Articles in Geopolitics
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...
Payback Time Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2013
Following the US drone strike killing Pakistan Taliban Chief Hakimillah Mehsud, it was hilarious to watch the somber faced Interior Minister of Pakistan accusing the US of scuttling efforts...
China's Asian Age Depends on Spliting India?
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2013
Zhan Lue, in his article published by the China International Institute for Strategic Studies on 8 August 2009 titled “If China takes a little action, the so called Great Indian Federation can...
China-Pakistan double trouble for India
By: Brig Arun Bajpai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2013
Indian political establishment, duly advised by Babus who staff the Ministry of Defence on the pretext of civilian control over military, with both of them having no knowledge of matters...
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) between India and China
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Oct , 2013
The Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the ‘two sides’), Firmly believing that the India-China Strategic...
The Chinese vision of Sino-Pak strategic partnership : I
By: Prof. Priyadarshi Mukherji | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 13 Oct , 2013
What was China’s mega-strategy at the outset in setting up ties with Pakistan? According to Mao Zedong’s calculations, Pakistan was nothing but China’s easy access to the Atlantic and the...
China’s Interests in Shaksgam Valley
By: Senge H. Sering | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2013
Chinese nationals are once again in the newspapers of Gilgit-Baltistan, this time for smuggling heavy precious metals and gems out of the region. To date, China occupies more than 20,000 square...
Understanding Nawaz Sharif
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Oct , 2013
In the face of the recent revelations by well-placed sources that the Manmohan Singh government has been underplaying a series of border intrusions by and effective loss of Indian territories to...
Pak Regulars Combine with LeT, Mujahids, and Taliban against India
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Oct , 2013
It is not surprising that India’s lack of strategic culture denies policy makers to think beyond Border Action Teams (BAT). Whether the BAT obsession is because of the penchant for cricket...
Strategy for incremental influence in Asia
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 17.4 Oct-Dec 2002 | Date: 03 Oct , 2013
In the unfolding geopolitical scenario, two major forces are driving the world today: modernisation and globalisation on one hand and terrorism on the other. The attacks on America on September...
Is al-Qaeda Waning?
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 01 Oct , 2013
Al-Qaeda came into being in 1988-89, in Peshawar, Pakistan. The nine-year-long Soviet occupation of Afghanistan had turned into an ignominious retreat at the hands of Mujahedeen and Taliban. These...
Which India does America Want?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 Oct , 2013
The question which India does America want is intriguing for there are no two India’s but then does America want a strong India or a weak one – that is the difficult part. There are no...
China: Task ahead for India
By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Sep , 2013
The peaceful resolution of Despang impasse was a great relief not only to India but as well to China. In the end, the persistent diplomacy by both and the working mechanisms that were set up for...
The Chinese Dream is Over: The Seven Perils
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Sep , 2013
On August 19, an important meeting was held in Beijing during which President Xi Jinping called for a renewal of China’s focus on Marxist ideology. Xi was addressing a national conference on...