Geopolitics
Rebalancing the Strategic Affairs Post 16 May 2014
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2014
Narendra Modi has won a landslide victory in the general elections of 2014. The political pundits call it a titanic shift in Indian politics. The verdict of May 16, 2014 is overwhelmingly in...
Demographic Fault Lines in Assam
By: Ashwani Gupta | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 May , 2014
The ethnic killings in the first week of May 2014 once again exposed the demographic fault lines in Assam. 45 persons lost their lives in violence perpetrated by suspected insurgents of National...
Leveraging India-China Strategic Partnership
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2014
Scientists have predicted that global weather would undergo 80 percent change due to El Nino. The effect is already visible through not only changed patterns of rain, heat and cold but the ice...
Pakistan: The Art of Lying
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 May , 2014
John F Kennedy had said, “No matter how big the lie; repeat it often and the masses will regard it as truth”. However, wisdom speaks that quotes more often are like guidelines that cannot be...
Taking on the Dragon
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 06 May , 2014
A defeat in a future conflict with China will be a disaster for India. Apart from the economic ruin, it will substantially damage India’s standing in the comity of nations and degrade her...
India’s Security Concerns
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 04 May , 2014
Once the United States and NATO forces leave the Afghanistan-- Pakistan region, the ongoing conflict in the region is likely to be exacerbated. The Taliban is undefeated and waiting to...
Siachen is not low hanging fruit
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 May , 2014
History's lessons, the immutability of geography and the politics of any region will determine how nations behave with each other. Nations cannot up and away and change location from a difficult...
Has NFU stumped the BJP manifesto?
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2014
It would be reasonably in order to assume that the BJP manifesto was drafted after much deliberation and debate involving all the intellectuals of the party and many outside. It would also be...
India must revamp its policy towards Pakistan
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 22 Apr , 2014
Several aspects of our Pakistan policy need a fresh look by the new government in May, though how much change can be brought about remains an open question as the issues involved and the options...
Revisiting India’s nuclear doctrine
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2014
In its manifesto for 2014 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to review India’s nuclear doctrine. But does India really have a proper nuclear doctrine in strict...
Beyond the Afghan Polls
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Apr , 2014
With Afghanistan having gone to polls on 5th April, the die is cast. The Taliban having warned the public not to vote indulged in violence as expected. These included suicide bombings on the...
The Fall of Crimea
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 06 Apr , 2014
It was the autumn of 1854 in Crimea. British, French, and Ottoman troops were in Crimea to battle Russia. The issue was over the question of who would have control of churches in the Holy Land...
Other countries pay real price for US’ mistakes
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2014
Recently The New York Times announced with breathless urgency that China was ramping up its military spending to $148 billion, up from $139.2 billion last year, adding that China already spent...
Modi’s Foreign Policy
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Economic Times | Date: 02 Apr , 2014
Modi has not yet expressed his thinking on India’s foreign relations. His focus and that of those opposing him or tracking his national rise has been on internal politics and development issues....
The People’s Liberation Army: Post Plenum III
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 01 Mar , 2014
The Third Plenum admitted that the forthcoming reforms would decide the destiny of modern China. The statement concluded with “the need to deepen reforms in order to build a moderately...
Pakistan: Prospects for 2014
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 12 Feb , 2014
The conflict within Pakistan has multiple dimensions. Three of Pakistan’s four provinces, Baluchistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to be plagued by violence, and FATA is, for the most...
Secrets of the MaD!
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2014
No, this is not about unfortunate people gone bonkers or senile. Nor is this about the mad cow disease or Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), the human form of mad cow disease amounting to...
Can you Trust the Pakistani Army?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Feb , 2014
Held after 14 years, the meeting between the Indian Army and Pakistani Army Director Generals of Military Operations at Wagah on 24 December 2013 naturally made media headlines. The discussions...
The right way to look East
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 28 Jan , 2014
Much has been achieved during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s current visit to India and much has not. In reiterating a clear intention to strengthen bilateral ties, the visit has been a...
It is cherry blossom time in India-Japan relations
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jan , 2014
Politically speaking, it is cherry blossom time in India-Japan relations. For the first time in history, the Emperor and Empress of Japan visited India December last. That visit had great...