https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-policy-watch-can-modi-and-xi-reshape-eurasia-2082715
R N Bhaskar
4 May 2015
Within a fortnight, Prime Minister Modi will embark on his visit to China. Most analysts expect this visit to be momentous. Both Modi and China president Xi Jinping have critical issues on their mind which...
http://chinaindiadialogue.com/strengthening-media-cooperation-to-spread-the-voice-of-brics
Strengthening Media Cooperation to Spread the Voice of BRICS
The speakers agreed that the media can serve as a window for mutual understanding, a bond of friendship, and a bridge for cooperation. In the context of deepening cooperation among BRICS...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/policy-watch-india-could-witness-a-dramatic-decline-in-asian-leadership
Leadership also requires markets and money. India could lose out
RN Bhaskar
There are disturbing undercurrents in the Indian markets. On the surface the waters look calm. But underneath, they are restless. Investors, like swimmers, know that venturing into such waters...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/budget-2020-govt-needs-to-assure-foreign-investors-with-stable-laws-4853971.html
Pre Budget notes #4
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RN Bhaskar -- 24 January 2020
By now, there is no doubt that India is sliding down a slippery slope. Even the IMF recently downgraded India’s economic growth to 4.8% for the coming year (https://mmb.moneycontrol.com/forum-topics/stocks/sbi/thread-message-79498903-81298903.html). Privately, economists...
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ningbos-rise-as-the-worlds-largest-port-has-lessons-for-india-4719711.html
Ningbo was India's trading partner even 2,000 years ago; then the Indian government turned myopic about trade
RN Bhaskar -- 11 Dec, 2019
Last year, the world-port-ranking underwent a change, when Ningbo-Zhoushan in south east China became the largest port in...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/financial-realities-stare-india-in-the-face
Financial realities stare India in the face. FDI sorely needed
RN Bhaskar
On July 6 this year, a news item in a leading daily (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/nod-for-80-fdi-proposals-from-china-entities/articleshow/92685606.cms) talked about 80 Chinese FDI proposals being cleared by the Indian government. At around the same...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/interviews/flying-higher-and-higher-with-haier
The incredible growth path of Haier in India and elsewhere
13 November 2019
Haier Appliances (India) P. Ltd is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Haier Group. It likes to remain low-key in its announcements to media, yet manages to be...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/cloud-town-betting-big-on-the-future
Cloud Town heralds the future for China
By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar
4 December, 2019
Cloud Town also houses the Alibaba centre for quantum computing, appropriately called Apsara, named after the Chinese belief that Apsaras -- who dwell in the clouds...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/us-crying-wolf-ukraine-germany-russia-china-involved-in-dirty-cloak-and-daggers-game
Geopolitics
The US is crying wolf: USA, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, China are involved in a dirty cloak and daggers game over NordStream2
RN Bhaskar
For the past week this author has been perplexed by the focussed tirade by BBC and CNN against...
An edited version of this article appeared at https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/russia-day-2021-and-quiet-flows-the-volga-a-review-of-india-russia-relations
This article is being published on 12 June, often celebrated in India as Russia Day.
Russia could be the catalyst in accelerating the shift to Asia the global centre of gravity for...










































