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 ArticleThe new multilateral financial architecture
The announcement by Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Brazil to join the China-promoted Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has taken the world by surprise. AIIB, dismissed just a few...
View ArticleMake German Mittelstand in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his first official visit to Germany when, together with Chancellor Angela Merkel, he opens the Hannover Messe 2015 on 12th April. The annual Messe is the world’s...
View ArticleModi in Hannover: Industry 4.0
This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Germany to inaugurate the Hannover Messe, on April 12,the first time an Indian head of state has done so. Germany is a crucial partner for India,...
View ArticleDo trade targets work?
The government of India’s new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for 2015-2020 has set a $900-billion goods and services export target, to be achieved by 2020. Compared with the $465.9 billion achieved during...
View ArticleAn ASEAN lens on the AIIB
From an ASEAN perspective, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an opportune coincidence of Chinese and regional goals. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) considers...
View ArticleCan Uber in China counter local e-taxis?
Uber, the mobile app-based taxi service, is quickly expanding across the world as it attempts to become the Google or the Facebook of the crowd-sourced transport industry. Recently valued at over $41...
View ArticleMake in India Mexican-style
Mexico has overtaken China in 2013-14 as the world’s top destination for automobile investment, according to the Financial Times. In 2013, Mexico attracted 12.6% of global FDI in auto-manufacturing as...
View ArticleXi to Modi: “Here’s my shopping list”
With Indian Prime Minister Modi visiting China from 14-16 May, much remains on the agenda between the two Asian giants. International media will concentrate on border disputes, although these really...
View ArticleOBOR and India’s security concerns
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, starting on May 14, is the first time Chinese President Xi Jinping will receive a foreign leader at a location outside Beijing—the two will meet in Xi’an,...
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