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India’s ‘Strategic Silence’ on Tariffs Far From Passive: Experts
By Venus Upadhayaya (This article was written during J.D. Vance’s trip to India from April 20-24. But because of the Pahalgam attack of April 22 and the conflict and crisis between India and Pakistan in its aftermath, it couldn’t be published in time. Meanwhile US-China reached a tariff truce for 90 days in a meeting…
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‘Operation Sindoor’ Was World’s First Contest Between Indian and Chinese Weapon Systems: Expert
India conducted ‘Operation Sindoor’ — punitive, precision strikes on nine terrorists camps inside Pakistan after 26 men were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baisaran Valley on April 22. The victims were shot in front of their families after being specifically identified as ‘Hindus’. Three-day border skirmishes and drone strikes between India and Pakistan…
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What Does India Becoming the Fourth Largest Global Economy Mean for Taiwan?
By Venus Upadhayaya Also published in The Sunday Guardian on June 8, 2025. India officially overtook Japan to become the fourth largest global economy at $4 trillion, declared its officials this week. The country is estimated to become the third largest economy by 2027. This rise of an Asian democracy will have a larger geo-economic…
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Why Would Taiwan Issue a Statement in Support of India’s Actions Against Terrorist Post-Pahalgam?
By Venus Upadhayaya After India’s punitive and precision strikes against, what New Delhi serialized as nine terrorist sites inside Pakistan on May 7, a plethora of reactions poured in from governments around the world. These statements denoted their respective foreign policy in South Asia vis-a-vis India and Pakistan. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) also…
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India-Taiwan Should Create Tailor-made, Sector-specific Accords That Would Serve as Catalysts for Immediate Trade
Namrata Hasija is a Research Fellow with the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy, and her primary area of interest is Chinese foreign policy and India-Taiwan relations. She was a recipient of the Taiwan Fellowship by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019-20) and the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2014-15). Before…
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Ahead of US-India Trade Negotiations: Some Reflections on Trump’s Statements on the Recent India-Pakistan Crisis!
By Venus Upadhayaya Published in the Sunday Guardian on May 16, 2025. As a crisis unfolded between India and Pakistan after the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 Hindu tourists, US President Donald Trump made a few statements. Both India and Pakistan reacted to these statements that denote their respective foreign policies and thus…
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Taiwan is Key to the Maritime Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific: Navy Expert
Capt. Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri (Rtd.) is an Indian navy veteran placed at New Delhi’s National Maritime Foundation (NMF) as a Senior Fellow. He earlier served as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), New Delhi. His expertise for 17 years has been on Chinese Defense Forces, particularly the Chinese Navy. He currently…
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Book: Indus Waters Story, Issues, Concerns, Perspectives
details: ‘Indus Waters Story, Issues, Concerns, Perspectives’ by Ashok Motwani and Sant Kumar Sharma Preface: Why Discuss Indus Waters Now? On 14 February 2019, a suicide attack was conducted by a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) identified as Adil Dar by intelligence agencies) on a convoy carrying the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Pulwama, which killed…
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Taiwan and the Evolution of QUAD: Will the Two Converge?
By Dr. Satoru Nagao To delve into where Taiwan and QUAD will converge in the future, we need to ask ourselves a few simple questions: What is the meaning of QUAD in today’s Indo-Pacific and why is Taiwan important in this emerging context of the Indo-Pacific? The QUAD is a security arrangement between Japan, the…
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‘The Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China Are Not Subordinate to Each Other’: Expert
Roger Liu, a Professor at the International Master Program in Asia-Pacific Affairs at Taiwan’s National Sun Yat-Sen University talked with Venus Upadhayaya about Taiwan’s recent military reforms. Many media have earlier defined these reforms as a tougher stance towards the Chinese which includes the Taipei government identifying five key areas of threats to Taiwan’s national…