Hamsini Hariharan
In Kolkata, Only a Few Lions Are Still Dancing
Report in Foreign Policy magazine: A 2-century-old Indian Chinese community is threatened by tensions between the two countries.
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Hamsini Hariharan
- Jul 4, 2020
- 4 min
India shoots itself in the foot with app ban
India’s move to ban 59 Chinese apps will hurt Indian consumers and tech entrepreneurs.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Apr 15, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 Will Make the US-China Great Power Dynamics More Confrontational
As the first term of the Trump administration comes to a close and the United States gears up for its next presidential election, the corona
Hamsini Hariharan
- Mar 25, 2020
- 4 min
China’s preliminary response to COVID-19 — A crisis communication framework
China’s policy narratives against the COVID-19 in the initial stages adopted a denial crisis strategy to deal with the reputational damage.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Feb 1, 2020
- 3 min
China is doing all it can but coronavirus outbreak may get worse before it gets better
As the Chinese government is scrambling to deal with the crisis, the internet will continue to reverberate with conspiracy theories, mired i
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 30, 2019
- 4 min
Book Review: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination by Robert Bickers.
This book review first appeared in The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 2019 (Winter Edition).
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 11, 2019
- 3 min
Can the Wuhan spirit guide the Mamallapuram meet?
As Xi Jinping visits South India, border issues should not be allowed to dominate the discourse.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Sep 30, 2019
- 4 min
What India Can Learn From China
In India, the Chinese experience is spoken about in tones of awe, forgetting the very context in which some of those policies were enacted.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Mar 26, 2019
- 6 min
Gender: Here Comes the Womanifesto!
This section of the Pragati Manifesto outlines how to make life better for women. To start with, strike down some horrendous laws.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
The Exotic Life of a Diplomat
The Ambassador’s Club is an important scholarly work and a great read for anyone interested in Indian foreign policy.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Nov 27, 2018
- 4 min
The Seas of Citizenship
Crossing the Bay of Bengal uses the sea as a lens to study nationalism and migration. It paves the path for new approaches to political phen
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 10, 2018
- 4 min
A Crimson Red Balancing Act
An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 4, Balance of Power runs through Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
The Weak Are Meat and the Strong Do Eat
An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 3, Hugo Weaving explains how Power works in the internatio
Hamsini Hariharan
- Aug 8, 2018
- 4 min
The Truth About Anarchy
An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 2, Solomon Lane misunderstands Anarchy.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Jun 28, 2018
- 3 min
Book Review: Chinese and Indian Warfare – From the Classical Age to 1870
This book review first appeared in The Indian Journal for Military History and Historiography, 2018.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Feb 9, 2018
- 4 min
Why Southeast Asia needs new scholarship
It is time to take stock of how relations between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have fared
Hamsini Hariharan
- Jan 25, 2018
- 3 min
Victoria Shows The Way
Real reform happens at a sub-national level, and states and cities can have their own foreign policy.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Aug 7, 2017
- 4 min
Imposing Hindi Won't Bring India Together; It Might Just Tear Us Apart
Policy-makers need to care less about languages and more about the people who speak them.
Hamsini Hariharan
- May 25, 2017
- 4 min
Beyond The Blood Tax
Affordability of a sanitary product is only one pillar of menstrual hygiene; the other two are Access and Awareness.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Apr 7, 2017
- 4 min
The 3 T's of Indo-Bangladesh relations
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India kicks off today. Teesta, terrorism and transit are likely to be on the agenda