Modi to be first Indian prime minister to visit Israel

Modi to be first Indian prime minister to visit Israel

Special to WorldTribune.com Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will look to boost his country’s military might when he becomes the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel. India has emerged as Israel’s largest customer for military exports. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced the visit on May 31. A date has not yet been set. “Given […]

In Modi, Americans find a world leader to get enthusiastic about

In Modi, Americans find a world leader to get enthusiastic about

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com He looks like a sophisticated man of the world, talks like a man in charge of the universe, and was received in the U.S. on his maiden state visit like something of a rock star. He is India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose charm and openness won him many […]

China versus Japan: The new Great Game in South Asia

China versus Japan: The new Great Game in South Asia

Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com Following in the footsteps of Japan’s triumphant South Asia initiatives under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, China feels the pressure to compete for influence and goodwill in the region as well. This week, China’s Supreme Leader Xi Jinping made a swift visit to South Asia to curry favors from the governments of […]

Indian navy gets morale boost from new carrier and new PM’s visit

Indian navy gets morale boost from new carrier and new PM’s visit

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com India’s new Prime Minister made his first escape from the New Delhi government bureaucracy with a June 14 flight to the deck of India’s largest naval vessel, the INS Vikramaditya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the official induction of the “ultra-modern” aircraft carrier, anchored off the coast of Goa. […]

India’s new leader ‘Modi-fies’ relations with its South Asian neighbors

India’s new leader ‘Modi-fies’ relations with its South Asian neighbors

Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On May 26, one historic moment was accompanied by another. Yes, India’s newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in as the new leader of the world’s largest democracy. But the most significant guest of honor witnessing the event was Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of bitter, long […]

Peace ploys across bloody borders: Could Kim Jong-Un pull a Modi even if he wanted to?

Peace ploys across bloody borders: Could Kim Jong-Un pull a Modi even if he wanted to?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — The division between India-held and Pakistan-held Kashmir ranks with that between North and South Korea as long-running, bloody and dangerous. The two were divided at about the same time — Kashmir in “partition” of the Indian subcontinent that gave birth to Pakistan as a separate […]

A Great Game changer comes out on top in world’s largest democracy

A Great Game changer comes out on top in world’s largest democracy

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI – The United States has to go through a skillfully choreographed diplomatic dance as a prelude to making up with India’s incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi. That’s because Washington refused for more than a decade to grant a visa to Modi for his failure as chief […]

Electoral tsunami offers India’s masses a shot at the good life

Electoral tsunami offers India’s masses a shot at the good life

UNITED NATIONS — An expected, if still extraordinary, political tsunami has swept across India as voters elected a nationalist and pro-business political party to lead this country of over a billion people. Riding a wave of voter anger with both ingrained corruption, slowing economic growth and the entitled privilege of the incumbent Congress Party, voters […]

Will of the people: 800 million Indians are voting in the biggest election ever

Will of the people: 800 million Indians are voting in the biggest election ever

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Winston Churchill was thinking of his own defeat at the polls after having led Britain through World War II when he uttered one of his more famous quotes, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to […]

Food: India’s unique national security debate

Food: India’s unique national security debate

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — Security is definitely a matter of definition. When we talk about security in Northeast Asia, we’re thinking about the threat posed by more than a million North Korean troops, thousands of artillery pieces and long-range missiles tipped with weapons of mass destruction, probably nuclear. That’s […]