This Month
- Opinion
- World elections
As India votes, doubt grows about Modi’s intentions
India’s prime minister is set to extend his power once the election results are known. That is likely to bring further tests for Australia and the world.
- James Curran
Fake videos of Modi aides trigger political showdown in India election
Indian police arrested at least nine people, including six members of Congress’ social media teams, in the states of Assam, Gujarat, Telangana and New Delhi.
- Munsif Vengattil, Saurabh Sharma and Rishika Sadam
Wong warns on foreign interference after Indian spies expelled
Revelations Indian spies were asked to leave Australia in 2020 suggest Western intelligence agencies are unhappy about New Delhi’s espionage tactics.
- Andrew Tillett and Emma Connors
- Opinion
- National security
Modi mania comes at a price
Revelations that Indian spies were kicked out of Australia is a reminder of the need to be wary when it comes to dealing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Andrew Tillett
Global crises making it hard for ethical investors: Gareth Evans
The former foreign minister nominated Israel’s “disproportionate” response to the Hamas attacks and Narendra Modi’s leadership of India as challenges for investors.
- Phillip Coorey
April
Albanese out, Pope in for G7 summit
Despite Australia being a regular fixture in recent years, Anthony Albanese is off the guest list for the June leaders’ summit of the world’s most advanced economies.
- Andrew Tillett
Macquarie, ANZ and Canva CEOs help power Australia’s India push
Governments hope to prevent another false dawn in bilateral trade and investment by getting business to work on policy.
- James Eyers
Why India’s confidence is growing
Narendra Modi’s reign as prime minister is producing a less liberal but more assured nation that is predicated on the idea of Hindu supremacy.
- Ravi Agrawal
Modi’s party vows growth, development in election manifesto
The BJP won the last two Indian elections with big majorities, and has promised to expand its mandate even further. It faces a struggling 20-plus party opposition alliance.
- Santosh Kumar, Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Dan Strumpf
February
- Exclusive
- Critical minerals
Indian envoy backs Australian mining amid nickel turmoil
India’s new high commissioner to Australia wants to build on the “reservoir” of goodwill that has built up between Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
January
Modi’s modus operandi in focus at contentious temple ahead of vote
The opening of the Ram temple marks the Indian PM’s determination to transform his country from a secular democracy into an avowedly Hindu nation.
- Sheikh Saaliq
- Opinion
- Asia-Pacific
India’s economic growth is displaying Chinese characteristics
The Modi model relies too much on top-down investment. As China has already discovered, India needs to fire up its consumers too.
- Andy Mukherjee
November 2023
US accuses Indian official in Sikh kill plot in New York
The allegations are contained in an indictment brought by the US Justice Department against an Indian national in the murder-for-hire case.
- Demetri Sevastopulo and Benjamin Parkin
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Albanese’s pressing task to hold us together in a fractured age
The prime minister faces growing currents of economic and social disaffection. But is he up to the task of navigating a way through?
- James Curran
US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues warning to India: FT
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was identified as the target of the foiled plot, against whom India’s anti-terror agency filed a case on Monday.
- Reuters
October 2023
Everyone is a revisionist in Asia today
A leading Indian strategic thinker cautions that visions of a stable Asian “order” are illusory as the regional balance of power shifts so rapidly.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Western alliance
Defence the elephant in the room for PM’s US visit
Anthony Albanese will be feted when he heads to the US, but White House hard heads may be wondering about the seriousness of Australia’s defence commitments.
- James Curran
September 2023
- Opinion
- India
Why India worries about the push for a separate Sikh state
The anger among young Sikhs inside and outside the country will keep growing unless the government addresses the economic issues in Punjab.
- Karishma Vaswani
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Trudeau’s India blow-up is really about domestic politics
Justin Trudeau’s pandering to pro-Khalistan Sikhh “vote bank” politics is putting electoral success ahead of foreign policy priorities.
- Ramesh Thakur
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Call out Putinesque India
It should go without saying, but Narendra Modi’s mystical one-world vision of India’s global leadership should not include extra-judicial killings of members of the Indian diaspora living in foreign lands.
- The AFR View
