Shoji Ito was an Indophile like no other Japanese economist I have known. During the 1990s, he would frequently visit India to keep pace with the changes in the economy. We would always meet and have long conversations about India, Japan, and the world. Unfortunately, Ito-san died early. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
If development is defined in social and economic terms while Hindutva is defined in cultural terms, it should be possible for the BJP to construct a political platform that is reassuring to a large majority of Indians and is respectful to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
Africa is experiencing rising rates of growth, but will growth get translated into development? Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
With new oil and gas discoveries, Africa’s energy exporters will have to invest in defence capability and work with other Indian Ocean powers to ensure security of sea lanes. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
As fiscal constraints impinge on defence and diplomacy, governments find themselves increasingly homebound, even if diplomats happily travel to summits. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
While free trade purists have always rejected regional and plurilateral trading arrangements, the WTO’s charter chose to be pragmatic and regarded RTAs and FTAs as building blocks of, rather than barriers to, the multilateral trading system. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
India’s difficulties in negotiating an FTA with both the ASEAN and E.U. are a reminder of the importance of multilateralism. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one’s independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
On the upswing of an economic cycle, workers, consumers, savers, investors, and entrepreneurs imagine a future that is brighter than the past. On the downswing, they imagine a future dimmer than the past. Sanjaya Baru Read Quote
