IDR Blog
Assessing the PLA’s Mindset!
Three editors, Mr Andrew Scobell, Mr David Lai and Mr Roy Kamphausen, have collaborated to produce a book,Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples’ Wars. To decode the thinking of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China the book has adopted a novel approach. A group of experts after studying the PLA’s reactions to other wars have...
The saga of India-Israel intelligence co-operation
In the present global world, intelligence co-operation has become a major pillar in bilateral relations of the states. History of intelligence sharing can be traced from the Second World War, when an intelligence alliance was established between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and USA, known as ‘Five Eyes’, all these countries were...
Humanitarian crisis in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
Substantial areas of the state of Jammu and Kashmir including Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) were afflicted by floods of mammoth proportions in beginning September this year. On September, 07, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the flood affected areas of POK. He was greeted with slogans of “Go Nawaz Go” which reflected the...
When Modi made his moves in the US
There was more to Narendra Modi’s visit to the US than the razzmatazz of Madison Square Garden and Central Park. He had gone to the US after three basic foreign policy initiatives, and was making a statement on the world stage beyond the confines of the UNGA. The visit to the US was a kind of a high point in his drive to shake off the old...
Indo-China relations: Some Plain Speaking by the Indian PM
Even as President Xi Jinping was being entertained by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the bank of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, Chinese and Indian troops were once again engaged in a tense face-off at Chumar in Ladakh. Eventually, soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) blinked first and backed off when confronted with show of...