China in Africa Courtesy: cowriesrice
8 August 2014

A better package for Africa

China's investment in Africa holds both positive and negative lessons for India. India can learn from Beijing's success at courting African leaders, but should focus on investments that better develop local African communities.

VenProtests-2014 Courtesy: durdaneta/Wikimedia
8 August 2014

Latin America slowdown

Latin America’s economic growth has slowed down in 2014. But the region’s fundamentals are relatively strong, and have the resilience to absorb external shocks and increase growth in the coming years. However, Argentina and Venezuela face continuing uncertainty and deterioration.

Tengri News Courtesy: Tengri News
7 August 2014

India approves foreign investment hike in railways, defence

Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow, Gateway House was quoted in the Kazakh media on the Indian government's decision to increase foreign direct investment in the country's defence manufacturing sector

Hagel2 Courtesy: Joshua Martin
7 August 2014

Hagel in India: building greater synergy

U.S. defence secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit is the third in a flurry of visits by top American officials before the scheduled Modi-Obama meet in September. Hagel’s visit will aim to enhance an already well-established defence-trade partnership and allay fears of the Pentagon’s bias towards Pakistan

India-U.S. Tech Agenda: 3-D Printing
7 August 2014

India-U.S. Tech Agenda: 3-D Printing

Nish Acharya, Senior Fellow at American Progress, outlines ideas for 3-D printing technology that can revolutionise manufacturing in India and emphasises why India is the ideal export market for U.S. 3-D printing firms.

India-U.S. Tech Agenda: smart cities
7 August 2014

India-U.S. Tech Agenda: smart cities

Nishith Acharya, Senior Fellow at American Progress, explains how Indian IT capabilities can use American expertise with smart cities to solve many problems affecting urban India

Chuck Hagel in India: what to expect
7 August 2014

Chuck Hagel in India: what to expect

U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives in Delhi on August 7 for a three-day visit. Sameer Patel, Associate National Security Fellow at Gateway House, outlines the three priorities that will figure high on the agenda and assesses the India- U.S. defence relationship.

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7 August 2014

India-U.S. Security Dialogue

Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow at Gateway House comments on U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel’s visit to India. India and the U.S. are likely to discuss military deals worth over Rs 20,000 crore and Mr Hagel s also expected to take defence cooperation beyond military hardware sales.

The Gaza Conflict
6 August 2014

The Gaza Conflict

India has voted alongwith other countries in favour of a UNHRC probe into Israel's offensive on Gaza. This does not signal a significant change in the India-Israel relationship, which is based on an annual bilateral trade of $6 billion. especially in defence equipment. New Delhi is now Tel Aviv's single largest arms buyer. Gateway House brings you a series of special reports and analyses on India and the Gaza conflict. Given our conflicting strategic interests in the West Asia region, there are no easy choices to be made.