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The US administration has completed the executive approvals for the manufacture of F414 jet engines in India. Sealing a key deliverable during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington DC, the United States (US) administration has completed the executive approvals for the manufacture of F414 jet engines...
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin’s arrival in New Delhi on Sunday comes at a critical moment, just two weeks before Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s State visit to Washington DC. As with any ministerial visit, the secretary and his counterpart, defence minister Rajnath Singh, will take stock of recent successes...
A World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff ruling against Inda could lower costs for Taiwan's growing investments in the South Asian giant, which analysts said is seen as an alternative to mainland China as a site for manufacturing. However, they said, compliance with the WTO order could take time and more...
The landmark Australia-United Kingdom-United States military alliance has been touted as a “strategic masterstroke” and “impressive audacity”, but the hugely ambitious project has a massive Achilles’ heel that could ultimately make it all but unworkable: US bureaucracy. Unveiled in September 2021 and...
China’s growing role in the Middle East, as it helps Saudi Arabia and Iran negotiate its differences, is talk of the town. However, senior fellow at the Stimson Center, Sameer Lalwani’s recent paper for the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) draws attention back to Asia. South Asia to be precise, where...
India is not seeking direct US involvement in the India-China border dispute but is likely confident – barring any major contingencies that Washington would have to tend to elsewhere – that it can count on the United States for support, if necessary, states a new report by an American think-tank, Center for a...
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Sameer Lalwani to discuss the evolving relationship between China and Pakistan. He explains that China has accumulated major leverage over Pakistan through both economic investment and arms sales. Dr. Lalwani also details how China might...
One of the biggest opponents of China may be the biggest wall between a full-fledged Pakistan-China alliance, says a report by the Washington-based US Institute of Peace (USIP). The report titled, "The Future of the China-Pakistan Military Relationship", digs into the current status of relationship between Pakistan and China, terming it at a "threshold alliance", arguing that Washington may prevent Pakistan from extending its...
Happymon Jacob and Sameer Lalwani join Milan to give their opposing takes on whether India can start to break away from Russia one year after Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, many of the world’s major democracies lined up to condemn Russian aggression and rally to Ukraine’s defense. India did not. It abstained on key votes at the United Nations and refused to denounce its longtime partner. The backlash that ensued was striking...