Episodes

  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Gelephu megacity dreams | Bhutan PM interview | Ep #154

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Gelephu megacity dreams | Bhutan PM interview | Ep #154
    May 25 2024
    This week we are looking at Bhutan, India’s smallest and most reclusive neighbour, that rarely gets spoken about. But now, with an announcement made in December by the Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is hoping to make a big splash, with the creation of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) to its south bordering Assam. Read more here.
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    14 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Chabahar deal | Could U.S. play spoiler in India-Iran ties? | Ep #153

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Chabahar deal | Could U.S. play spoiler in India-Iran ties? | Ep #153
    May 18 2024
    This week marked a new chapter in India’s 20 year old interest in a port in Iran- Chabahar. On a visit to Tehran, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Iranian counterpart oversaw the signing of an agreement to develop the Shahid Beheshti terminal- one terminal in the warm water port just off Iran’s Sistan Baluchistan province. Read more here.
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    13 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Campus protests in U.S. | Will it impact presidential elections? | Ep #152

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Campus protests in U.S. | Will it impact presidential elections? | Ep #152
    May 4 2024
    We are about 2 months from the Republican National Convention- despite cases against him, Mr. Trump seems set to be the candidate About 3 months from the Democratic Convention- where despite concerns about his age and health, Mr. Biden is the confirmed candidate And about 6 months to go to voting day on November 5- which appears to be a rematch of the election in 2020 However, what is different at this point in the campaign is that Foreign policy issues are also dominating the discourse. Read more here.
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    18 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Foreign interference in elections | Is there a basis for India’s fears? | Ep #151

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Foreign interference in elections | Is there a basis for India’s fears? | Ep #151
    Apr 27 2024
    As election season takes off in India, allegations by PM Modi and EAM Jaishankar of foreign interference from the West heat up the campaign – we will look at the history of such allegations worldwide, and whether there is a basis for New Delhi’s present concerns. Read more here.
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    12 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Israel-Iran strikes | Can India escape being caught in conflict? | Ep #150

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Israel-Iran strikes | Can India escape being caught in conflict? | Ep #150
    Apr 20 2024
    News breaking now of multiple strikes by Israel on bases and nuclear facilities in Iran are further driving up tensions in the region- while the two countries have had a shadow war between them for 45 years, we have not seen such openly direct strikes on each other thus far. Up ahead we will look at how this new turn will change the west Asian landscape, and seven ways India is impacted. Read more here.
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    11 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Transnational killings | The legal rights and wrongs | Ep #149

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Transnational killings | The legal rights and wrongs | Ep #149
    Apr 13 2024
    This week, we are looking at the legal wrongs and rights of transnational killings- and the sometimes confusing stand of the government. To recap the developments this week: British Newspaper Guardian reported this week that Indian intelligence agents are believed to have orchaestrated up to 20 killings of alleged Khalistani separatist and Jihadist terrorists in Pakistan. In the article the MEA denied the charge, and cited External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s previous statement that “targeted killings is not India’s policy” However, in campaign statements and an interview by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the government appeared to be accepting the charges PM Modi also repeated his 2019 slogan of “Ghar mein ghus ke marenge” for terrorists- or “We will kill them in their homes” Read more here.
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    14 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Katchatheevu | Impact of foreign policy issues during election season | Ep #148

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Katchatheevu | Impact of foreign policy issues during election season | Ep #148
    Apr 6 2024
    It isn’t often when a foreign policy issue generates as much heat within India’s polity, but this week both the PM and the EAM set off a debate over a 1974 agreement with Sri Lanka that quickly saw pushback from the opposition, and some concern in Colombo. Read more here.
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    13 mins
  • Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Ukrainian FM in India | Could it change India’s position on the war? | Ep #147

    Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Ukrainian FM in India | Could it change India’s position on the war? | Ep #147
    Mar 30 2024
    Two years After the Russian war in Ukraine began, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is finally invited to India- does the visit signify a u turn, a rethink or simply rebalancing by New Delhi and Kiev? And given close India Russia ties, What is on the Ukrainian wishlist for India? Read more here.
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    12 mins