Another strong op-ed from our resident India expert Chietigj Bajpaee, arguing for Nikkei Asia that Western governments are misreading how India's democracy shapes its worldview asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/West-n…

Enjoyed hosting Johari Abdul, speaker of Malaysia's House of Representatives, and fellow MPs and colleagues for a discussion about democracy in Malaysia and the challenges and opportunities facing ASEAN ahead of Malaysia's chairmanship in 2025 (thanks to High Commission of Malaysia, London)

Enjoyed hosting Johari Abdul, speaker of Malaysia's House of Representatives, and fellow MPs and colleagues for a discussion about democracy in Malaysia and the challenges and opportunities facing ASEAN ahead of Malaysia's chairmanship in 2025 (thanks to High Commission of Malaysia, London)

Reminds me of a possibly apocryphal story about an editor-in-chief who joked to a colleague about the refurbishment of the office toilets, sparking a panicked effort by underlings to come up with news features about the booming bathroom supplies industry.

Transatlantic allies facing the common challenge of a rising China acknowledge they need to cooperate, but how successfully have they put that agreement into action? Ben Bland, AndrewCainey and Philip Shetler-Jones explore this question further.
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A fine curtain-raiser with Chatham House Asia-Pacific's Chietigj Bajpaee , on what's at stake for #India as the country gears up for its mammoth election. Also follow Diaa Hadid ضياء حديد and Omkar Khandekar, #NPR 's team on the ground. #India Elections2024
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Amid pressure from the US on allies to pursue outbound investment curbs on China, UK govt is launching team to analyse 'potential risks of outward investment in sensitive sectors'. Interesting where this goes, given open markets are in UK's political DNA gov.uk/government/new…

Ahead of #IndiaElections2024 , my Chatham House research paper takes a step back to look at what India’s democratic credentials say about its foreign policy and relations with the West. Here are some of the key takeaways: chathamhouse.org/2024/04/how-in…

🚨Last chance to register for tomorrow's webinar on India's democracy with Chietigj Bajpaee, Rakesh Sood and Kate Sullivan de Estrada, chaired by Ben Bland.

The event will launch our latest paper by Chietigj Bajpaee: 🔗chathamhouse.org/2024/04/how-in…

While Western govts point to India’s democracy to justify deeper engagement, they often fail to understand how India's political system shapes (& limits) its global engagement and its relations with the West, Chietigj Bajpaee argues in new Chatham House paper ⬇️chathamhouse.org/2024/04/how-in…

While Western govts point to India’s democracy to justify deeper engagement, they often fail to understand how India's political system shapes (& limits) its global engagement and its relations with the West, Chietigj Bajpaee argues in new Chatham House paper ⬇️chathamhouse.org/2024/04/how-in…

Since joining six months ago as our senior fellow for South Asia, Chietigj Bajpaee has brought new energy and ideas to Chatham House Asia-Pacific. Check out his new paper below ⬇️

Event | How India's democracy shapes its relations with the West

Speakers:
▪️ Ben Bland/Chietigj Bajpaee, Chatham House Asia-Pacific
▪️ Rakesh Sood
▪️ Kate Sullivan de Estrada, CSASP Oxford Uni

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Date🗓️: 18Apr
Time📷: 13:00 BST

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Since joining six months ago as our senior fellow for South Asia, Chietigj Bajpaee has brought new energy and ideas to Chatham House Asia-Pacific. Check out his new paper below ⬇️

Pretty decent intro to this A D Miller The Economist profile of RFK Jr, featuring CIA assassination plots, two Komodo dragons, and a stuffed tiger that Indonesia's founding president Sukarno shot dead and gifted to the Kennedys economist.com/1843/2024/04/1…

This week, Xi Jinping hosted president of Federated States of Micronesia, population 100,000. Hard to imagine leader of a tiny island state getting this reception in the West. If Western govts want better Global South relations, they need to work harder english.news.cn/20240410/d0731…

Interesting discussion between ⁦Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦⁩ and ⁦Ben Bland⁩ on transatlantic perspectives on China. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chi…

Other standout here is Indonesia. Always 5%, and surely the most stable growth rate of any large emerging economy?

With PM Narendra Modi set for a third term, Western govts care less about India’s imperfect democracy than its potential as a bulwark against China, South Asia fellow Chietigj Bajpaee argues in this comment. Stay tuned for his new paper on this subject next week chathamhouse.org/2024/04/indias…

If the Chinese leadership is to defer military options for Taiwan, it needs to be able to sell a story to itself and its own people about 'peaceful reunification' still being plausible (whether or not it is plausible that the Taiwanese people would accept it).