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1 month ago | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
Launched a decade ago, this scheme to empower the poor and eliminate hunger is, writes MJ Akbar, perhaps Narendra Modi’s greatest gift to India Media has become middle class. This might have been funny were its consequences not so smug. Print still retains an upper middle-class sense of itself but it is still some ladders below the khadi-nationalism aristocracy that was its high plateau.
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1 month ago | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
Rather than embracing a more inward-focused foreign policy, as expected, Trump’s second presidential stint looks set to reinforce America’s global influence. Amit Agnihotri reports.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
MJ Akbar reviews the year that has just ended and looks ahead to what 2025 may bring, as well as highlighting the rise of India through the lanes of Goa Donald Trump is so unpredictable that he is in danger of becoming predictable. First, let us pay genuine homage to the disciple of Frank Sinatra who did it ‘My Way’.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Amit Agnihotri
As the world becomes ever more interconnected, Tanya Vatsa highlights how submarine cables are emerging as a new geopolitical battlefield In today’s hyper connected world, the arteries of global communication run silently beneath our oceans.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
A recent Democracy Forum debate invited panellists to explore the territorial disputes in the South China Sea from a legal, geopolitical and security perspective China’s ‘nine-dash line’ emerged from a cartographic error, while Beijing’s shifting claims in the South China Sea are paired with the more risk-taking and aggressive nature of the Xi Jinping government.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
Dark clouds now loom over the recent disengagement along the LAC, which was projected as a thaw in China-India ties. Amit Agnihotri reports.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Amit Agnihotri |Tanya Vatsa
Solid good sense and a compassionate outlook are the hallmarks of Tanya Vatsa’s journalism, as she calls for a ‘a more balanced approach’, indeed a ‘recalibration’ in the United States’ dealings with Israel, even as she acknowledges Washington’s need to fulfil certain commitments to its ally. (‘On the wrong side of history’).
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Amit Agnihotri
With previous events having focused on the great power competition between China and the United States, in its latest seminar The Democracy Forum invited participants to view this rivalry through the perspective of a multipolar world. Chinese foreign policy is pursuing different goals from the US, said TDF President Lord Bruce in his introductory address, opening up an entirely different perspective of how to engage with a multipolar world.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Amit Agnihotri |M J Akbar
In the wake of Indonesia’s regional executive elections, Yvonne Gill considers the continuing influence a former leader exerts over the nation’s political landscape. Candidates backed by the newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto are set to make significant gains in the country’s regional executive elections held on November 27.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Yvonne Gill |Amit Agnihotri |M J Akbar
As President Trump returns to the White House, Tanya Vatsa reflects on the implications of US foreign policy vis-à-vis Israel and the wider Middle East The enduring support of the United States for Israel, especially in the context of allegations surrounding violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL), represents a critical nexus of geopolitics and humanitarian concerns. This dynamic is not merely an isolated issue but a reflection of broader...
