Geopolitics
Could Tibet be defended?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 08 Sep , 2014
I am posting here an interesting note from Harishwar Dayal, the Political Officer in Sikkim between 1948 and 1952. The note dates from the early months of 1950. Dayal answers some points made by...
China’s dilemmas in Af-Pak region
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Courtesy: www.col.hariharan.info/ | Date: 08 Sep , 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan to be scheduled along with his visit to India this month has been cancelled. It was strategically a very important visit for both China and...
ISIS Threat: Dance of Barbarians
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Sep , 2014
The fact that Al Qaeda has been bamboozled by the ISIS in the Middle East is no secret. Pressured by US-NATO, Al Qaeda was in the mode of shifting its major base from Pakistan to Africa when...
Tibet: PLA’s frequent trainings with live ammunitions
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Sep , 2014
In March, The Times of India reported that the Indian Army is “fast running out of ammunition”. The daily affirmed: “Tanks and air defence units, artillery batteries and infantry soldiers...
Standards of Intervention
By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Aug , 2014
Formed in the wake of the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations took as its primary mission the maintenance of international peace and security. Since the end of the Cold...
India’s hollowness and Pak’s perpetual war path
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2014
“Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from defeat” – Jean-Paul Sartre After many years, the nation’s retrieval of some lost territory astride the Kargil...
Ceasefire Violations: Is Pak Army trying to regain its confidence?
By: Mehtab Karan Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 27 Aug , 2014
Pakistan!! Trying to figure out this nation is by far the most elusive challenge for a political or a military analyst! What makes this nation tick? How is it staying afloat given its...
Pakistan isn’t ready for peace with India
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 26 Aug , 2014
We have to draw some hard lessons from the latest drama in India-Pakistan relations. If we do not, we will continue being beset with unmet expectations, unrequited gestures and a thousand cuts. ...
Kashmir: Solution lies elsewhere
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Kashmir's Death Trap | Date: 23 Aug , 2014
The root cause of instability in the South Asian region is no doubt the lingering dispute in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Whether India agrees to this or not, the Kashmir issue is the core issue beyond...
The India Pakistan merry-go-round
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 21 Aug , 2014
Narendra Modi’s invitation to SAARC leaders for the swearing in May was a smart move and it threw three groups into a spin. As the startled Nawaz Sharif government went into a confused silence,...
The China Factor: India’s Tryst with the Dragon
By: Jayadeva Ranade | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Aug , 2014
Beijing’s accelerated push in recent years for recognition as the dominant power in the Asia-Pacific has accentuated the implicit contest for strategic space between Japan, the US, India and...
Pakistan is a rogue country and should be treated accordingly
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2014
Pakistan is at it again. Five soldiers have lost their lives. Indian leadership appears unfazed and wants to continue dialogue with Pakistan. One of the greatest misfortunes for India is the fact...
At the Conventional-Nuclear Interface
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Aug , 2014
Conventional backdrop to nuclear foreground Accustomed to the phrase ‘nuclear backdrop’ as the army has been over the past two decades, the title may require explaining. The assumption is...
The Re-Emergence of Fundamentalist Forces
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 Aug , 2014
Capture of large parts of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and declaration of establishing a Caliphate signals the start of a new phase of expansion of a powerful Sunni...
Israel-Gaza: Why India should sit on the fence?
By: Angikaar Choudhary | Issue: Courtesy: www.theindianrepublic.com | Date: 07 Aug , 2014
The conflict in Gaza is not new. This is not something which has happened suddenly. Since the creation of Israel, the region has been plagued with bloodshed. Uncountable lives have been lost on...
India, China and Sri Lanka: the uneasy triangle
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Aug , 2014
China’s President Xi Jinping has accepted a long-standing invitation from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Sri Lanka sometime this year. The first-ever visit by a Chinese President to Sri...
Kerry’s Visit: India and America need each other
By: Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Aug , 2014
The Potomac and the Ganges are nature’s bountiful gifts. The former is witness to the evolution of modern America just around 240 years. The latter is holy, mystical and emotional to India for...
Nepal: The ticking time-bomb
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 04 Aug , 2014
Nepal is at a critical crossroad; in fact the rebirth of the country as a new nation-state is in question. To assess the evolving situation, I recently undertook an extensive tour of the country....
The ‘Why’ of Rethinking Indian Nuclear Deterrence!
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jul , 2014
Indian nuclear decision making was always in the global political context. These were almost exclusively political decisions with the armed forces not in the loop. The 1974 Pokhran I tests were...
The Indo-Pak Peace Talks: A Duodrama
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jul , 2014
The two actors of our sub-continent prepare to enact the latest scene, in the series of peace drama running over decades. The script is yet to play out the denouement. Nevertheless they meet...