NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, Dr Carol Christine Fair, Professor in the Peace and Security Studies Programme at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, who is currently working on a book project with Saifina Ustad, ‘Militant Piety and Lines of Control: The Literature of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’, and whose most recent book was […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador Jawed Ludin, Former Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister and Co-founder, Heart of Asia Society in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The Afghan Republic negotiating team headed by the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Dr. Abdullah, has taken part in the Extended Troika meeting […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In our special series, Pakistan: State of the Republic, Shuja Nawaz, Distinguished Fellow, South Asia Centre, Atlantic Council, Author of ‘Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army, and the Wars Within’ and ‘The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter U.S. Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Shuja […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Faizabad, capital of Badakshan province in northern Afghanistan, is the eighth to fall to the Taliban in just six days. It seems the Afghan army has given up the fight or is it working to a strategy. At this stage, it’s not clear what that strategy is but there’s no doubt the Taliban’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the first successful sea trial of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC1), to be named INS Vikrant once it joins the Indian Navy in a year or so, India has entered the exclusive group of countries capable of designing and building aircraft carriers from scratch. In the maritime domain, aircraft carriers hold […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic have re-emerged with what is being described as the worst outbreak since Wuhan last year. Corona cases hit a seven month high on Tuesday with the Delta variant triggering alarm across the country. China’s National Health Commission announced 143 new confirmed COVID cases in at least 17 […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The battle over an India specific 5G standard, called 5G1, appears to be coming to a head. Most telecom companies say the cost of investing in 5Gi compatible equipment would be prohibitive given their already stressed financial condition. There are also concerns that consumers may have to fork out more to upgrade to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the first ever address by an Indian Prime Minister at a UN Security Council debate, Narendra Modi proposed a five-fold plan to tackle maritime challenges. “We need to remove barriers to legitimate maritime trade,” he insisted as any “threat to maritime trade can threaten the global economy. Maritime disputes must be resolved […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In this, the first in our series on Pakistan featuring Pakistani voices, we look at democracy, the political parties and how both remain in thrall to the army. Over 70 years since its founding, Pakistan remains a country where the men in uniform dominate every aspect of life, appropriating the lion’s share of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China has been the prime flavour for many seasons for reasons that are well known. It explains the steady flow of books and other analysis on that country. We now have Blinkers Off: How Will The World Counter China by Gaurie Dwivedi. She is an economist turned journalist and is currently an academic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In this the third and last in StratNewsGlobal’s Science and Tech series, Prof. Ashutosh Sharma talks about Cyber Physical Systems that will be characterised by seamless convergence across sectors, businesses and individuals, driven by high speed connectivity (5G is the case in point) and high latency. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, who is Secretary, Department […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The recent clashes between Assam and Mizoram that led to violence and loss of lives have once again brought to the fore boundary problems between states in the Northeast, a legacy of the British Raj that continues to fester. And such issues exist between Assam and other Northeastern states as well. In this […]Read More
Tax Breaks For Women Friendly Companies China’s tax authorities will study the feasibility of offering preferential rebates to companies with a significant female workforce. The response from the State Taxation Administration on July 27 came after delegates from the National People’s Congress proposed the initiative earlier this year to support women professionally and encourage companies […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dr Kamran Bokhari, Director, Analytical Development, Newlines Institute in Washington, D.C. and National Security and Foreign Policy Specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute and Andrew Small, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Author, ‘The China-Pakistan Axis’ and Senior Fellow, European Council on Foreign […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Japan’s Defense White Paper is a sober summing up of the threats that have been gathering on Tokyo’s horizon for some years. The concern for many years was economic since Japan is an island, bereft of resources and entirely dependent on trade. But today China, where Japan has invested heavily, is seen as […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Ambassador Dilip Sinha, Former Head of the UN Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Ex-Envoy to the UN in Geneva and Author,’Legitimacy of Power: The Permanence of Five in the Security Council’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. India has assumed the rotational UN Security Council(UNSC) Presidency […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Nearly 20 months after Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Austin Fernando completed his term and returned to Colombo, his successor is expected to take charge later this month. Milinda Moragoda, a former Cabinet minister, knows he has to hit the ground running. Especially when relationship between the two countries has been strained […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is India justified in feeling let down by the U.S. on Afghanistan? Diplomats say the U.S. has every right to change policy in keeping with its national interests. But it is the manner in which they go about it that is causing heartburn in Delhi. The decision to withdraw from Afghanistan was taken […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Over a year and counting! That describes the standoff between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. Disengagement from the north and south banks of the Pangong Lake took place in February after the ninth round of talks between the Corps Commanders of both sides. On Saturday, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Diplomats driving a hard bargain isn’t unusual but when the negotiators are Chinese, there’s a twist to the story. While negotiators of other countries bargain in their national interest, their counterparts from China keep only the interests of the Chinese Communist Party in mind. The law in China demands that diplomats or civil […]Read More
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