South Asia and Beyond

Why China Is Playing Hardball In Ladakh

NEW DELHI: The 13th round of talks between the Corps commanders of India and China didn’t go as China watchers would have expected. India says it put forth constructive suggestions for resolving the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh but China neither agreed to them nor put forth any forward-looking proposals. In this episode of […]Read More

India Pushes Ambitious Trade Deals, Correction Of ‘Historical Wrongs’

NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s ex-lead negotiator to the GATT and WTO, Chairman, RIS and Dean, International Affairs and Professor of Diplomatic Practice at Jindal Global University and Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, India’s Former Ambassador, WTO, Former Secretary, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and Member, RIS in discussion with StratNews Global Associate […]Read More

China, Bhutan Deal To Speed Up Border Negotiations: The Back Story

NEW DELHI: China and Bhutan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Three-Step Roadmap for expediting boundary negotiations. The MoU was signed virtually today by Bhutan’s Foreign Minister Lyonpo Tandi Dorji and China’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Jianghao. Boundary negotiations began in 1984; the two sides have held 24 rounds of talks […]Read More

‘Pakistani Deep State As An Arsonist Disguised As A Fire-fighter’

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, S.P.Vaid, Former Director General of Police, J&K in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Pakistan sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba and its The Resistance Front (TRF) backed terrorists have claimed responsibility for the recent targeting of civi lians, especially of hindus and a sikh in Kashmir. Former DGP Vaid analyses […]Read More

Import of CIA’s Renewed China Focus

NEW DELHI: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is redoing its sums on China, making certain organisational changes to enhance its capacity to monitor and anticipate Beijing’s policies. The goal is to ensure continued US dominance in key areas of technology including defence, energy and global health. In this conversation on StratNewsGlobal, Vikram Sood, former […]Read More

Ladakh Deadlock: What Happens Now?

NEW DELHI: One word appears to sum up the India China situation on the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh: Deadlock! With talks between the corps commanders of the two sides having collapsed on Sunday, where do we go from here? It is not even clear whether talks on this issue will resume any time […]Read More

East Of The North-East: A Journey To Eastern Arunachal

NEW DELHI: Two weeks after our trip to Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, tonight Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale decided to take questions and answer queries live from our viewers on the highlights of the trip and his impressions about the changed circumstances in the area and why one should feel confident about India’s military preparedness in the […]Read More

A Guide To Contemporary China

Shopping Abroad China’s young female luxury buyers are cutting down on shopping sprees at home, hoping international travel may soon resume, according to a new fashion consumer report. The country’s luxury connoisseurs are largely concentrated in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Shenzhen, New York-based market research agency LookLook said in its report. People in the Chinese […]Read More

Australia Bringing India Into Strategic, Economic 1st Tier: Former Foreign Secretary Peter Varghese

NEW DELHI:  On ‘Talking Point’, Peter N. Varghese, Chancellor of the University of Queensland, Former Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Australia’s Ex-High Commissioner to India and Author of the ‘India Economic Strategy to 2035’ report in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “The Australia-India relationship has got a very […]Read More

‘On Taiwan, U.S. Needs To Draw The Line For China’

NEW DELHI: The heightened Chinese belligerence against Taiwan has raised questions about timing. A confluence of events has made the CCP think this is the right time to threaten Taiwan into obedience, says Captain James E. Fanell (Retd), former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. China tried to do it […]Read More

India ‘Indispensable, Multi-dimensional Partner’; Pakistan?

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Akhil Bery, Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in Washington, DC in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman has had talks in India on the India-US strategic partnership post the first in-person Quad summit, “security, […]Read More

China’s Many Dilemmas In Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: In this the second of our series to mark the founding of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949, StratNewsGlobal focuses on the China-Taliban connection with Dr. Raj Varma of Huaqiao University in Xiamen, China as our guest. Dr. Varma argues that China seeks stability in Afghanistan for that is vital if […]Read More

The Constant Threat Of Chinese Invasion; Taiwan’s President Warns Of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Dr Sana Hashmi, Visiting Fellow, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation and Former Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University & Ex-Consultant at India’s Ministry of External Affairs in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The Gist discusses China flying a record […]Read More