Articles By Tridivesh Singh Maini
India, China must cooperate to bring stability to Afghanistan
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 21 Oct , 2018
A senior Chinese diplomat in India has underscored the need for New Delhi and Beijing to work jointly to counter the trade protectionism being practised by US President Donald Trump. The US...
Imran’s New Government: Old hands provide hope for improved India Ties
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 20 Aug , 2018
Imran Khan’s new team consists of a number of familiar faces. Of the 21 member council of ministers, 12 have been part of General Pervez Musharraf’s cabinet, while five have been members of...
India needs to recalibrate its South Asia policy
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 17 Jul , 2018
In recent years, some countries in SAARC which earlier had deep strains with India, have sought to improve ties with New Delhi. Two instances of this are Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (which have...
India must articulate a clear stand on Iran
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 28 Jun , 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit held June 9-10. India’s proposal to host an informal...
India must balance Indo-Pacific policy between China and US
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 11 Jun , 2018
While addressing students at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and while delivering the keynote address at the annual Shangri La Dialogue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Changing geopolitical dynamics of the Indo-Pacific
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 12 May , 2018
The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ is increasingly finding favour and has been used on more than several occasions in recent years, by policy makers from the US and Australia. The vision of a “free and...
India, like Japan, should be more flexible on BRI
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 01 May , 2018
US President Donald Trump’s lukewarm approach to Japan has compelled Tokyo to explore the possibility of improving ties with Beijing. In recent months there seems to be a desire on both sides to...
India, China must find ways to Cooperate Economically
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 22 Apr , 2018
That the 5th Sino-Indian Strategic and Economic Dialogue was held in Beijing despite deep divergences between India and China on strategic and economic issues, and the strains caused after the...
Shahbaz Sharif as PML-N’s PM candidate to pay dividends
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 27 Dec , 2017
Nawaz Sharif, former Pakistani prime minister and president of the Pakistani Muslim League (PML-N), has chosen his brother and Chief Minister of Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif, as the (PML)-N’s...
Regional disparities trouble both India and China
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 08 Nov , 2017
An interesting aspect of the 19th Communist Party Congress was a panel discussion between President Xi Jinping and officials of the Guizhou Province, from where Xi was elected as a delegate in...
With Myanmar, India is following a different path from China's
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 30 Oct , 2016
The recent India visit of Myanmar’s National Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (her first official visit) was significant for a number of reasons that allowed both sides to send a clear message that...
India-Pakistan De-Hyphenation: It Has to Begin at Home
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 11 Aug , 2016
Successive Indian governments since the 1990’s have worked hard to de-hyphenate India from Pakistan in their dealings with the outside world. A number of factors, such as the upward economic...
China-Pakistan’s all Weather Friendship: Who is CPEC Benefiting Anyway?
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 03 Aug , 2016
Recently, Pakistan sought to internationalize Kashmir, yet again, with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government making provocative statements and declaring July 20 as ‘Black Day’ to...
India and Taiwan: De-hyphenating a relationship
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Date: 11 Dec , 2015
A lot of media attention is often given to the major shifts in India’s ties with US, Japan and South East Asia and Israel in the past two decades, as a consequence of not just the economic...