ICS In The Media

Happymon Jacob

The Political Fix: Why did Narenda Modi meet Kashmiri leaders after jailing them for months?

‘Through much of 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government claimed the actions it took in the aftermath of its controversially‘

The Scroll
5 Jul 2021

Veda Vaidyanathan

Crafting a unique partnership with Africa

‘A historical solidarity is today a modern partnership,” tweeted External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during his recent trip to Kenya.‘

The Hindu
5 Jul 2021

Manoranjan Mohanty

The cost of China’s economic achievements

‘The Communist Party of China (CPC), which observed the centenary of its founding on July 1 with a very assertive speech by Xi Jinping‘

The Indian Express
3 Jul 2021

Happymon Jacob

India-Pakistan ceasefire threatened by drone attack, just as Afghanistan and China border heat up

‘A drone attack on an Indian airbase in Jammu has raised concerns that an escalation in hostilities could put at risk a ceasefire between Pakistan and India.‘

South China Morning Post
3 Jul 2021

Rityusha Mani Tiwary

100 years of Chinese Communist Party

‘All models are wrong, but some are useful — this oft-quoted aphorism explains rather well the travails of the Communist Party of China (CPC). A 100 years old this year‘

Telangana Today
3 Jul 2021

Ashwini Deshpande

Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder

‘What does being a homemaker and a mother really mean for the vast majority of Indian women? In an essay in The Atlantic last year, Helen Lewis‘

Deccan Chronicle
2 Jul 2021

Alka Acharya

How the Chinese Communist Party endures

‘In large measure it is due to the party’s ability to sum up the lessons of history and change course quite drastically, if required‘

The Hindu
1 Jul 2021

Hemant Adlakha

As ‘Ping Pong’ Diplomacy completes fifty years, ‘Diplomacy’ is missing in the US-China ties

‘During the past two hundred years, relations between China and the US/West have mostly been troubled and far from being smooth.‘

Modern Diplomacy
1 Jul 2021

Mahendra P Lama

Can Sikkim’s Centre of Excellence become a University by October 2021?

‘GANGTOK: The Centre of Excellence could become another University in Sikkim. The State government has been presented with a proposal for the Centre‘

EastMojo
24 Jun 2021

Siddiq Wahid

Modi meets Kashmir leaders 2 years after revoking region’s autonomy

‘Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, held talks with top Kashmiri politicians on Thursday to discuss restoring democracy‘

Financial Times
24 Jun 2021