Articles By Dr Amrita Jash
China’s Defence Budget – An Unchecked Primer to China’s Defence...
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 20 Apr , 2021
In 2021, China issued a draft defence budget of 1.35 trillion yuan (US$ 209 billion), with a hike of 6.8 percent from 2020. To note, this single-digit growth rate is consecutively sixth in a row...
China as a ‘Rising Power’: Changing Rules to the Old Game of Power
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 26 Dec , 2020
While COVID-19 Pandemic takes precedence, but ‘Rise of China’ undeniably has been one of the important characteristic features that define the 21st Century. However, China’s economic rise...
The “All-Weather” Ties’ Quest for Military Integration
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 14 Dec , 2020
In the scenario of COVID-19, two special aircraft flew into Pakistan from China, bringing a 10-member team of military doctors along with more emergency medical supplies and equipment as part of...
XI Jinping’s World-Class Military: Not Only Fights, But also Wins Wars
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 04 Apr , 2019
“You fight your way and I fight my way” – 2015 White Paper on China’s Military Strategy1 At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, held in October 2017, Chinese...
Is China Caught in a Quandary with Terrorism?
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 26 Mar , 2019
China’s State Council Information Office recently issued a White Paper titled “The Fight Against Terrorism, Extremism and Human Rights Protection in Xinjiang”.[i] This is the first white...
China Streamlines the PLA, But with Strings Attached
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 03 Feb , 2019
Acting upon the ‘fight and win’ logic, Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Xi Jinping set 2019 resolution by calling for People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to...
In 2019, Xi’s Resolution: PLA Be 'Battle Ready'
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 26 Jan , 2019
With the onset of 2019, Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Xi Jinping already set the objective in order by calling the Chinese Armed Forces to enhance their...
Can Xi and Trump Escape the Thucydides’s Trap in the Veil of Trade War?
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 09 Dec , 2018
Given the order of the past, it remains indisputable that when a rising power rivals a ruling power, war is ‘inevitable’. To test the theory, the ideal case is the Peloponnesian War between...
Having Consolidated his Power, the Buck Stops at Xi’s Desk
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 30 Nov , 2018
With the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping emerged as the paramount leader of People’s Republic of China (PRC). Enshrining “Xi Jinping’s Thought” and...
Xi Jinping’s Theorem of “Fight and Win”
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 09 Oct , 2018
Unlike the era of Mao Zedong, where People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aimed at ‘Protracted War’ fought on Chinese soil, with a heavy reliance on guerrilla warfare, China in 21st century...
Wuhan Prescription to Fractured India-China Relations: Can There Be Real...
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 20 May , 2018
Since the 1962 War, it was the 73-day Doklam stand-off in 2017 that significantly changed the status-quo between India and China at the disputed boundary. Over six decades to the War, but the two...
With H-6G Bomber, China Gears Up to Win Informationised Local Wars
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Date: 02 Feb , 2018
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has recently deployed an H-6G electronic warfare aircraft, which is capable of high electronic jamming power and can cover relatively bigger combat...