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Business News > Mint Authors > Harsh V Pant

Harsh V Pant

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ARTICLES BY HARSH V PANT

Great nations, while being anchored in their regions, rise beyond their periphery and don’t make the mistake of internalizing that geography is destiny.

Great nations do not tell themselves that geography is destiny

4 min read . 09 Sep 2024

The broader logic of the Trump-Vance position flows from the argument that ending the war in Ukraine is important for the US to focus its energies on China. (AP)

Win or lose, the Trump-Vance candidacy will impact the global order

4 min read . 28 Jul 2024

As China consolidated its hold over Tibet, resulting in the suppression of religious freedom there, and several Tibetans came to India as refugees. (REUTERS)

It’s China’s fault that Tibet is back in global discussion

4 min read . 07 Jul 2024

In the past decade, the US, Philippines, Japan, and Australia lacked a collective and homogenous strategic vision vis-a-vis the region.

What does an emerging Squad in the Indo-Pacific mean for India?

4 min read . 22 May 2024

It has been clear for months that Ukraine, which is heavily dependent on Western armaments, urgently requires assistance as it faces a formidable Russian power that has been gaining consistently in recent weeks.

Ukraine’s US lifeline: Is it just a straw clutch?

4 min read . 23 Apr 2024

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way to a resupply mission in the South China Sea on 5 March. (Reuters)

Act East: India’s outreach shows its centrality to regional stability

3 min read . 15 Apr 2024

Israel is having to fight on multiple fronts, with Hamas and Hezbollah militants as well as Iranian proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen targeting it. (AFP)

There’s a lesson for India in the wars going on overseas

4 min read . 01 Mar 2024

The Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas conflict, the flaring up of threats to sea-lanes that are critical for global trade, and, the China challenge—all are forcing global policymakers to look at this crisis-ridden world through a different lens than what was used in the past. (AFP)

India could help shape a whole new global consensus

4 min read . 12 Feb 2024

The Chinese state media went overboard in describing the outcome of the Xi-Biden summit as “historic” and the dialogue as “new starting point” in bilateral ties. (AFP)

We must not over-interpret China's grand moves of diplomacy on the world stage

4 min read . 28 Nov 2023

The G20 process and outcomes this year have been a saga of New Delhi coming to terms with its own foreign policy priorities. (AFP)

The G20 showed India’s foreign policy is exploring new territory

4 min read . 17 Sep 2023

In subsequent years, the BRICS goal of gaining a stronger voice in the international financial system essentially provided the five countries with two possibilities: challenging versus reforming global governance. (AFP)

Keep close track of new BRICS in the Global South wall

4 min read . 31 Aug 2023

Germany unveiled its first ever ‘Strategy on China’ earlier this month, publicly announcing its intent to reduce dependence on China in “critical sectors” such as lithium batteries used in electric cars and elements essential to chip-making and even pharmaceuticals. (Bloomberg)

Keep shifts in the West’s China consensus under watch

4 min read . 30 Jul 2023

China's President Xi Jinping (AP)

Beijing’s Kyiv outreach is about acquiring a global role for itself

4 min read . 03 May 2023

Ukrainian bystanders look on to residential buildings that were destroyed during an attack (AFP)

The Ukraine war has shaken up a delicate post-Cold War order

3 min read . 23 Feb 2023

Photo: Bloomberg

The return of history has begun to unravel the Davos Consensus

3 min read . 30 Jan 2023

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022 (Photo: AFP)

We can’t escape the consequences of great power politics

4 min read . 27 Oct 2022

The 1991 reforms helped the economy stave off a crisis and then bloom. It is time to outline a credible new reform agenda that will not just bring GDP back to pre-crisis levels, but also ensure growth rates higher than it had when it entered the pandemic. (AFP) (HT_PRINT)

India must make the most of its geopolitical sweet spot

4 min read . 15 Sep 2022

Photo: Bloomberg

It’s time to celebrate democratic governance in a war-riven world

4 min read . 21 Apr 2022

America’s effort to address competitive gaps with China

4 min read . 15 Feb 2022

Photo: @Twitter

India’s nuclear arsenal recently went up the sophistication curve

4 min read . 10 Jan 2022