Gateway Features
India’s Northeast Jews prepare for Israel
Courtesy: @IsraeliPM / X
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met representatives of Israel’s 85,000-strong Indian Jewish community on the second day of his two-day state visit to Israel, on 26 February this year, he observed, “Their deep-rooted connection to India and their remarkable contributions to Israel stand as a living bridge between our two nations.” This people-to-people connector between the two nations is slated to grow even stronger, as the remaining 6,000 Bnei Menashe (children of the tribe of Menashe) from India’s northeast states read more
India and ASEAN get new momentum
Courtesy: Gateway House
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected participation in the ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Manila in November will provide an opportunity to take stock of a relationship that has acquired fresh momentum in 2026. Despite delays in reviewing the ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA), an unsettled global economy, and intensifying strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific, India and ASEAN have continued to broaden their cooperation. The 2026 declaration of ASEAN-India as the Year of Maritime Cooperation has given this read more
Energy diplomacy to reset India-U.S. ties?
Courtesy: X/ @NationPress
In a rare development, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India from October 20–22, after his previous visit in May. This time, he covered Mumbai and Jamnagar, having travelled to Kolkata and Delhi earlier. Two photographs defined the contours of the second visit — one showing Rubio and US Ambassador Sergio Gor with India’s external affairs minister and foreign secretary in Mumbai, and the other showing the US duo with Mukesh and Anant Ambani, CMD and ED respectively of read more
Be Dynamic, Be Like Brazil
Courtesy: Reuters / Ueslei Marcelino
The centre of gravity in global affairs has been shifting to geoeconomics, with trade policy increasingly influenced by security concerns, industrial strategies, and strategic rivalry. Fragmentation, unilateral measures, and pressures on established rules have strained the multilateral trading system. Yet this same context has created room for middle powers to act as bridge-builders, coalition partners, and pragmatic defenders of rules-based trade. While geoeconomic fragmentation poses significant challenges, it may create opportunities for middle powers to exercise greater agency. Brazil’s trajectory read more
Research
India and Indonesia have a comprehensive strategic relationship built on their ancient and modern histories, and a flourishing relationship sustained by trade, economic exchange and people-to-people contact. The India-Indonesia Track 1.5 Dialogue, hosted by Gateway House and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, aims to provide policy recommendations to promote innovation and navigate evolving governance issues through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
Foreign Affairs
Not long ago in the sweep of history, countries that had once been buried behind the Iron Curtain, and even some Soviet republics, were transformed into members of the solidly democratic club. Some of those that weren’t, such as Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan, experienced mass revolts against rigged elections and corrupt misrule amid widespread public yearning to join the West. Free trade was again celebrated as an instrument of peace; Kant’s “democratic peace theory” enjoyed a revival.
Book Reviews
In this book, C. Raja Mohan analyses Asia’s shifting political, economic, military, and technological balance, with particular focus on U.S.-China and India-China relations. He argues that India’s rise from a middle power to an emerging great power will require stronger hard power, diplomatic creativity, economic vitality, and domestic consensus. Yet, amid tensions over tariffs, Russian oil, Gaza, and the U.S.-Iran conflict, India’s strategic path remains challenging.
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