ICS In The Media

Shyam Saran

India must make the most of the diplomatic attention it’s receiving

‘India has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity during the past week with a long line of ministers, senior military officers and diplomats from a number of countries‘

The Indian Express
2 May 2022

Ravi Bhoothalingam

The Martians Respond to Earth’s Geopolitics: A Science Fiction Allegory

‘Two hundred years earlier, the Martians had found that the water sources and canals on the surface of their planet had started drying up. But the Martian polity—divided by ethnicity, race and tribe‘

Outlook
30 Apr 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: China’s Leaders look for ‘Opportunity’ amid Ukraine War

‘Myths are an essential part of all forms of human narrative. Myth-making, likewise, is central to all academic disciplines. Diplomacy or foreign policy as a field of study is no exception.‘

Indian Defence Review
28 Apr 2022

Sandip Mishra

Testing the Strength of India-Japan Relations

‘Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India in March this year. In a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kishida raised the issue of Russia’s “aggression” with Ukraine.‘

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
26 Apr 2022

Shyam Saran

A ‘drop the pin’ event in Chinese politics

‘When the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its annual Central Economic Work Conference in December last year, the watchword was “stability”.‘

The Hindu
25 Apr 2022

Shyam Saran

Don’t lose sight of the Neighborhood

‘Neighbourhood First” has been a cardinal component of India’s foreign policy. Unless India manages its periphery well in the subcontinent, its pursuit of a more significant role‘

Hindustan Times
23 Apr 2022

Hemant Adlakha

BRI and the ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy: Geopolitical vs. Geostrategic

‘It is widely known across the US “think tank-land” and in the strategic affairs community that the US initiative to tighten the noose around China was first initiated under the Bush administration just months before‘

Moderndiplomacy
21 Apr 2022

Shyam Saran

Violence against Muslims rampant but can India manage the fallout is the question we must ask

‘The events of the past few weeks fill one with a sense of foreboding. The diversity of our country has been its defining characteristic through the ages. It is threatened with a stifling uniformity.‘

ThePrint
20 Apr 2022

Zorawar Daulet Singh

Ukraine Crisis vindicates core tenets of India’s foreign policy

‘‘Will Asia’s future be like Europe’s past?’ was the question asked for decades, as a metaphor to warn Asian statesmen to learn the lessons from European catastrophes a century ago.‘

The Times of India
17 Apr 2022

Srikanth Kondapalli

Wang Yi hurt India-China ties

‘China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s unheralded visit to India on March 25, amidst the continuing stalemate in Russia’s war on Ukraine and the continuing India-China stand-off in Ladakh‘

Deccan Herald
12 Apr 2022