Assessing India’s infrastructure aid diplomacy
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka this week, two of India’s aid projects were in the spotlight—the Northern Railway Rehabilitation project in the north, as well as the housing project...
View ArticlePublic procurement: policy must precede law
As India prepares to convert some of its free trade agreements into larger comprehensive agreements, it will have to re-examine some existing domestic rules and convert other rules into legislations....
View ArticleDefence and India’s private sector
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pro-actively pursued India’s agenda of modernising and indigenising its defence sector by clearing several long-pending demands of the Indian military...
View Article“Brexit”: good or bad for India?
The Greek referendum, which rejected all debt restructuring proposals, has brought into sharp focus the next challenge to the EU: the UK’s membership in the group. To appease the far right-leaning...
View ArticleReview: Modi in China, Mongolia and South Korea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently returned from a six-day trip from 14-19 May during which he visited China, Mongolia and South Korea. In China, in a break from the traditional diplomatic meetings...
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The significance of Strategic OFDI
On 5 October 2018 the U.S. announced the launch of the International Development Finance Agency, a government agency to support America’s private sector enterprises investing and operating abroad. For...
View ArticleGateway House Webcast: Scrutinising Chinese FDI in India
The discussion answers the below questions: Why was this necessary? What does China seek? How has the definition of ‘strategic investments’ changed? What does this reveal about globalization and the...
View Article75 years of development cooperation
The advent of globalisation promised countries in the Global South the benefits of equitable and free trade as well as additional financing for sustainable development. In reality, these have become...
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COP28 and Sri Lanka’s energy goals
The state visit of Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the COP28 summit on Dec 1, 2023 was an opportunity to attract foreign investment for his own country...
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Stepping on FDI pedal in Maharashtra
In the 2024 Legislative Assembly elections, Maharashtra witnessed a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance, securing 236 seats in the 288-member assembly....
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