Articles in Geopolitics
India in Asian Geopolitics
By: Ashley J Tellis | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 04 Nov , 2012
I am going to (deal with) the subject of “India in Asian Geopolitics” because I want to spend some time focussing on some structural features of the security environment that faces India...
Afghanistan: Analysis of the Doubtless Withdrawal Symptoms
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2012
No matter who wins the US Presidential elections, both candidates have affirmed their intention to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, unless, of course, a major escalation takes place or the...
Helicopter Operations in Sri Lanka
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 31 Oct , 2012
The Mi-8 and the AN-32 were the main ‘workhorses’ in Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. The Mi-8 fleet flew well over 35,000 sorties lifting over 100,000 troops and 5,700 tonnes of load. Similarly,...
SOFT POWER counts for very little!
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
If the US lacked the overwhelming “hard power” it has, if global institutions were not dominated by it, if it did not actively propagate its political,economic and societal values world-wide,...
India's Foreign Policies under Indira Gandhi
By: Harish Kapur | Issue: Book Excerpt: Foreign Policies of India's Prime Ministers | Date: 28 Oct , 2012
Indira Gandhi was much more equipped in foreign affairs than Lal Bahadur Shastri. As Nehru’s daughter, she had the rare privilege of being constantly exposed to the outside world. At their...
Implications of China's Rise
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 20 Oct , 2012
The English geographer Sir Halford Mackinder ended his famous 1904 article, “The Geographical Pivot of History,” with a disturbing reference to China. After explaining why Eurasia was the...
Union Cabinet clears Rs 8,000 crore missile purchase for armed forces
By: admin | Date: 18 Oct , 2012
Najam Sethi on New Great Game in Central Asia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2012
In this two part video Najam Sethi, Editor Friday Times, Pakistan, explains the importance of Central Asian Republics due to it being rich in energy resources and their geographical locations. He...
India has no reason to trust China
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
We have to deal with China pragmatically, within the framework of our serious political differences and opportunities for economic engagement. China has grown into a formidable economic power,...
American elections: No impact on ties with India
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Oct , 2012
The upcoming presidential election in the United States lacks the excitement of the election four years ago when Barack Obama made history by being the first black person ever to occupy the White...
The Tibetan Factor
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 23.2 Apr-Jul 2008 | Date: 29 Sep , 2012
An important factor which has been ignored by most students of history of the 1962 India-China War, is the ‘Tibetan factor’. It greatly hampered the PLA in scoring a more decisive victory...
Pakistan: Fault Lines
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 29 Sep , 2012
A reality deficit of staggering proportions now stands generated in Pakistan which, even while promoting a culture of militarism and religious bigotry, erodes the foundation on which democracy can...