Vol. 9 No. 1: April 2014
Countries practice economic diplomacy by providing economic incentives to promote strategic interests. Modi government has deftly combined politico-strategic concerns with economic advantage. It needs to show that it can shape the agenda in multilateral gatherings such as BRICS next week and forthcoming meetings of the WTO and climate change talks after the novelty phase of the force of Modi’s personality and the BJP dominance of parliament has been overtaken by other global events. With these burning changes, the April 2014 (Vol. IX No. 1) issue of JCT is in your hands. I wish the drivers of the Indian Economy a safe journey at the bumpy roads ahead.