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Trumponomics of ‘Smart Trade’: Unfair Trade Practices vis-à-vis China and India
K.M. Seethi First Published in Global South Colloquy, 2 June 2019 http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/trumponomics-of-smart-trade-unfair-trade-practices-vis-a-vis-china-and-india/ Is the world economy poised to enter the phase of what the Dutch trend-watcher Adjiedj Bakas called ‘Slowbalisation’? The trend forecasts say that the [...]
Modi 2.0: India under ‘Charismatic Authoritarianism’?
K.M.Seethi First Published in Global South Colloquy, 27 May 2019 Read More http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/modi-2-0-india-under-charismatic-authoritarianism/ Also @ Countercurrents, 27 May 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/05/modi-2-0-india-under-charismatic-authoritarianism The ultra-Right BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) resounding victory in the 17th Lok Sabha elections in [...]
A New ‘Washington Consensus’ : ‘Indo–Pacific’ and India’s Emerging Role
K.M. Seethi Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 54, Issue No. 8, 23 Feb, 2019 https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/8/commentary/new-%E2%80%98washington-consensus%E2%80%99.html The United States administration is fervently promoting the “Indo–Pacific” as an alternative geopolitical construct to mobilise a large number of countries in [...]
Unlocking the India-Pakistan Dilemma : Twenty Years of ‘Lahore Declaration’ and Missed Opportunities
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 21 February 2019; also appeared in Global South Colloquy, 21 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/21/unlocking-the-india-pakistan-dilemma-twenty-years-of-lahore-declaration-and-missed-opportunities/ http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/unlocking-the-india-pakistan-dilemma/ Many treaties and agreements in international relations are the natural outcome of conflicts and wars between two [...]
Kashmir: Back to Square One?
K.M. SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 16 February 2019; also appeared in Global South Colloquy, 16 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/16/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ The terror attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), which killed dozens of [...]
Farewell to INF Treaty: Setting Multilateralization for N-Person’s Game?
K.M. Seethi First Published in Countercurrents, 5 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/05/farewell-to-inf-treaty-setting-multilateralization-for-n-persons-game/ The Unites States withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987) and the subsequent Russian decision to quit the regime generated considerable fears and anxieties [...]
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Distress Signals from Colombo
Distress Signals from Colombo K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 30 October 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/10/30/distress-signals-from-colombo/ Sri Lanka has landed itself in an unexpected, unprecedented crisis with the President Maithripala Sirisena taking decisions having tricky political implications. Citing differences [...]
Strategic Turn-around in India-Russia Relations: South Asia Set to Witness Arms Build-up
Strategic Turn-around in India-Russia Relations K.M. SEETHI Published in Countercurrents, 13 October 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/10/13/strategic-turn-around-in-india-russia-relations-south-asia-set-to-witness-arms-build-up/ An abridged version appeared in Madras Courier, 11 October 2018 https://madrascourier.com/opinion/modis-push-for-a-multilateral-world/ The strategic turn-around in India-Russia relations is all too obvious with [...]
Trumponomics: Is Post-Fordism on Reverse Gear?
KM SEETHI Published in Countercurrents, 14 September 2018; also in William Bowels Info, 14 September 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/09/14/trumponomics-is-post-fordism-on-reverse-gear/ (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) US President Donald Trump has been speaking with hyperbole, over the [...]