Articles in Geopolitics
General Kayani and Future of Pakistan - II
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 27 Aug , 2011
The Army and Counter-Terrorism Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy in Afghanistan is rife with inherent contradictions, caught between an inclination to fight militant forces and yet having to...
General Kayani and Future of Pakistan - I
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 26 Aug , 2011
Recent events in Pakistan, including the special forces assault on the Abbottabad compound in which Osama bin Laden was hiding and living, the attack of PNS Mehran in Karachi and many more have...
India in the Neighbourhood
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 19 Aug , 2011
Leo Tolstoy’s classic Anna Karenina begins with the famous sentence: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The Indian subcontinent is somewhat like...
The Hina factor
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jul , 2011
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna says that he is “satisfied” at the progress achieved during the India-Pakistan dialogue on July 27 at New Delhi. According to him, his talks with the...
Fresh Violence in Xinjiang as Expo Draws Near
By: B Raman | Date: 26 Jul , 2011
The Chinese Government is organising what has been called the 1st China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, the capital of the Chinese-Controlled Xinjiang province, from September 1 to 5, 2011.The...
Indo-Pak Relations - II
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 17 Jul , 2011
Communication Revolution: Undeniably, communication revolution has added a new chapter to the field of diplomacy. Irrespective of whether their bilateral ties are tense or not, whether the...
Indo-Pak Relations - I
By: Nilofar Suhrawardy | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Jul , 2011
Ironically, though India and Pakistan still entertain differences over Kashmir and several other issues, prospects of their being engaged in an open and full-fledged conflict over the same may be...
Pakistan's Confessions: Shouldn't go slow on defence modernisation
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Pakistan Defence Minister in a recent statement has acknowledged that his country just cannot match India in defence capabilities. This, it is argued, is due to the vast difference in the GDP and...
The Attitude of the Obama Administration
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Despite differences over strategies and tactics in the fight against global jihadi terrorism, there has been a convergence of views between the previous administration of George Bush and the...
China's Strategic Eggs in South Asia
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jul , 2011
China is not a South Asian power, but it has been seeking to build up for itself a strong South Asian presence which could cater to its strategic needs in the long term. It has made inroads in...
Karachi, Beirut of South Asia
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jul , 2011
Karachi stands in danger of turning into another Beirut of the 1970s and 1980s if the Government of Pakistan does not wake up in time to the implications of the unending clashes between the...
Hate India to Survive in Pakistan
By: Col US Rathore | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jul , 2011
Events leading to Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan at Mohali generated a lot of optimism. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended invitation to Pakistan’s...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - III
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 06 Jul , 2011
Dysfunctional Polity: The duopoly of Pakistan’s polity denoted by Zulfiqar Ali–Benazir Bhutto family of Asaf Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif family continues unabated in the feudal,...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - II
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 05 Jul , 2011
The current spate of violence by the Deobandis against the Barelvis began after the 1990 formation of Sunni Tehreek (ST) by Mohammad Salim Qadri. The organisation was believed to be an offshoot...
Pakistan: Unstable and Not at Peace - I
By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 Jul , 2011
Pakistan’s polity is in a crisis. Its society is in turmoil. And the country is in a state of flux, waiting to survive the deluge and see another day. On top of all that comes the deepening...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - III
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 01 Jul , 2011
Come September — Retribution and Retaliation: The unstinted support of the local population, which Sir Michael Howard had defined as the ‘forgotten dimensions of strategy’, emboldened the...
State, strategy, power & policy: China and India
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 30 Jun , 2011
The grand strategy of a state may be described as a long–term plan to accomplish its domestic and external objectives. Policies flowing from the grand strategy must aim to promote the vital...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - II
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 30 Jun , 2011
Guerrilla Warfare in The Riverine Delta: Guerrilla warfare came into vogue during the Napoleonic wars. This type of warfare should not to be confused with the guerrilla tactics employed by...
Untold Heroism of Mukti Bahini Frogmen: Prelude to Liberation - I
By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 29 Jun , 2011
Exploitation of East Pakistan: The East Bengal segment of Pakistan deeply resented the exploitation of the eighteen districts that comprised the four divisions of East Pakistan. The major source...
Introspection in Pakistan: Will It Endure?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jun , 2011
The anger and humiliation caused in Pakistan by the unilateral raid by US naval commandos on the residence of Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad on May 2,2011, and by the inability of the Pakistani...