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China's OBOR is not up India's Street for Now
As with all things that China chooses to do, hosting of One Belt One Road (OBOR) conference for all its “friends and allies” at Beijing next month promises to be a rather grandiose event. An initiative by Chinese President Xi Jinping, OBOR is essentially an economic and transport corridor that proposes to link Asia with Africa and Europe...
Korean Peninsula Continue To Simmer
Today, when the world’s focus is firmly riveted on the ruthless violence perpetrated by Islamic radicals like IS, Al Quaeda, Al Shhbab, Tehrik e Taliban, Pakistan, Taliban, Boko Haram, Lashkar e Tayeba and many other such organisations, it is necessary for the world community to not lose sight of the other, a more serious threat; the one...
Afghanistan: Original Sins by United States & Prognostications 2017
The United States original sins on Afghanistan and the after effects of which haunt the United States in 2017 is that in both its military interventions in Afghanistan and more so the recent one in 2001 still ongoing, it overly depended on an unreliable and double-timing Pakistan to deliver US strategic objectives. To oust the Soviet Union from...
Renaming won’t help China’s cause
The Chinese media said that Beijing’s objective was to reaffirm China’s claim over Arunachal, “South Tibet” for the Chinese. Tawang has been in the news in recent times. According to an article in The China Daily, published at the end of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh: “Under India’s illegal rule, the residents of...
China-Philippines Ties: Lessons for India and Japan
China and Philippines are in discussion to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism on South China Sea (SCS). This could re-establish direct talks between both countries after a long pause of six years. This upswing in bilateral ties however is a placebo. While China’s strategic position will almost certainly improve in the region, the...