Articles By Tarun Basu
Imran Khan and India: Will he flatter to deceive?
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 01 Aug , 2018
There are two ways to assess the results of Pakistan’s hotly contested elections, whose ramifications lay far beyond the country’s border – whether to see the glass half-full or half-empty. If...
Don't expect too much from Modi-Xi meeting
By: Tarun Basu | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 25 Apr , 2018
The forthcoming “informal summit” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan this weekend has surprised observers and many have even compared it to the...
India and Pakistan: Will there be a spring in ties?
By: Tarun Basu | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 01 Apr , 2018
When K Natwar Singh was Minister of State for External Affairs in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government in the late 1980s, he made a poignant remark that has become an apt metaphor for the...
US South Asia policy: Betting on India, but not giving up on Pakistan
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 10 Oct , 2017
US President Donald Trump signalled a radical shift in a much awaited speech recently, spelling out his policy towards South Asia, a region he neglected in his first controversy-tinged six months...
India-China: Can the Modus Vivendi be Restored?
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 11 Jul , 2017
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said very proudly during a visit to Russia earlier this month that not a single bullet had been fired along the border between India and China for 40 years. “It...
Modi-Trump summit: Hugs, business and support for India
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 27 Jun , 2017
If hugs and handshakes are markers to personal and bilateral relationships, then the first get-to-know meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump seems to...
The Chinese are coming: Is India listening?
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 19 May , 2017
A 1996 award-winning Hollywood film “The Russians are coming, The Russians are coming” played on the fears and prejudices of the Cold War era about America’s main ideological and strategic...
History tells us Pakistan Army will play spoiler
By: Tarun Basu | Date: 12 Jan , 2016
In a tumultuous fortnight, during which many an illusion was shattered at the turn of the year, some home truths emerged in the chronically accident-prone ties between India and Pakistan. One,...