That man from Rio

Wednesday 15 May '13

Geo-politics defined new WTO chief''s candidacy, geo-economics will shape his tenure

CAD and effect

Friday 19 April '13

Have the economic slowdown and rising deficits hurt India''s global profile?

Changing course in Africa

Friday 12 April '13

The continent is experiencing rising rates of growth. But will growth be translated into development?

Five thoughts on China

Monday 25 March '13

Together, leaders of India and China can craft a Panchsheel for a new time

Asia''s Revolt against Empire

Saturday 29 September '12

Pankaj Mishra''s new book is a provocative read with a deeply flawed worldview it''s the West versus the rest

A new Merkel in the making

Thursday 30 August '12

German leader visits China, with an eye on her image at home and in Europe

Altering expectations

Friday 10 August '12

The most important step for enhancing economic security is to set a timetable for market-based energy pricing

The architect of Bharat Nirman

Thursday 19 July '12

R. Gopalakrishnan was the creator of the term and the conceptualiser of the initiative

Deng''s grandchildren

Tuesday 17 July '12

Impatient with Beijing, Shanghai sets the pace for reform. It has lessons for India

Manmohanomics 3.0

Tuesday 3 July '12

The challenge is to manage expectations while stimulating 'animal spirits''

A crisis of leadership

Monday 18 June '12

The challenge for Europe is to find its own Ambedkar

Home alone

Thursday 7 June '12

Message from Shangri-La dialogue: in a world of flux, South Asia is on its own

Beijing isn''t worried

Wednesday 23 May '12

Young and self-assured Chinese don''t see India as a threat, or even a challenge

Low on street cred

Wednesday 2 May '12

What S&P''s ratings downgrade really says about UPA 2

Kim at the Bank

Thursday 19 April '12

What the selection of a non-Wall Street, non-DC academic means

Just neighbours at lunch

Friday 6 April '12

Every visit by a Pakistan president need not be made into a momentous occasion

Throwing BRICS at G-20?

Thursday 29 March '12

G-20 must find cooperative solutions to economic shocks and underlying shifts of power

Act, don''t appease

Tuesday 13 March '12

UPA should rise above please-all tactics in this budget

India''s Arab sprint

Wednesday 22 February '12

Riyadh and Delhi are quietly drawing closer, acknowledging their many shared concerns

Empires of the mind

Wednesday 8 February '12

In strategic affairs, no one had more influence on PM than K. Subrahmanyam

The power trips

Tuesday 17 January '12

Energy security is now the big driver of Asian geopolitics, as China and India focus their diplomatic energies on the Gulf

Telugu or Telangana

Monday 29 March '04

Does language still unite the people of India''s first linguistic state or has dialect come to divide them?