NEW DELHI: Japan’s unprecedented $320 billion defence budget and security strategy underscores its unease over China’s growing power and aggression in its littoral waters. The Ukraine crisis has magnified those concerns: could China attempt in its neighbourhood, what Russia is doing? Dr. Satoru Nagao, visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute and a specialist on the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Excerpts from StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin Gokhale’s interview with former Director General (Infantry) Lt Gen. Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd) that first appeared on Bharat Shakti. Lt Gen. Kulkarni, who has also commanded forces in the Taiwang sector, spoke extensively about the recent clash between Indian and Chinese troops there and what should be the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Demonstrations, street protests and rallies led by the opposition BNP against the Sheikh Hasina government recently dominated the political discourse and news headlines in Bangladesh. This comes in the run-up to the general elections scheduled about a year from now. Protests by the opposition ahead of elections are not new; they are symbols of […]Read More
Chinese Soccer Hits Rock Bottom China has set itself the target of winning the men’s World Cup by 2050. That goal, however, has never felt more distant than it does today. The Chinese men’s national team did not just fail to qualify for Qatar 2022; it only managed a single win this calendar year — […]Read More
Funeral homes and crematoriums in Beijing are extremely busy as the number of deaths increased significantly amid a recent flare-up of Covid-19 in China’s capital. The communist regime eased its stringent zero-Covid measures on December 7. Those employees infected by Covid-19 have to keep working, as the earliest open cremation slot is December 20, an […]Read More
Former Pakistani prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has accused former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of controlling the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), saying he blocked the conclusion of corruption cases against “thieves” during his government’s tenure. “NAB would tell us that the cases were matured but they were not being allowed to […]Read More
Sri Lanka may be in for lengthy power cuts next year even if power tariff is raised as there’s insufficient coal for electricity generation, Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union President Nihal Weeraratne has claimed. “We can’t supply electricity just because of a tariff hike, unless the required amount of coal is provided. Tariff is being increased […]Read More
Four days after Afghan authorities “apologized” to Islamabad over cross-border shelling that claimed the lives of eight people, armed clashes erupted between security forces from Pakistan and Afghanistan at the border in Chaman on Thursday, leaving at least one dead and 15 others injured. The Pakistan military’s media wing said indiscriminate firing from Afghanistan on […]Read More
Myanmar regime chief Min Aung Hlaing transferred more than a dozen military officers to the Union Civil Service Board (UCSB), a body responsible for recruitment and promotion of civil servants, the Union Election Commission (UEC) and the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations. Half of the 30 ministries in the military regime’s cabinet are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Into its tenth month, the Russia-Ukraine war has not just upset global supply chains but also shattered a myth that modern-day battles will be swift and largely technology-driven (as demonstrated by the Armenia-Azerbaijan war of 2020). The extensive use of heavy weaponry by both the Russian and Ukrainian forces lends credence to the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Sundeep Waslekar, Author of ‘A World Without War: The History, Politics & Resolution Of Conflict‘, and President of the Strategic Foresight Group in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Sundeep Waslekar discusses current and historical events in the light of his book that the blurb describes as […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On 1 December India formally took over the leadership of the G20—the influential global high table for managing economic cooperation. About two months ago, India also assumed the Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the multilateral body which seeks to ensure stability and security across EuroAsia. Finally, India is also the serving […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, from Pakistan, Shemrez Nauman Afzal, Senior Associate, Midstone Centre and Contributor, Islamic Theology of Counter Terrorism in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Shemrez Nauman Afzal discusses the recent Afghan Taliban-Pakistan clashes across the Durand Line, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar holding meetings […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The clash in Tawang between Indian and Chinese troops on Dec 9th, could be the most serious incident since the Galwan clash. The location of the clash, Yangtse, has seen attempted Chinese intrusions since 2006, and there was one last year also. In this conversation on The Gist, Lt. Gen. S.L. Narasimhan (Retd), […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first dialogue of the national security advisers of India and the five Central Asian states last week covered some familiar ground. They have met before in larger formats involving Russia and China, which has its limitations. So a smaller format has enabled a more frank exchange of views. In this conversation on […]Read More
While Twitter and Facebook have expressed their inability to establish offices in Pakistan in the near future, the world’s largest search engine and video-sharing platform Google is set to open a liaison office in Pakistan. IT and Telecom Minister Syed Aminul Haque announced on Friday that the global giant has already registered itself as a company […]Read More
Amid public outcry demanding an end to Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, Chinese state media recently set off a wave of criticism against Covid testing companies. Late last month, the regime’s mouthpiece People’s Daily published a commentary titled “If the Covid testing chaos continues, the epidemic will never end.” It claims Covid -19 has not been eradicated because of […]Read More
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated his country’s desire to revive South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and signalled its readiness to contribute towards that end. the revival of the seemingly dead eight-member regional bloc. In a tweet posted to mark SAARC Charter Day, Sharif said the people of South Asia had suffered […]Read More
The fact-finding team probing the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif has concluded that his killing was planned and not a case of mistaken identity, as the Kenyan police have claimed. According to the team’s report, the “transnational roles” of individuals from Kenya, Dubai, and Pakistan cannot be ruled out. “The four GSU (General Service Unit, a […]Read More
In her first public comments about Myanmar’s ongoing anti-regime resistance movement since last year, the country’s ousted leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said she was proud of young Burmese people and all those struggling to defend and fight for democracy. She shared the message via her Australian former economic adviser, Sean Turnell, who […]Read More
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