Geopolitics
A set-back to Islamic extremism in Bangladesh
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Mar , 2013
The Shabag movement of Dhaka, which is also referred to as Bangladesh Spring, has been like the Tahrir Square movement of Egypt (2010), a spontaneous uprising of the youth of Dhaka demanding the...
A Nation and it’s Toothless Nuclear Doctrine
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 05 Mar , 2013
Even as the celebrations at our joining the ‘nuclear club’ start to ebb, contrary information from across the Atlantic is getting shriller. The Ministry of External Affairs now accepts that...
Chinese Nuclear Capabilities Deployed in Central China
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 25 Feb , 2013
By 1971, the first-known nuclear weapon was brought to Tibet and installed at Tsaidam Basin in northern Amdo (Ch: Qinghai).1 Today, the defence arsenal is believed to include 17 top-secret radar...
Maritime Ambitions of China
By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Rise of China | Date: 19 Feb , 2013
Before the 15th century China was a seafaring nation, with advanced shipbuilding and navigation skills. After the famous voyages of Admiral Zheng He during the Ming period which demonstrated what...
India’s compass on terror is faulty
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
Afzal Guru’s hanging shows the ineptness with which our political system deals with the grave problem of terrorism. The biggest challenge to our security, and indeed that of countries all over...
China’s New Himalayan Thrust
By: Bhaskar Roy | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 03 Feb , 2013
Recent views of some Indian experts studying China are persuading the strategic community that China is very likely to attack India in 2012. This view has apparently begun to influence some in...
There is no end game in Afghanistan
By: Maj Gen Vinod Saighal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Feb , 2013
The subject has become centre stage primarily because the USA has made clear its intention to pull out from Afghanistan. The countries that would view it as a positive development would be...
A policy of denial and defiance
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 28 Jan , 2013
What is with Pakistan’s rulers? Have they made their state a state in denial or are they themselves in a state of denial? It was both interesting and disturbing to see speakers from Pakistan...
India- Pak dialogue, futile exercise
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2013
The killing, and more importantly, savage mutilation of two soldiers of the Indian Army on the Line of Control ( LoC) has put a big question mark on the ' on- again/ off- again' dialogue the two...
Shamelessly, business as usual with Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
“PM gives ‘tough message’ to Pakistan” says the media. Did he by the meek remark of ‘business cannot be as usual’, delivered in characteristic apologetic body language? The fact this...
Pak savagery on the Line of Control in J&K
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jan , 2013
Pakistani troops crossed the Line of control ( LoC ) in the Poonch Sector of J and K and killed two India soldiers. It is not so much the killing but the savage act and heinous crime of...
Should India Invade Pakistan?
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2013
The British were smart when they created Pakistan in 1947 with a distinct aim to keep India weak, while having a Pakistan they could control, as well as have access to the region for their...
Dealing with Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
The long ceasefire line in J&K came into existence on cessation of hostilities when Pakistan had attacked Kashmir soon after Independence. They had almost reached Srinagar before being pushed...
No change in Pakistan’s Military Doctrine!
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jan , 2013
Media reports emanating from Pakistan’s civilian Government as well as from the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Army speak of an on-going review of Pakistan’s military doctrine in order...
Towards Better Ties: But nothing to show forward movement
By: Sunita Vakil | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 30 Dec , 2012
The road to Indo-Pakistan detente taken in the recent past has seen pleasant surprises keeping the peace process chugging along. The bilateral talk between the two countries last week to...
US India Pakistan – The Eternal Triangle
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 27 Dec , 2012
President Barack Obama will soon be sitting with his team to prioritise his to-do-list for his legacy that will be intertwined with how he handles his country’s strategic and national concerns....
Disputes in the South China Sea
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 25 Dec , 2012
Prior to analysing the dispute it is important to understand the UN Law of the Sea. The 1982 Convention on the Law of Seas has numerous guidelines pertaining to islands, the continental shelf,...
Chinese military official meets Maldives defence minister
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Dec , 2012
BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of Communist Party of China (CPC), met with Mohamed Nazim, the Maldives' minister of defence and national...
Bested by China’s Strategy
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Dec , 2012
China’s two-track policy towards India, that of targetting our territory as well as our market is proving effective. The Chinese calculate that they can periodically rile India politically...
The Long Reach of Islamic Fundamentalism
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 07 Dec , 2012
Since the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was shot by Taliban gunmen on her way to school, the pressure has been mounting both in Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring those behind the crime to...