By Pooja Jain, PhD, Research Fellow at Asia Centre Pooja Jain Commentary N°2021 14 Click Here To Download Introduction In the fight against coronavirus, India stands out for its twin initiative of fighting the virus at home and providing it simultaneously…
La contribution ci-dessous, sous la plume de talents montants de nos équipes, prend acte et “choisit” délibérément d’entériner l’émergence concrète du concept d’Indo-Pacifique. Mainte fois évoqué, souvent contesté, il est parfois même traversé de contradictions créées par les acteurs de…
On the margin of the 2019 UN General Assembly, in a conversation with Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan held at the Council for Foreign Relations, New York, Richard Haass, the Council’s President, pointed Pakistan as being « on the short list of countries receiving most Belt and Road Initiative investiments » and therefore addressed Prime Minister Imran Khan with two substantial questions: firstly, will this state of affairs not dramatically exacerbate Pakistan’s debt challenge, given the nature of Chinese support ? Furthermore, how does Pakistan claim to retain full sovereignety while inviting China to lead projects on such a scale?
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s answer simply outlined the great opportunity that China represents for Pakistan.
The last five years of the Modi government saw an increased and sustained effort at building multiple but non-exclusive partnerships. These multiple partnerships and engagements embodied by Modi’s numerous trips and hugs abroad were synonymous with India’s long-standing normative and…