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Overzealous regulation of Big Tech firms is unwarranted
In the coming years jealous nation-states will first use economic instruments to contain what they see as political encroachments on their primacy. | 1st Apr 2019
Night-time commerce offers India a growth opportunity
Nighttime economy is not merely bars and restaurants, but an extension of day-time economic activities as well. | 18th Mar 2019
India needs to be wary of China-style social credit ratings
I am concerned that Chinese political ideas will subliminally ride on its venture capital and business models and undermine India's constitutional values. | 19th Feb 2019
Soft Power Is Not Power
Our foreign policy priority is not to be some vishwaguru or get everyone on yoga mats once a year: it is to create the external conditions for economic growth during very challenging times. We should heed Kautilya and focus on harnessing intellectual, economic and military power towards this end. | 1st Jan 2019
Managing the China factor in India’s foreign policy
There are two ways the China factor could influence what we do: it could either cast a shadow on our thought and action, or it could act as a reference point for our own journey. | 1st Jan 2019
China’s Belt & Road Initiatives – Implications for Sea Power
| 15th Oct 2018
Why there is an increasingly global pushback against China…
| 5th Oct 2018
Mahathir rocks! He also rocks Xi’s boat.
| 7th Sep 2018
Keep Aero India in Bangalore
Given the plans to set up a defence industrial corridor in Uttar Pradesh, there might be a case for a big industry event. It just doesn’t have to come at Bengaluru’s expense. | 14th Aug 2018
Punish lynch mobs, not tech platforms
In the absence of any measures of its own to deter and punish violent lynch mobs, the government’s determination to move against WhatsApp could well end up as a wild goose chase. | 20th Jul 2018
The strategic dimension of higher education
| 13th Jul 2018
What Kautilya would have prescribed for the Kashmir problem
The lesson from India’s successful management of insurgencies in Punjab, Assam and Mizoram is that once security forces have reduced violence below a threshold, it is the strengthening of local democratic politics that does the trick. | 28th Jun 2018
Higher education and the role of government
| 24th Jun 2018
Indian foreign policy needs to factor in military power
| 15th Jun 2018
Opening up the steel frame
| 11th Jun 2018
The Prime Minister’s security is not a political football
Security officials must remember that their duty is to protect the prime minister, if necessary, from himself. | 10th Jun 2018
Can the future state of India assert its voice?
In many ways, Karnataka is a future state of India. It will be interesting to see if the state can assert its voice, values and vision in a national political discourse dominated by the past states of India. | 10th May 2018
Sugar, Ayurvedic secrets and a Chinese invasion
| 4th May 2018
NRIs will not move back merely due to US visa controls
When the world’s skilled decide which country to move to, India isn’t one that comes to mind. | 18th Apr 2018
Why scientists must take science to the people
The 1981 statement warned that our nation’s survival and its future depend on upholding scientific temper. We just have to persuade a few hundred million people that this is indeed the case. | 16th Apr 2018
A China reset in New Delhi does not mean an India reset in Beijing.
| 6th Apr 2018
Who thinks India will fight a two-front war?
India is more secure than we fear, and our political leaders are smarter than we concede | 19th Mar 2018
The beginning of the end of the rise of China
By reversing Deng and embracing Mao, Xi Jinping is undermining the bases of China’s remarkable growth and development. | 9th Mar 2018
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