Articles in Geopolitics
Pak bigger terrorist threat than Iran
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2012
India-US relations have neither burgeoned as much as the enthusiasts may have wanted nor withered as much as the skeptics may have anticipated. The relationship is neither in an impasse nor is it...
Pakistan-US relations in a trough, but only for now
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2012
Towards the end of his last State of the Union address on January 24 President Obama said “One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the Seal Team took with them on the mission to get Bin...
China's Palace in the Skies
By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 14 May , 2012
On September 29, 2011, China launched the Tiangong-1 unmanned module from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in North-West China. The unmanned module was launched by a Long March 2FT1 carrier...
PLA Daily: Never Expect to Take Away Half an Inch of China's Territory
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May , 2012
On May 10, 2012, amid the heightened tensions between China and the Philippines over what is known as the Scarborough Shoal in English and Huangyan island in Chinese in the southeastern region of...
Strategic power play in Myanmar
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2012
The US Secretary of State Ms Hilary Clinton’s recent visit to Myanmar, the first ever of its kind in the last five decades, is likely to be a turning point in the estranged relationship between...
Tawang China's fixation
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2012
“At 14,000 feet above the sea, the presence of a certain mystery can be felt, like having stepped into heaven…” is how a “In Search of Greener Pastures” – a touristy blog run by two enterprising...
Al Qaeda after the death of Laden
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2012
There is an air of nervousness all over the world where there is a strong US presence regarding the dangers of Al Qaeda-inspired attacks on US nationals and interests coinciding with the first...
Can China afford a war?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Apr , 2012
James Clapper, the Director of the US National Intelligence recently told a Senate Committee on intelligence that the Indian Army was strengthening itself for a “˜limited conflict with China:...
The Match with Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Vol 20.2 Apr-Jun 2005 | Date: 24 Apr , 2012
We should not blame our cricketers or our hockey players for our dismal record against Pakistan. It is something to do with our national psyche. This hypothesis is validated if we look at the...
Addressing Hafiz Saeed
By: Rajinder Puri | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Apr , 2012
The obsession with Hafiz Saeed displayed by politicians and media during President Zardari’s recent visit was amusing. Hafiz Saeed is not the issue. He is the symptom of the issue. That issue...
India's Tibet?
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Apr , 2012
The act of self-immolation by the Tibetan protestor Jamphel Yeshi on March 26 in New Delhi against the visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao has hit the international headlines. In contrast,...
Is General Kayani's smile genuine?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Apr , 2012
During a visit to the site of the devastating avalanche near Skardu in Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on April 18, 2012, which killed about 125 military personnel and 15 civilians, Gen...
Uncertain months ahead for Chinese Leadership
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Apr , 2012
Wang Lijun was the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau in Tiefa in the Liaoning province from 1992 to 1995. From 1995 to 2000, he held the same position in Tieling city, also inthe...
One India & One China
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Apr , 2012
The strong economic relations between India and China and their co-operation in multilateral for a such as the recent Copenhagen summit on climate change should not blind one to the fact that the...
Wanted Dead or Alive - Well, Not Quite
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2012
Once again, Pakistan’s most treasured jehadi jewel, Hafiz Saeed the leader of the Jamat ut Dawa, listed by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, and the ideological patron of the rabidly...
Iran's NBC and Missile Programme
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 09 Apr , 2012
Iran embarked on a comprehensive missile programme during the Iran-Iraq War. During the post war period, it has made a determined bid to enhance its missile arsenal and capabilities by reaching...
Shia massacre in Gilgit-Baltistan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Apr , 2012
The phone lines are down and wireless connections are jammed since last three days. It is very difficult to get the right information about how many people have died in recent target killing...
Subterranean threats to India-Sri Lanka relations
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2012
According to a news item in the Colombo daily “The Island,” Sri Lanka intelligence services have received information that around 150 terrorists who returned to Sri Lanka from India were now...