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    Dancing with the Dragon

    2023-05-11T11:24:48+00:00December 11th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

    The underlying mood may be tetchy, but overall India-China relations covered some important ground in 2016. In 2016, particularly following the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) plenary in Seoul in June, India-China relations became decidedly testy. Several reasons were attributed to this and it is possible all of them had a bearing on the outcome. Critics of the Indian government’s attempt to gain acceptance as a full member of the NSG blamed that motivation. They argued the bid was premature and [...]

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      Romancing the Bear

      2018-09-06T10:25:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

      India-Russia ties have been rooted in history but 2016 marked a shift in gears to give the relationship a solid 21st century dimension. President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in October marked a boost for the Make in India programme with the signing of a slew of deals for the co-production of military helicopters. India also signed up to the purchase of Russian missiles and frigates. Some highlights of the joint statement issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Putin [...]

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        WOOING INDIA INC.

        2018-09-06T09:58:35+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

        Indian companies are collectively the third largest foreign investor in the UK and the largest employer in its manufacturing sector. Then, Indian IT companies employ about 100,000 US citizens in that country. No wonder countries across the world are inviting Indian companies to invest in them and are laying out the red carpet for them. Indians have seen senior government functionaries from the Prime Minister downwards hard selling India as a an ideal destination for FDI from the West, China, [...]

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          Playing catch up with China

          2018-05-18T13:04:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

          India has lots of ground to cover in the African continent with its own version of economic diplomacy and the New Year will mark another chapter in the India-Africa outreach programme.

          The Modi government has made much headway in its outreach to Africa but India still has lots of ground to cover before it can match Beijing’s heft in that continent.

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            India and China: From neighbours to frenemies

            2018-09-06T09:58:04+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

            Of all the foreign policy challenges facing the Modi government, the one on how to deal with China is, arguably, the most difficult and vexed problem. China’s rise to the top league of the world’s leading nations has been accompanied by increasing muscle flexing towards it neighbours, with many of which it has unresolved border problems. Most analysts accept that India is not really in the same league as China -- not yet, at any rate. They also admit that [...]

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              Tata’s global bet

              2020-09-21T08:40:18+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

              The Tata Group is India’s most successful global firm but its geographical spread may not always be a good thing.

              The Tata Group is a much respected, admired and valued conglomerate in India and one that is also highly successful. Very often the two do not go hand in hand. It is also perceived as a very ethical corporate group, having played a significant role in nation building since its inception in 1868 – creating country’s first steel plant, power station, luxury hotel, domestic airline and information and technology company.

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                Is the Tata Group paying the price for being truly multinational?

                2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                The New Year should mark a period of inward reflection for one of India’s truly global conglomerates – the Tata Group.

                What is common between Walmart, Apple, Google, General Electric, Volkswagen, HSBC and the Tata Group? These are all highly successful profitable companies or conglomerates that have branched out from their home countries to almost every corner of the world.

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                  Time to fast-track the Japanese connection

                  2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                  India and Japan signed off a strategic civil nuclear agreement in November. Will it clear the way for a wider and deeper role for Japanese business in India?

                  Narendra Modi is famously fixated with productive use of time. The man hours he has spent on Japan during a career dating back more than a decade to his days as chief minister in Gujarat, are eye-popping. He has always been drawn to Japan’s world-beating manufacturing, engineering processes and a perception of capital as a long-term partner as the preferred route to India’s own development.

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                    Old friendship in need of a new makeover

                    2018-05-18T13:04:37+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                    Russia remains India’s largest supplier of defence and strategic equipment. It is important the relationship strengthens in other areas too to avoid a slow burnout.

                    The Russian Ambassador to New Delhi said all the right things. Russia, he insisted, remained India’s BFF (best friend forever for the uninitiated) despite its recent flirtation with Pakistan. But it will take a lot more than mere protestations of undying love to convince New Delhi that its ties with Moscow are still what they were at the peak of the Indo-Soviet romance during the Cold War.

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                      Africa’s importance to India

                      2018-08-10T07:53:53+00:00December 8th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

                      A leading Indian diplomat based in Africa shares his views on why the continent is important to India. Any observer of Indian foreign and strategic policy may well raise the question: Why Africa? Why should a developing country like India expend its limited political, diplomatic, human and financial resources on Africa when there are myriad problems to be resolved within the country. Moreover, given India’s limited resources spent primarily cultivating the P-5 and other great powers like Germany and Japan, [...]

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