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  <title>IE Columnist: C-raja-mohan</title>
  <updated>2019-04-09</updated>
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  <title>Manifestos of BJP, Congress indicate that when it comes to foreign policy, ambiguity is better than clarity</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/raja-mandala-bjp-congress-manifesto-lok-sabha-elections-2019-5665767/</id>
  <updated>2019-04-09</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/raja-mandala-bjp-congress-manifesto-lok-sabha-elections-2019-5665767/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ The problem is not the lack of big ideas within our political class. Few parties believe foreign policy is of any importance in winning elections.]]>
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  <title>Instead of only praising scientists, Opposition must debate policy challenges</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-mission-shakti-address-congress-india-anti-satellite-mission-5653564/</id>
  <updated>2019-04-02</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-mission-shakti-address-congress-india-anti-satellite-mission-5653564/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Before India’s political scene got so intensely polarised, there was a time when the Opposition celebrated the government’s national security achievements. Offering formal praise for scientists becomes an excuse to duck some real questions.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>India needs a measure of political consensus on regional policies</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-sushma-swaraj-foreign-policy-mea-5642510/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-26</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-sushma-swaraj-foreign-policy-mea-5642510/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ If the political classes choose to turn every problem in the neighbourhood into a domestic contestation, Delhi’s adversaries will continue to gain ground in India’s neighbourhood.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Political parties should pay attention to cyber security of their campaigns</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/cyber-security-data-theft-india-cyber-laws-hacking-5632779/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-18</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/cyber-security-data-theft-india-cyber-laws-hacking-5632779/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ The unprecedented speed of online communication, the relative ease of spreading misinformation and the growing sophistication of fake news has helped constitute a new global cyber landscape that few could have imagined a decade ago.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Will foreign policy, national security issues play a decisive role in 2019 general elections?</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-foreign-policy-lok-sabha-elections-congress-bjp-5621524/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-12</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-foreign-policy-lok-sabha-elections-congress-bjp-5621524/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ The election is a good opportunity for the BJP and Congress to debate the changing international situation, India’s response.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: The Gulf as a channel of peace</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-gulf-countries-channel-of-peace-india-pakistan-tension-5610978/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-05</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-gulf-countries-channel-of-peace-india-pakistan-tension-5610978/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ As West Asia develops strong economic bonds with India, it could become Delhi’s ally in nudging Islamabad towards political moderation]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Explained: How Balakot changed the familiar script of India-Pakistan military crises</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pulwama-attack-pakistan-narendra-modi-balakot-air-strike-iaf-5609325/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-04</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/pulwama-attack-pakistan-narendra-modi-balakot-air-strike-iaf-5609325/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ In every military crisis from 1987 onwards, India trod with caution while Pakistan seemed to revel in the opposite. India’s newest response signals it is prepared to counter the myth of Pak’s ‘nuclear impunity’]]>
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<entry>
  <title>OIC invitation to India is an opportunity to expand relationships in Muslim world</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/organisation-of-islamic-cooperation-summit-sushma-swaraj-5605698/</id>
  <updated>2019-03-01</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/organisation-of-islamic-cooperation-summit-sushma-swaraj-5605698/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Swaraj’s participation in the Abu Dhabi ministerial must be viewed as a diplomatic opening for a sustained and long-term political engagement of the Islamic world as a collective.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Hope in Hanoi</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-us-vietnam-hope-in-hanoi-5600573/</id>
  <updated>2019-02-26</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-us-vietnam-hope-in-hanoi-5600573/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ This week’s US-North Korea summit could be about Trump, Kim and Moon imagining a political rearrangement of the Korean Peninsula.]]>
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</entry>

<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Nationalism comes to Saudi Arabia</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-visit-nationalism-arabia-5590019/</id>
  <updated>2019-02-19</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-visit-nationalism-arabia-5590019/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Prince Salman’s downplaying of pan-Islamism offers New Delhi an opportunity to forge a strategic partnership with Riyadh.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>India’s solidarity with Prince Salman’s reform agenda back home is important</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-india-visit-narendra-modi-5588441/</id>
  <updated>2019-02-18</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-india-visit-narendra-modi-5588441/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Prince Salman has often proclaimed his commitment to reverse the hugely negative consequences of 1979. Delhi has every reason to strongly support Prince Salman. After all, India continues to suffer these consequences.

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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: A dialogue, an opportunity</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-us-trade-relation-economy-a-dialogue-an-opportunity-5578911/</id>
  <updated>2019-02-12</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-us-trade-relation-economy-a-dialogue-an-opportunity-5578911/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ US commerce secretary’s visit could be an occasion for Delhi and Washington to heed the lessons of the past, ease trade tensions .]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Secularism comes to Arabia?</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pope-francis-abu-dhabi-visit-secularism-comes-to-arabia-5569128/</id>
  <updated>2019-02-05</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pope-francis-abu-dhabi-visit-secularism-comes-to-arabia-5569128/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Pope Francis’s visit to UAE, the first by a pontiff to the region, could signal the beginning of separation of religion and state in the Middle East.]]>
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</entry>

<entry>
  <title>An Afghan trifecta</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/afghanistan-taliban-pakistan-us-zalmay-khalilzad/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-29</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/afghanistan-taliban-pakistan-us-zalmay-khalilzad/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ For now, Pakistan’s support is the source of optimism about US engagement with the Taliban]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Capital and digitalpolitik</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/data-digitisation-mukesh-ambani-jack-ma-5549122/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-22</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/data-digitisation-mukesh-ambani-jack-ma-5549122/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ As Delhi copes with the digital age, it will have to navigate between state and citizen, capital and consumer, public good and private gain.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Alliances and strategic autonomy</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/raja-mandala-alliances-and-strategic-autonomy-indian-foreign-policy-5538447/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-15</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/raja-mandala-alliances-and-strategic-autonomy-indian-foreign-policy-5538447/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Indian foreign policy debate would be less metaphysical and more pragmatic if it stops obsessing about ‘non-alignment’ ]]>
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</entry>

<entry>
  <title>The Trump retrenchment: Invitation for India to adopt a vigorous strategy in Afghanistan</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/donald-trump-retrenchment-regional-security-america-trade-5530937/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-10</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/donald-trump-retrenchment-regional-security-america-trade-5530937/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ India must take on larger responsibilities for regional security. There is no reason why India would want to turn down this invitation]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: The centre moves east</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sheikh-hasina-bangladesh-general-elections-5527556/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-08</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sheikh-hasina-bangladesh-general-elections-5527556/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ Rise of Bangladesh augurs well for the future of the eastern Subcontinent.]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Integrating the island</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-bjp-andaman-islands-port-blair-5519135/</id>
  <updated>2019-01-02</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/narendra-modi-bjp-andaman-islands-port-blair-5519135/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ PM’s visit to the Andamans should be an occasion for India to realise the geopolitical significance of the islands, given China’s presence in Indian Ocean. ]]>
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<entry>
  <title>Raja Mandala: Time for Techplomacy</title>
  <id>https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/diplomacy-international-relations-india-nehru-twitter-facebook-raja-mandala-time-for-techplomacy-5498119/</id>
  <updated>2018-12-18</updated>
  <link href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/diplomacy-international-relations-india-nehru-twitter-facebook-raja-mandala-time-for-techplomacy-5498119/"/>

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    <![CDATA[ In the age of AI and social media, India needs digital ambassadors to engage with governments, tech companies. ]]>
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