Geopolitics

Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi…

Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi…

By: Lt Gen NS Malik | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2013

J&K is an integral part of India.  The only problem that can be called J&K Problem is the non- comprehension by India, its people and the government to this ultimate truth of its being the...

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China’s Foreign Policy: Biang Biang Noodles!

China’s Foreign Policy: Biang Biang Noodles!

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2013

Tavleen Singh narrates in her book ‘Durbar’ that having personally witnessed grisly scenes of children dying of starvation in presence of their hapless parents themselves surviving on grass...

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India-China: Border Defence Cooperation Agreement

India-China: Border Defence Cooperation Agreement

By: Brig Pillalmarri Subramanyam | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2013

The events of the past week and half are gradually clearing the fog over why China did what she did at DBO on 15th April 2013. Though a surfeit of motives were assigned, a careful review of the...

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Bowing down to the dragon

Bowing down to the dragon

By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 14 May , 2013

Our statements on the recent India-China face-off in Ladakh continue to confound. One would have thought that we would have analysed the incident in depth, tried to figure out China’s...

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Gilgit Baltistan National Congress held event in Baltimore, Maryland

Gilgit Baltistan National Congress held event in Baltimore, Maryland

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2013

Gilgit Baltistan National Congress held an event in Baltimore, Maryland. Senge Sering, Director of Gilgit Baltistan National Congress, moderated the event. Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairperson of...

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China pre-empts India’s possible use of the Gilgit-Baltistan card

China pre-empts India’s possible use of the Gilgit-Baltistan card

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 May , 2013

In an article in rediff.com of December 20, 2010, I had stated as follows: “China, which had never openly questioned the Indian estimate of the length of the common border before, is now...

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India-China stand-off: Sun Tzu in action

India-China stand-off: Sun Tzu in action

By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Apr , 2013

Merely by sending a platoon of their troops to camp 19 km (upgraded after 10 days from 10 km reported earlier) inside our territory on February 15 near Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) along the Line of...

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China Mocking Pussy Footers

China Mocking Pussy Footers

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Apr , 2013

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereignty or nation. A person who commits treason is known in law as a traitor. By another...

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China: Hum Dekh Rahe Hain – We Are Watching!

China: Hum Dekh Rahe Hain – We Are Watching!

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Apr , 2013

Commenting on the latest Chinese intrusion in Ladakh, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid echoed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s famous cliché “Hum Dekh Rahen Hain, Hamen Dekhna Hoga, Hum...

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India-China Border Dispute

India-China Border Dispute

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Apr , 2013

The continuing (since April 15,2013) Chinese troop intrusion ( about 20 troops) 10 kms into Indian territory near Burthe in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area of Eastern Ladakh in the western sector...

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China’s arms sales to Pakistan unsettling South Asian security

China’s arms sales to Pakistan unsettling South Asian security

By: Dr Monika Chansoria | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 19 Apr , 2013

Underscoring its primacy as Pakistan’s primary benefactor in the realm of arms transfers, China’s recent upward swing in conventional arms sales to Islamabad has ruffled feathers as far as...

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Indian Military in Afghanistan

Indian Military in Afghanistan

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 17 Apr , 2013

A study released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, USA on 14 Jan 2013 has totaled the direct spending by the US on the war in Afghanistan for the period FY2001 to FY2013 as...

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Afghanistan – Future Uncertain

Afghanistan – Future Uncertain

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Apr , 2013

Events in Afghanistan had gathering momentum in March and quite apparently preparations for end 2014 were now looking serious and urgent. Closely following the visit of Defence Secretary Chuck...

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Why the North Korean stand off?

Why the North Korean stand off?

By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2013

There are both contemporary and historical reasons behind the North Korean threat to launch an offensive against South Korea and strike at U.S. bases in Guam and Hawaii. North Korea (Democratic...

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BRICS: A wall for some and a platform for others

BRICS: A wall for some and a platform for others

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 05 Apr , 2013

Success at multilateral events like the recently concluded BRICS-5 summit at Durban would be difficult to measure. Nevertheless, members of BRICS must have done something right to have attracted...

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India a mere spectator in the Great Game!

India a mere spectator in the Great Game!

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Mar , 2013

The Great Game or the Geo Strategic power play, in Afghanistan, started somewhere in 1813, post Russo-Persian treaty. Since then over the two centuries, this region has witnessed varied players;...

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Is there an endgame in Afghanistan?

Is there an endgame in Afghanistan?

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Mar , 2013

The visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to Kabul had been greeted by two suicide attacks on March 9 that left 18 dead. The Taliban were obviously leaving their calling card. But...

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China rises, India falters

China rises, India falters

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 25 Mar , 2013

In a recent conversation with President Zardari, China’s newPresident, Xi Jinping declared that his country supported Pakistan in its efforts to maintain national sovereignty and independence...

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Need a Muscular Indian Strategy in Afghanistan

Need a Muscular Indian Strategy in Afghanistan

By: Pinaki Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 19 Mar , 2013

Even at the cost of sounding bellicose with that expressed need in the title of this paper, this writer will argue that Afghanistan stands as a shining example of the success of the country’s...

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Uncomfortable questions on land-swapping with Bangladesh

Uncomfortable questions on land-swapping with Bangladesh

By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2013

Pakistan has done it again. In its continuing hybrid war against India(about which I have already written in this column), two terrorists belonging to Hizbul Mujahedeen, which is based in...

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