Articles in Geopolitics
Afghanistan: The return of the warlords
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 07 Jan , 2013
So President Obama retains the White House and the power but the Party General Secretary Hu Jintao leaves his throne in March 2013. Nevertheless, the rest of the world is going to see continuity...
No change in Pakistan’s Military Doctrine!
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jan , 2013
Media reports emanating from Pakistan’s civilian Government as well as from the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Army speak of an on-going review of Pakistan’s military doctrine in order...
Will Xi Junior have courage for return of Dalai Lama?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 04 Jan , 2013
This is the stanza of a poem written by a 17-year-old Tibetan nun, Sangay Dolma before she took the fatal decision: Dolma set herself on fire in front of a Chinese government office at Tsekhog,...
Rising Powers, Rising Tensions: The Troubled China-India Relationship
By: admin | Date: 04 Jan , 2013
America and Al-Qaeda: Unleashing Frankenstein II
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jan , 2013
Is America inadvertently rearing another monster with its ‘covert’ support to al-Qaeda cadres in Syrian rebel ranks? During World War II, the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor...
India and the South Asian Neighbourhood
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
India’s relations with her neighbours need to be analysed frankly and unsentimentally, without recourse to the usual platitudes when pronouncing on the subject. It is fashionable to assume that...
Towards Better Ties: But nothing to show forward movement
By: Sunita Vakil | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 30 Dec , 2012
The road to Indo-Pakistan detente taken in the recent past has seen pleasant surprises keeping the peace process chugging along. The bilateral talk between the two countries last week to...
US India Pakistan - The Eternal Triangle
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 27 Dec , 2012
President Barack Obama will soon be sitting with his team to prioritise his to-do-list for his legacy that will be intertwined with how he handles his country’s strategic and national...
Disputes in the South China Sea
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 25 Dec , 2012
Prior to analysing the dispute it is important to understand the UN Law of the Sea. The 1982 Convention on the Law of Seas has numerous guidelines pertaining to islands, the continental shelf,...
Defence experts give mixed opinion on Rehman Malik's India visit
By: admin | Date: 16 Dec , 2012