India

"The Indians have also stepped up military exercises with the US and Japan — two countries regarded as strategic adversaries by China. Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute in London argues that, as strategic tension rises, Indian-Chinese relations are “in their worst state for over a decade”. "

China, India and the clash of two great civilisations

"Shashank Joshi, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, added: “India has won a political and diplomatic victory — political because it plays well at home, and diplomatically because other countries are likelier to support India in a case that involved the death penalty and has a clear legal foundation.” "

ICJ orders Pakistan to stall on Indian execution

""The inter-service concerns are valid and the process of change is bloody, bruising and painful both for individual commanders and their services. Yet, militaries do not exist to serve themselves, but to beat adversaries. Sometimes that consideration is obscured during the heat of the debate." "

Getting the model right

"Capitalising on Japan's improving ties with India would help mitigate US concerns and realise this project's full potential, thus enabling the fulfilment of New Delhi and Tehran's strategic ambitions. "

Chabahar: The key to a strategic partnership between India and Iran?

India’s Space Programme Goes Sky High

Elizabeth Quintana

The launch of more than 100 satellites on board the Indian Polar Space Launch Vehicle (PSLV) last week has smashed the previous world record held by Russia since 2014. India’s space programme is driven by regional competition and security concerns, national ambition in the scientific domain and, above all, a laser focus on cost effectiveness.

"'Rafsanjani did not single-handedly change the relationship. Structural factors, such as India’s economic liberalisation and the situation in Afghanistan, were more important. But as a relative pragmatist, he was able to overcome those in Tehran who had argued for a tilt to Pakistan and a continued focus on Kashmir and communal issues.' "

The pragmatist’s pivot to India