Articles in Geopolitics
Make most of Japan’s overtures
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 12 Jun , 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Japan from May 27 to 30 was opportune as the circumstances today are more propitious than ever for India and Japan to forge a solid strategic...
Surreal China - Lessons from Myanmar
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 09 Jun , 2013
Myanmar helped China seize the opportunity to integrate more with Myanmar militarily, politically and economically, Chinese strategists having visualised the long-term need for reaching out to...
Peace with Pakistan: an idea whose time has passed
By: Dr Prem Mahadevan | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 09 Jun , 2013
A leading Indian english language newspaper has chosen to begin 2010 by stirring up controversy. It has run a series of editorials advocating peace initiatives with Pakistan, despite the manifest...
Mr. Li and the Three Idiots
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 May , 2013
Li came, Li saw (the Indian confusion) and Li won. It was not difficult. He spoke of the Three Idiots, a film that his daughter ‘forced’ him to see, and the Indian establishment (and media)...
India’s China Syndrome
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 29 May , 2013
India-China relations are complex enough not to be seen in black and white terms. Amidst all the good reasons for India to mistrust China and deal with it as an adversary, it makes sense to work...
Looking beyond the DBO face off
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 21 May , 2013
With the Chinese removing the four tents pitched in Indian Territory at an altitude of 17,500 feet, a few kilometers South of Daulat Beg Oldi(DBO) in the Depsang Plains in Eastern Ladakh a...
Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi...
By: Lt Gen NS Malik | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2013
J&K is an integral part of India. The only problem that can be called J&K Problem is the non- comprehension by India, its people and the government to this ultimate truth of its being the...
China’s Foreign Policy: Biang Biang Noodles!
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2013
Tavleen Singh narrates in her book ‘Durbar’ that having personally witnessed grisly scenes of children dying of starvation in presence of their hapless parents themselves surviving on grass...
India-China: Border Defence Cooperation Agreement
By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2013
The events of the past week and half are gradually clearing the fog over why China did what she did at DBO on 15th April 2013. Though a surfeit of motives were assigned, a careful review of the...
Bowing down to the dragon
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 14 May , 2013
Our statements on the recent India-China face-off in Ladakh continue to confound. One would have thought that we would have analysed the incident in depth, tried to figure out China’s...
New Jihadi Magazine in English focuses on South Asia, Including Afghanistan...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 May , 2013
SITE, an Internet monitoring group, has drawn attention to a new web-based jihadi magazine in English called “Azan”. According to SITE, the magazine is believed to have been started by...
Gilgit Baltistan National Congress held event in Baltimore, Maryland
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2013
Gilgit Baltistan National Congress held an event in Baltimore, Maryland. Senge Sering, Director of Gilgit Baltistan National Congress, moderated the event. Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairperson of...
India, China stand-off in Ladakh ends but at what cost to India?
By: admin | Date: 06 May , 2013
DBO: India’s Response and Defence Preparedness
By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 May , 2013
The Chinese intrusion into the area of Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) on 15th April 2013, reportedly about 15 to 18 KMs South of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), once again brought into public debate the...