USA Review | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | August 2021
H I G H L I G H T S • COVID TO KABUL• WITHDRAWAL POLITICS• WEST ASIA NEXT? • BIDEN DOCTRINE• DEFENCE POLICY• KAMALA IN CRISIS COVID TO KABUL The administration of Joe Biden has experienced the good, the bad and the ugly during the seven-month of its existence. The good was the passage of […]
Russia Review | August 2021
Overview • Afghanistan: Russian schadenfreude may be short-lived• Can/Will the US engineer a Russia-China split? • Russia and India re-engage on Afghanistan Afghanistan: Russian schadenfreude may be short-lived As the Taliban rolled into Kabul with unexpected ease, the first reactions in Russian media, academia and officialdom were of glee at the Americans’ discomfiture. The social media gloated that […]
Indian Economy Review by Mr AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard | August 2021
H I G H L I G H T S • GDP up 20% in Q1 2021-22; its real size lower than Q1 2019-20• National Monetization Plan ambitious, raises questions• Push for new infrastructure scheme, ambivalence on privatization• Scrappage policy to boost auto sales, curb vehicular pollution• RBI monetary policy […]
