy” towards China is not being reciprocated. This is a rather late realisation. In the 1950s, China took full advantage of India’s refusal to oppose its territorial expansion and annexed Tibet without any opposition. Its current aggrandisement continues to be matched by India’s reticence.
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How Europe Will Try to Dodge the US–China Standoff in 2019 (MUST)
In 2019, European governments will have to decide whether to side with the US in this new strategic stand-off or chart their own course. While Europeans are increasingly sceptical about the Chinese leadership’s goals and methods, they do not share the Trump administration’s determination to stem China’s rise; and they do not want to find themselves trapped on one side of a new political-economic cold war.
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India-US-EU Combine Halts China's Belt and Road Initiative at the UN
In a significant expression of international will, references to China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI) have been deleted from all UN resolutions, bringing an end to Beijing’s “wordplay diplomacy” and dealing a blow to its biggest strategic gambit. |
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US must brace itself for losing No. 1 status
What a difference two decades makes. In 1997, China’s gross domestic product was about 11 per cent of the US’s. By 2017, it was up to 63 per cent: But this overstates the difference in living standards between the two countries, since prices are generally lower in China. In purchasing power-parity terms, China’s economy became the world’s largest in about 2013. So which country’s economy is really bigger?
65 US universities oppose Trump administration’s visa policy changes for foreign students
As many as 65 top US universities, including Harvard and MIT, have challenged the Trump administration in a court against its new stringent visa policy for foreign students, warning that the new ‘backdating’ rule will have a detrimental effect on America’s higher education system.
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Why Indian IT firms are hiring teams overseas
The fundamentals of India’s $118 billion technology outsourcing industry rest on a few key pillars. Teams of engineers are cheaper here than in developed markets, for one. The time zone difference with the US, which meant teams here could work while coders in North America slept, making code development a round-the-clock operation, was deemed a major advantage.
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Why Indonesians fight like Avengers for globalizations
It was a remarkable moment: during his speech at the World Economic Forum on ASEAN this September, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said he was an Avenger, fighting for free trade. “I and my fellow Avengers stand ready to [keep] Thanos from wiping out half of the population,” he said. “We must prevent trade wars from becoming the infinity war.” (He didn’t say who Thanos was.)
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Eminent policymakers, economists, activists in US discuss issues being faced in India
Leading experts from diverse fields such as the government, academia, economy and banking converged at the prestigious Columbia University in the US and discussed the Indian economy, blockchain, education, women's rights and the MeToo movement in India.
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