Dealing with Pakistan: India’s Western Neighbour is No Longer a Strategic Priority
India’s Pakistan policy has evolved over the last decade, from an attempted rapprochement in 2014-15, to a focus on stringent border management and counterterrorism. Even though India’s primary strategic challenge over the next decade would emanate from the north i.e. China- the country’s most recalcitrant western neighbour will continue to pose a sub-conventional security threat.
Book Excerpt: A troubled Flight IC 814
As the ‘VIP carcade’ sped towards RCR, I spoke to Anand and then breathlessly told the prime minister that an Indian Airlines flight from Nepal had been hijacked and had landed at Amritsar airport; the crisis management group led by the cabinet secretary was in session and (the principal secretary) Brajesh Mishra was waiting at RCR to brief the prime minister on unfolding events.
RT TV: Let’s Talk Bharat with Anupam Kher
“The US-centered world has ended, in the new multipolar world order, India seeks a greater role.” -Ajay Bisaria Anupam Kher interviews former diplomat Ajay Bisaria, India’s last High Commissioner to Pakistan, who reflects on his tenure in the neighboring country and discusses what he believes to be the most significant issue in the often tense […]
Hybrid Pakistan
In the aftermath of brazenly rigged elections of 8 February, Pakistan has unveiled a new parliament, government, and cabinet of ministers, in a spectacle carefully choreographed by its military establishment.
Pak set for another selection
The most critical element of the polycrisis is the economic meltdown that the country faces, with inflation close to 40 percent, growing deficits, absent investment, stunted growth and mounting public anger. All this will require the new civilian regime to start knocking on the doors of the IMF for a grim 24th bailout program from June 2024.