Gautam Chikermane 🇮🇳

.@gchikermane ✍️ ग्रेट निकोबार अब सिर्फ एक द्वीप नहीं, बल्कि हिंद महासागर में भारत की नई रणनीतिक ताकत बनकर उभर रहा है। मलक्का जलडमरूमध्य के करीब मौजूद यह परियोजना भारत को व्यापार, सुरक्षा और समुद्री रणनीति में बड़ी बढ़त दिला सकती है। क्या ग्रेट निकोबार भारत का नया सिंगापुर बन सकता है? #GreatNicobar #India #IndianOcean #MaritimeSecurity #Geopolitics orfonline.org/hindi/expert-s…

China’s Rise Explained: Debt Traps, AI, Rare Earths & India’s Future Podcast with @rajshamani youtu.be/X6wtL19fxmg?si… via @YouTube

#WATCH | Delhi: At the joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says, "Where defence and security cooperation is concerned, you're all aware that the 10-year major defence partnership framework agreement was recently renewed. A comprehensive underwater domain awareness roadmap was also signed. We discussed the importance of taking into account the Make in India approach and lessons drawn from recent conflicts while going forward in the defence domain. On the economic front, we spoke about the value of concluding at an early date the final text of the interim agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. This will be an important step towards a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement, which was envisaged during Prime Minister Modi's visit in February 2025. We had a team recently in Washington, and our expectation is that an American team will be visiting India soon for that purpose. We spent some time today discussing energy issues, and again, you're all aware that our government's fundamental responsibility is to address the needs of 1.4 billion people. Ensuring the accessibility and affordability of energy for them is our prime objective. Secretary and I therefore welcome the expansion in our energy trade in recent months. Diversified supplies are at the heart of energy security for India. We devoted some time to nuclear energy cooperation as well. The passage of the Shanti Act has opened up new possibilities. An American delegation was recently in India. We hope to realise the potential of cooperation in the nuclear domain. I also raised with the Secretary some regulatory issues that we have on the American side..."

#WATCH | Delhi: At the joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, EAM Dr S Jaishankar says, "India would be one of the very few countries who has very good relations, very strong relations with the United States, with Israel, with Iran, and with the Gulf countries. So we have real interest there. For us, the challenge in this situation is how to maintain all these relationships, how to protect our equities, how to advance our interests. We don't look at it as a zero-sum game. We have to manage and take care of all these accounts. I would say there are some general principles by which we would approach this region. Obviously, we want peace and stability in the region. For us, the welfare, the well-being of the diaspora is crucial. We want to see energy prices go down because we are a very big importer of energy, and much of it comes from that region. As I stated in my remarks, we are very much in favour of safe and unimpeded maritime commerce through the region. What we want to see is really the markets open up there. We don't want to see constraints. So these would be the principles with which we would approach that region and in a way, I think we will find increasingly in the world that there will be conflicts or difficult situations where India, because our interests are growing, we have relationships with all the parties involved, and we are seeing this in the Ukraine conflict as well, where we have very strong relations with Russia, Europe, Ukraine as well, we have it with the United States and then the question is how do you manage all of them. So in that sense, yes, it is multi-alignment because today's India has that range of interests which require us to manage multiple accounts."

Phew! Forget the SHO who Mohsin Naqvi thought was enough to handle the problem in Balochistan, even the Corps Commander is failing, and this despite scorched earth ops, thousands of missing people, unspeakable crimes against humanity and extra judicial murders, total censorship, internet lockdowns.

Senior Advocate and BJP Spokesperson Nalin Kohli captivates audience, blending law with music in a powerful performance Source: @gchikermane/X #advocate #nalinkohli #StageOnFire #ElectricPerformance #northeastlive

India’s economy is strong and resilient! Economist @gchikermane dismantles the collapse narratives in this ANI interview. Clear, data-driven perspective on why India continues to grow steadily amid global challenges.

Reposting with correct handle: “There is no need for fearmongering,” I tell @IamNaveenKapoor of @ani as we discuss the falling Rupee and investments, markets, reforms and AI. Watch here youtu.be/WtqtZ-NvmTA?si…

Knew @NalinSKohli as a soft‑spoken senior advocate and BJP spokesperson. But last night he unleashed his “wild” side with the talented Sourdough the Band. The 18–80 year olds at @TPMcafes went absolutely ballistic. Nalin: next gig I’m jamming with you!

Equality in international relations is a myth, just like it is in society. There is only balance of power. The only way to keep a relationship balanced is by having material leverage over the other side. Energy, agriculture, defense, currency, technology - in which of these domains is India independent? And in which sectors is the US critically dependent on India? None, for now. Focus on building indigenous capabilities and foreign policy becomes easier to craft.

Fresh, incisive, thought-provoking and beyond all extant narratives, do not miss this brilliant piece on India-US relations by @samirsaran. Foreign policy lessons in every paragraph. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Supply, Strategy, and Statecraft: #India’s China Policy in an Era of Economic Rebalancing Authored by @soumyabh_swears, this @orfonline report argues that India’s policy success will depend on building resilience and redundancy across critical sectors orfonline.org/research/suppl…

#RaisinaDialogue2026 | Return of #India’s Maritime Glory As the Indian #Navy expands operations from the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, #India’s rise as a “net security provider” is clear, but gaps in marine propulsion & material science remain. Watch @sanjeevsanyal & @gchikermane examine the shift in India’s #maritime policy @MEAIndia youtube.com/watch?v=8FazMl…

Planning for #GreatNicobar needs century-scale vision — combining resilient #urbanisation, defence infrastructure, civilian ecosystems, and multi-island connectivity into one long-term strategy: @gchikermane or-f.org/38800

There is a fast need to organise India’s AI architecture: regulation, safety institute, evaluation capabilities & much else. We need our own path in how we develop, deploy, and use AI. Otherwise we’ll be left reacting to fast moving changes around the world, including ⬇️

Delighted to speak on “A new world order marked by US policy and conflict in the Middle East” with Ángel Ubide (Citadel LLC), @NATORomeroC (@NATO) & @AmbJohnBolton (Foundation for American Security and Freedom). Moderated by Andrés Schipani (@FT) @unidadeditorial @Ambrosetti_ #ForoInternacionalExpansion #Madrid

Had a wonderful conversation at Spain’s Foreign Ministry with State Secretary Diego Martínez Belío @SpainMFA about the world in #transition Great to engage with Director General Luis Fonseca Sánchez, Director Alvaro Imbernon & Dy Director Emilio Contreras Benítez @IndiainSpain

There will be ups and downs in the economy says @gchikermane but our focus should be on long term health. He is optimistic about India despite the headlines.

#OUTNOW: 5th edition of the ‘Foreign Policy Survey 2025: Young India and the Middle East’ 5,000 urban Indian youth across 19 cities weighed in on key questions shaping India’s foreign policy, with a special focus on the #MiddleEast and its growing role in India’s future calculus. By @HarshVPant, @DrNilanjanG, @sayantan_h, @Shivam05S, @KabirTaneja & @DeoSahil Read here 🔗 or-f.org/38826

@CestMoiz Thank you, @CestMoiz ji! 🙏🏻

Adding this brilliant and concise summary by @gchikermane Sir here to this thread. A MUST READ! orfonline.org/expert-speak/t…

In view of the recent 'controversy' about the upcoming port project in Nicobar, re-upping this 14yr old tweet of mine. This was among the first few dozen tweets from my handle after joining Twitter. It did make for some interesting engagements over the years thru replies/QTs.