Page 3 - Nitin Pai

The economics of trust

While policy makers are sensitive to slowing growth, growing inflation and widening deficits, few account for the impact of the fall in social trust

Being unreasonable with China

We must counter China's ability to use media dynamics and public psychology so easily against us

Chinese grandfathering

Beijing is brazenly thumbing its nose at the international non-proliferation regime it signed up to less than a decade ago

No grand strategic doubts

Despite claims, India does have a 'strategic culture' - one focused on national unity

Don't let Europe off the hook

India must not allow EU to distance itself from Italy's mala fide act

A new neighbourhood doctrine

New Delhi must back pro-India parties in its subcontinental neighbourhood

Nitin Pai: After the Dalai Lama

Future of millions of Tibetans around the world will depend on who takes his place as the spiritual leader

Nitin Pai: Why Shahbag is special

Bangladesh is in a remarkable, and perhaps unprecedented, situation: large crowds have gathered in a Muslim-majority country protesting against Islamist politics

Governing the global village

Academic and former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani argues that nation-states must devise new ways to conduct its affairs in a globalised world

Nitin Pai: Two and twenty years later

Chidambaram's 1991 trip to Singapore succeeded not because he charmed the audience, but because the Narasimha Rao govt held its ground against stiff internal opposition from within the Congress

Nitin Pai: In defence of lobbying

It's an inevitable element of the global business scene, so India should enable the industry to function within the law

Nitin Pai: A game of maritime kabaddi

China's growing economic footprint will inevitably cause that country to engage with India's subcontinental and maritime neighbours in ever deeper ways

Nitin Pai: The new oil sheikh

Nitin Pai: The Kelkar report and nukes

Anything short of full implementation of the Kelkar Committee's recommendations risks puncturing India's geopolitical standing

'If', not 'when', China rules the world

Nitin Pai: Xi and the wobbling pyramid

China is facing host of domestic, economic & foreign policy challenges, its leadership transition process has also run into a storm

Nitin Pai: Fixing the migration 'problem'

A national system of work permits allowing Bangladeshis to be legally employed in India is more than a decade overdue

Nitin Pai: The small-country bullies

China's aggressive posturing over maritime boundaries has caused East Asian countries to look at other powers for support

Nitin Pai: Buying into superstition instead of military strategy

The chief cause of the unpreparedness of India's armed forces is a lack of reform in defence procurement. To change, some long-held beliefs must be abandoned

Nitin Pai: Put Pakistan on a genocide watchlist

The lot of religious minorities in Pakistan was never pretty, but it has gotten far worse in the last few years