Selected Tag: ASEAN
Selected Tag: ASEAN

India’s FTA Push Needs Stronger Factories, Not Just Better Market Access

India’s growing FTA network has expanded market access, but exports and global value chain integration remain weak, exposing the limits of trade deals without industrial reform.

Surendar Singh

July 22, 2026 at 4:28 AM IST

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Act East 2.0: Looking East, Thinking Indo-Pacific

The Prime Minister's current visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand is more than diplomacy. It signals the beginning of Act East 2.0—a strategic shift from engaging the East to shaping the Indo-Pacific.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

July 10, 2026 at 6:55 AM IST

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Toward a South Asian Common Market: A Strategic Imperative

With 1.9 billion people and $5 trillion in GDP, South Asia trades more with the world than with itself. Can regional integration unlock scale, stability, and shared growth?

Arvind Mayaram

February 25, 2026 at 5:32 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Preah Vihear and the Politics of Memory in the Thailand–Cambodia Conflict

The Thailand–Cambodia conflict is less about borders than memory, pride and politics—revealing how identity disputes endure, escalate, and defeat regional diplomacy.

Rami Niranjan Desai

December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM IST

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India’s Processed Potato Exports Surge as Asia’s Snack Demand Booms

With strong regional demand and expanding domestic capacity, India’s processed potato exports have become a standout success story in the country’s broader push to build value-added agricultural export base

Ajay Srivastava

October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM IST

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