IDR Blog
What lies behind China’s new role as ‘peacemaker’
China has become a peacemaker, or at least would like to project itself as the world’s new ‘peacemaker’; we have seen it in the Middle East (between Saudi Arabia and Iran), we witness it now in Moscow. A year after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian troops started, Beijing released a twelve-point document proposing a framework for a...
G20 TWG Meet: Pakistan’s Envy, India’s Joy
The one enduring thing about Pakistan’s never-ending diplomatic offensive on Kashmir that’s really perplexing is its incurable proclivity for adopting self-debilitating strategies. Though Pakistan benefited from New Delhi’s decision to take the issue of Pakistan’s attempt to seize Kashmir through its orchestrated ‘tribal invasion’...
Coromandel Express: Accident or Terror Attack
On 31st March this year, a 24 year muslim youth, boarded Jansampark Kranti Express at Delhi. Enroute, close to the train’s destination, at a place called Shoranur, he purchases petrol, and boards another train Alapurrha-Kannur Executive Express on 02 April. And then all of sudden, while the train is negotiating a bridge, he sprays petrol on...
Can a nuclear war start with the unease felt by China?
Rohan Mukherji of the London School of Economics and Political Science believes that he writes in an article in Foreign Affairs magazine (China’s status anxiety May 19 2023) of the possibility of China being singled out by the US as its preeminent enemy should not be wished away. He writes and I quote “When the balance of power in...
Manipur Unrest: A Complex Threat
The cycle of violence seems unending in Manipur, no matter how many Para Military and Army companies are pushed into the troubled state. Article 355 is already in place, giving the central government complete control of state law and order. This move is one step short of enforcing Article 356 on the state, which means a President’s rule....