Articles in Geopolitics
Terror and Violence in China
By: Dr Sudhir Hindwan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Dec , 2013
The recent skirmishes between the Chinese security forces and the separatist Uygur Muslims in the Xinjiang province on Tuesday have once again created vulnerable ground for serious ethnic crisis...
Managing the neighbours
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 23 Dec , 2013
India’s search for a successful neighbourhood policy continues. Sections of our society are anxious about our failure to manage our relations with neighbours properly. We tend to blame ourselves...
Chinese Innovations
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 20 Dec , 2013
When Steve Jobs passed away, experts debated as to why China did not produce its own Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg? One contributor to Forbes explained that the emergence of such...
US: Bullying Not Diplomacy
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Dec , 2013
The arrest and hand-cuffing of India’s Deputy Consul General (DCG) Devyani Khobragade in New York as if she is a criminal with all the intrusive personal indignities heaped on a “felon” by...
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement Kaput!
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Dec , 2013
If the ruling coterie was looking for brownie points for the coming elections by hyping that signing of the BDCA with China had put at rest all border problems till eventual peaceful resolution,...
Eastern Ladakh: Can India Afford the Luxury of Inaction?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 14 Dec , 2013
The Armed Forces are India’s “hard-power” assets and not a tool for diplomacy on the borders. Deployment of an armed force to support a diplomatic effort is axiomatic as it lends strength to...
Leadership Changes in Pakistan: Portents for the Future
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 11 Dec , 2013
Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani finally demitted office on 28 November 2013, ending weeks of speculation. General Raheel Sharif has replaced him, marking an important change...
The Badmash Face of Sharif
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Dec , 2013
No surprises, it had to happen – Nawaz Sharif revealing his badmash (punk) side! So, finally he says he had a dream of seeing Indian Kashmir free and hoped to see it happen during his...
China’s Strategic Overture to Japan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Nov , 2013
China has added another chapter to her “peaceful” rise by declaring another “defensive” measure; that all non-commercial aircraft entering a broad zone over the East China Sea must first...
Iran’s Nuclear Deal: Embracing change in West Asia
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 27 Nov , 2013
The interim nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries opens up real prospects of resolving an issue that has generated enormous tensions in the region for years with threats of military...
Organisational and Structural Evolution – Lessons from Al-Qaeda
By: Dr. S. V. Raghavan & Dr. V. Balasubramaniyan | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 21 Nov , 2013
The global community has witnessed transformations in terror groups across the spectrum. These transformations can be attributed to various external changes that force the terror groups to change...
India’s expanding power gap with China
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 13 Nov , 2013
We have a tendency to overstate the positives of our relations with China and downplay the negatives. This creates the impression that our ties are better than they actually are, and that the...
India being pulled apart from within
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 13 Nov , 2013
The political controversy generated over Prime Minister’s participation in the Commonwealth Summit (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka on November 15 deepens mounting concerns about our foreign policy being...
Sartaj Aziz’s Visit : Stupidity Compounded
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2013
Editorials in prominent dailies today headline the ‘Lankan Impasse’ by stating that talk of Prime Minister missing CHOGM meet on 15-16 November will be a signal of foreign policy paralysis...
Sri Lanka denies rejection of visas to IBAHRI delegation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
It is categorically rejected that entry visas have been denied to a delegation of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), as alleged by IBAHRI in a press statement...
China: Some Questions
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
The fact that the media is government paid and government controlled in Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is no secret. It is convenient since then the population, particularly the youth can be fed...
Rebuff the blackmail over Sri Lanka
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
By the time these lines are read by the readers, one hopes that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have taken a clear and firm decision to attend the Commonwealth summit at Sri Lankan capital...
Decoding the Dragon’s Game Plan
By: Maj Gen Pushpendra Singh | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
Over the past decades, we have constantly tried to mollify the Dragon. In the bargain, we have been inveigled into surrendering our bargaining chips one by one. Therefore, we should now strive to...