Geopolitics
Pakistan being killed by its military
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2016
The Pakistan military has abundantly demonstrated that it cannot abandon the jihadi outfits till it amalgamates India’s J&K and till it imposes its own regime in Kabul in perpetuity. Hence...
China’s One Belt One Road Initiative Gathers Momentum
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Apr , 2016
In a major boost to China’s overambitious One Belt One Road Initiative, a train from the traditional hub of Yiwu was fagged off to Tehran earlier this year. This container train covered a...
Who Else Can Destabilise Pakistan?
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2016
Who is destabilizing Pakistan? It is the jihadis and their suicide bombers. The same suicide bombers, who killed Benazir Bhutto, who killed children in APS, who killed students in Bacha Khan...
Will India be able to outwit China in Iran?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Apr , 2016
With the Islamic Republic of Iran coming out of long standing global isolation in the aftermath of the lifting of sanction early this year, there is a sort of gold rush to exploit a range of...
Emerging Security Scenario in AF-Pak Region: Implications for India
By: Brig D S Sarao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2016
The king who is situated anywhere immediately on the circumference of the conqueror's territory is termed the enemy. The king who is likewise situated close to the enemy, but separated from the...
Is ISIS Closing in on Europe?
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Mar , 2016
In October 1993, I was in Brussels attending the Socialist Group of European Parliament’s seminar on Kashmir. Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Prof. Bhim Singh were also there. A group from PoK lead by...
PM Modi’s Belgium Visit
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Mar , 2016
The terrorist attacks on Brussels Zaventem airport departure area and the metro station close to EU office on March 22 killing some 28 and injuring dozens have come just eight days before Prime...
Myanmar Elections and Impact on the Region
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Mar , 2016
In the words of Thant Myint-U, “China and India have always been separated not only by the Himalayas, but also by the impenetrable jungle and remote areas that once stretched across Burma. Now...
China beefing up its military muscle to counter US threat
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Mar , 2016
The Middle Kingdom, which, has for long been nourishing the vision of steadily modernizing and upgrading its defence forces to emerge as a numero uno global military power of 21st century, could...
Russian withdrawal from Syria: Not a Surprise
By: VBN Ram | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Mar , 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpected announcement on March 14, 2016 to the effect that Moscow would withdraw its forces in Syria since the main objectives of its intervention in Syria...
Nuclear Security Summit and South Asia
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Mar , 2016
In his speech in Prague in 2009, President Obama touched on an important subject for the first time. He talked about security against nuclear terror, meaning securing nuclear arsenals against...
Race for the Final Frontiers: Is India Lagging Behind China?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Mar , 2016
In an report submitted by the Indian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests last year,it was observed that delays in the implementation of Indian space...
South China Sea: Is China baring its fangs?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Mar , 2016
“The Indian Ocean is not India’s ocean”, so said Chinese Defence Minister Chi Haotian way back in 1994. However, China does not apply that same analogy to the East and South China Seas!!...
Only Self Interest Can Bridge the Indo-Pak Divide
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Mar , 2016
Despite opposition from some members of the US Senate, Think Tanks and Academics alike the US Government has gone on to approve the sale of F-16 fighters to Pakistan. The Secretary of State, John...
India’s Limited Options Against Pakistan
By: Air Marshal RS Bedi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Mar , 2016
To comprehend the magnitude of what Pakistan has been up to during all these years since independence, one has to only glance through its dastardly acts against the Indian state and its people....
Deconstruction Islamic Extremism Over The Last Two Decades
By: Abhinav Pandya | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Mar , 2016
Few days back, on a chilly Manhattan evening at Bukhara restaurant on 49th street, over kababs and Chardonnay, my friend who works for Counter-Terrorism with UN informed me that whole day he was...
Beyond the QCG – Talking to Taliban
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Mar , 2016
The fourth meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China on the Afghan Peace and Reconciliation process held in Kabul on February 23, 2016 ended...
South and Southeast Asia : A Peep into The Future
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Feb , 2016
Predicting the future in a confusing security environment is a challenge; with all the present fusions and fissions, it becomes even more challenging. The consistencies and inconsistencies,...
Anatomy of US Plan to Sell F-16s to Pakistan
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Feb , 2016
The short sighted US foreign policy initiative and flawed diplomatic strategy have proved to be instrumental in creating Frankenstein. Beginning from the covert intervention in Afghanistan in...
North Korean Rocket Test Sparks International Revulsion
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2016
North Korea, described as a “rouge state” and “reclusive kingdom”, has done it once again. Defying the UN sanction and sparking widespread global revulsion, North Korea claimed that on...