Political-Indian Courtesy: Eurasia Review and The Political Indian
17 June 2015

Modi Government’s PR Failure In Myanmar

Seema Sirohi, analyst at Gateway House, has written an article about the failure of PM Modi's communication strategy with regard to Indian Army's retaliatory strike in Myanmar. This article has been republished by Eurasia Review and The Political Indian.

An engineer of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) works inside the Kalol oil field in Gujarat September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files Courtesy: Amit Dave (Reuters)
16 June 2015

Rosneft-Essar deal

Conjecture about a Rosneft-Essar deal shows how the oil market dynamics have shifted in the past few years. Just as supply security is important to oil buyers, demand security is crucial for oil suppliers. Buying refining and marketing assets in big markets like India is the route to demand security for Russia, whose economy depends on petroleum exports.

Modi walking Courtesy: Ministry of External Affair, Flickr
11 June 2015

Bangladesh and beyond

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of the South Asia circuit demonstrates the importance of the neighbourhood in his government’s foreign policy. The improved perception of India in the neighbourhood, especially in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, is a positive, but the neighbours must recognise that India’s federal structure makes decision-making slower and more difficult on issues that affect neighbouring Indian states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

Petrobras Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
11 June 2015

The rise and fall of Petrobras

Petrobras, which rose to become the fourth largest company in the world, is now battling a serious corruption scandal that has left its reputation in tatters. How did this global oil major scale such heights spectacularly and and then fall so low? There are lessons in this for India’s public sector oil companies.

Political-Indian Courtesy: The Political Indian, Eurasia Review
10 June 2015

India-China trade deficit: Moving beyond iron ore

Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow- Gateway house, has written an article about the reason for India-China trade deficit, noting that it is for reasons beyond India's ban on iron-ore export. This article has been republished by the Political Indian and Eurasia Review

Political-Indian Courtesy: The Political Indian, Eurasia Review
10 June 2015

India-US: The defence technology transfer tussle

Seema Sirohi, Analyst- Gateway House, has written an article about the growing U.S.-India defence cooperation and the challenges the two countries need to overcome. This article has been republished by the Political Indian and Eurasia Review