Tanya Vatsa

National Capital Territory of Delhi

Columnist at Asian Affairs UK

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A REVOLUTION CALLED MUDRA

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.
SOUTH ASIA’S STRATEGIC GAMES

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.
FRACTURES OF A NATION

1 month ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |M J Akbar

In the intricate web of international relations, Europe’s response to Russian aggression has become a test not only of military resolve but of strategic maturity. The evolving dynamics – shaped by US President Donald Trump’s ambivalent foreign policy and his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky– have exposed the widening faultlines between rhetoric and reality, alliance and autonomy.
EDITORIAL - MAY 2025 - Xi steps into the vacuum

1 month ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

President Xi Jinping threw his long game to the wind last month. The Chinese president spotted a chance to cut short decades of planning and take strides towardsmaking China the undisputed global superpower. He headed for Southeast Asia, where much blood has been spilt in that hearts-and-minds tug-of-war between opposing values of democracy and autocracy. Today’s weapons – so far, at least – are not bullets and bombs but tariffs and trade.
LETTERS - MAY 2025

1 month ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

Dear Editor,It was refreshing to read an alternative perspectivein MJ Akbar’s article, (‘Deciphering the American scream’, March issue) following Zelensky’s infamous meeting in Februarywith US President Trump &Vice-President Vance. While the media’s angle on this very public spat has centred on the apparent bullying and humiliation ofPresident Zelensky,the fact that he’s hailed as a hero by European leaders, underscores the growing disparity in outlook and values between Europe and America.
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE?

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

A recent Democracy Forum panel discussion looked ahead to what the future might hold for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad Will Syria prove to be the exception to the rule that has been created over the past several decades, in the aftermath of toppled Arab autocracies? How might reconstruction of the country take place, and why does accountability for Syrian war crimes matter?
MONTH IN BRIEF - APRIL 2025

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

The Pacific nation of Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, offering Beijing the attractive prospect of access to a huge swathe of the Pacific Ocean that harbours coveted metals and minerals. China has for some time been ramping up efforts to court Pacific nations sitting on lucrative sea-floor deposits of cobalt, nickel and copper, recently signing a cooperation deal with the Cook Islands.
TURNING THE TIDE

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

Yvonne Gill considers how Asia’s security frameworks and the tenacity and adaptability of regional markets will be tested by changing US policies President Donald Trump’s second term, characterised by a clear shift in US foreign policy, is resonating far beyond the corridors of power in Washington, from the streets of New Delhi and Jakarta to the diplomatic chambers in Tokyo and Singapore.
DECIPHERING THE AMERICAN SCREAM

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

Trump is tired of freeloaders but, writes MJ Akbar inbuilt into his demand for Ukraine’s minerals is an iron-clad security guarantee The lips said it, the mind read it.
OLD ALLIANCES, NEW FAULTLINES

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |M J Akbar

In the intricate web of international relations, Europe’s response to Russian aggression has become a test not only of military resolve but of strategic maturity. The evolving dynamics – shaped by US President Donald Trump’s ambivalent foreign policy and his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky– have exposed the widening faultlines between rhetoric and reality, alliance and autonomy.