South Asia and Beyond

Delhi Dialogue On Afghanistan: A Pointed Message To Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Amid the often frenzied diplomatic to and fro over Afghanistan, last week’s gathering in Delhi of security czars from seven countries, including Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian states, had a distinct flavour. Driven by Russia and anchored by India, it sent multiple messages to the region and beyond: that while Pakistan […]Read More

From West to East Europe, Pandemic Spurs Backlash Against Governments

NEW DELHI: Europe is once again the “epicentre of the pandemic.” These alarming words stated by none other than WHO’s Regional Europe Director Dr Hans Kluge showed that despite lockdowns and stringent rules, the 27-member-nation bloc had failed to curb Covid-19. Statistics in the WHO’s weekly report showed that Europe had reported a “5% increase […]Read More

‘India Needs To Adopt A More Sustainable Model Of Development’

NEW DELHI: Looking back on the recently concluded COP26 in Glasgow, former foreign secretary and climate change envoy Shyam Saran says two points clearly stand out: developing countries cannot rely on the developed world to deliver on the $100 billion of climate financing they had committed, to simply because their own economies are in trouble; […]Read More

China’s Xi Jinping Warns ‘Old Friend’ About ‘Playing With Fire’ On Taiwan; Biden Raises Human Rights

NEW DELHI: Dr. Roger C. Liu, Associate Professor and Chair, South & South East Asia Studies at FLAME University in Pune and Dr Raymond Kuo, Political Scientist with Rand Corporation and Author of ‘Confronting China’s Grey Zone Strategy’ in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi on the Joe Biden-Xi Jinping virtual summit.Read More

Made In India Weaponised Drones, Loitering Munitions From Next Year: Solar Industries

NEW DELHI: Solar Industries Ltd, a Nagpur-based explosives and ammunition company, has announced that it has become the first Indian firm to successfully demonstrate prototypes of weaponised drones (Hexacopter) and loitering munitions. The company, already a world leader in packaged explosives and accessories, said in a press release that it is developing an array of […]Read More

Reason To Worry As Xi Joins League Of Mao, Deng

NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping has managed yet another endorsement from the Communist Party, one that puts him in league with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, the two leaders who ruled China for long. Xi, however, has charted a distinctly belligerent course, unleashing aggression against one country after the other. He hasn’t spared the […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

Covid Worries For Oil Firm China National Petroleum Corp, the world’s third-largest oil firm, has told all of its Beijing units to enter a “state of emergency” after four of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. The state-owned giant said it immediately started to conduct nucleic acid testing for all employees. The move came after […]Read More

‘Xi Jinping’s Drive For Third Term Gets Another Boost’

NEW DELHI: The Chinese Communist Party’s central committee comprising the top brass, has ended four days of deliberations behind closed doors in Beijing. The meeting is seen as giving Xi Jinping another leg up in his push for a third term, one that seems pretty certain to happen next year. Ananth Krishnan, correspondent of The […]Read More

‘China’s True Colours Making Taiwan More Important Strategically, Economically And Politically’

NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, Dr Ming-shih Shen, Director of the National Security Research Division at Taipei’s Institute for National Defence & Security Research and a retired army Colonel and Dr. Roger C. Liu, Associate Professor, Chair, South & South East Asia Studies at FLAME University in Pune in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More

Delhi Declaration Underscores Familiar Concerns About Afghanistan

New Delhi: Security czars of India, Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian states have ended their confabulations in Delhi.  The Delhi Declaration issued after their deliberations is a comprehensive though familiar document. It restated their concerns about Afghanistan, terrorism and extremism, drugs trafficking and the demand for an inclusive government in that country.  In […]Read More

Looking Beyond Article 370

NEW DELHI: It’s been more than two years since the Centre scrapped Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir and downgraded the state into two union territories. Recently, Home Minister Amit Shah visited J&K to take stock. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale explains the messaging […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

Govt Notice Sees Rush At Supermarkets A recent notice from the Ministry of Commerce, calling on citizens to stock up on daily necessities has seen people rushing to supermarkets and grocery stores to stock up on rice, noodles, cooking oil, and other essentials, according to posts on social media platforms. One resident said he bought […]Read More

Crisis As A Blessing In Disguise: Whole-of-Govt Approach & Effect On Last 100m Of Border

New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, Colonel S. Dinny(Retd), Defence and Security Analyst, who served as Commanding Officer of the Pangong Tso Battalion and Nitin A. Gokhale, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of StratNews Global and Bharat Shakti in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel analyses building during crises in a whole-of-government approach, strategic signalling, military integration, […]Read More