NEW DELHI: After a decade of democracy, the Myanmar Military has seized power and put the country under emergency rule. There was massive fraud in the voter list for the general elections held last November, the junta says, claiming that emergency has been imposed as per constitutional provisions. In this video chat, StratNews Global Editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The world’s worst fears about the intentions of the Myanmar military have come true. Last week after hinting at a coup and then backing off, the army, early this morning declared a one year state of emergency, arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and senior officials, and installed a retired general as acting president. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Even as the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh continues nine months on, the Indian security establishment’s assessment is that China could try to create trouble along the eastern frontier in Arunachal Pradesh where India’s defences have traditionally been weak, given the difficult […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has delivered over 6 million COVID vaccine doses to its neighbours and the extended neighbourhood both as aid and as commercial exports. 10 million doses are also planned for Africa and 1 million for UN healthcare workers. On ‘Talking Point’ , Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, former Indian envoy to Nepal and the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: By any academic standard, this could be considered unusual. The Washington DC-based think tank, Atlantic Council, has published a strategy paper by an anonymous author on how to deal with China. The foreword describes the author as a “former senior government official with deep expertise and experience dealing with China”. It describes the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar appeared to sound a pessimistic note about the future of India-China relations, saying: “I really don’t have a definitive answer to offer at this point in time. Whether it is our immediate concerns or more distant prospects, the development of our ties can only be based on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Nine months into the LAC standoff in eastern Ladakh and despite nine rounds of Corps commander-level talks, there’s no resolution yet. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today said the standoff has ‘profoundly disturbed’ India-China ties, adding that India is yet to receive any credible explanation on why China massed its troops. He struck […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Fifty years ago, the liberation struggle in East Pakistan, actively assisted by India’s military might, led to the creation of a separate nation—Bangladesh. Yesterday, on India’s 72nd Republic Day, a 122-member Bangladeshi military contingent led the parade; some of them were from units that fought in the liberation war. This was the third […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With barely a week gone since Joe Biden took over as U.S. President, China has upped the ante on Taiwan which says Chinese military planes have violated Taiwanese airspace for the third day on the trot. And in India, despite nine rounds of Corps commander-level talks on the LAC standoff, there’s no resolution […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s one of the less-talked-about missions that India has undertaken but seventy years ago, the country gained a strategic asset by taking control of Tawang which was then being administered by Tibetans. The operation that was ordered by then Assam Governor, apparently without the knowledge of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was carried […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In a first step, about fifty million doses of Covid vaccines (for a world population of nearly eight billion) have been administered across the globe in a month since the first approval for use. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is aiming to distribute two billion doses worldwide by the end of this year. India’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States. Kamala Harris has also taken oath as the 49th Vice President. On day one in office, the President has signed 15 executive orders, reversing some key foreign policy and national security decisions of former President Donald Trump. The orders encompass rejoining the Paris […]Read More
NEW DELHI: U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to heal and unify the country but an assessment titled Top Risks 2021 by the New York-based Eurasia Group, which provides advisory and consulting services, has warned that polarisation will undermine his domestic and foreign policies and could even consume his presidency. The assessment indicates a “conservative […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As India stepped up its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ with Covid-19 vaccine consignments reaching neighbours Maldives and Bhutan on Wednesday, the generosity of its government and people was lauded by the leadership of both countries. A gift of one million doses of the Serum Institute of India-manufactured CoviShield vaccine for Nepal and two million doses […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the biggest push yet to ‘Make in India’ in the defence sector, the government has cleared a ₹48,000-crore deal to buy 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It’s billed as a game changer for the domestic aerospace industry, including small enterprises. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Trump administration, on January 12, declassified a ten-page document on its Indo-Pacific strategy, including ‘accelerating India’s rise,’ blocking China from establishing ‘illiberal spheres of influence,’ and maintaining ‘U.S. strategic primacy’ in the region. The document and strategy, approved in February 2018, has an original ‘Declassify On’ date of December 31, 2042. On […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Indian boots on the ground in Afghanistan “is a terrible idea, will be a dangerous, costly deployment,” says Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor in International Relations, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, adding, “but, both sides are on the same page about other assistance… offering more military support… a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In a publicly unannounced meeting between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in Kabul “both sides discussed expansion of cooperation in countering terrorism between the two countries, and strengthening regional consensus on the Afghan peace process,” the Presidential Palace said. President Ghani “stressed that India and Afghanistan’s joint […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Army Chief General MM Naravane is an unlikely candidate to repair the recently strained India-Nepal relations but his three-day visit to Kathmandu beginning today might just be the opening that both sides have been looking for to mend ties after months of bickering and bitterness. Traditionally, all Indian Army Chiefs are conferred […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Five months into the pandemic, on May 8, the UN Security Council failed to vote on a resolution on COVID-19 because of the geo-political blame game between the U.S. and China. On May 18-19 the World Health Assembly, the WHO’s decision making body may also fall prey to global politics over Taiwan. In […]Read More
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