The Tablighi Jamaat episode—which has contributed to the sudden surge in the number of Chinese virus-infected people in India—has embarrassed the government no end. Sources say Prime Minister Narendra Modi is worried that officials who were supposed to have kept track of the gathering and taken steps to disperse it baulked at the idea of […]Read More
Some international relations scholars and diplomats have suggested that responsible nations can organise a video conference to bring together experts under the 43-member ‘Australia Group’ to discuss the security dimensions the Chinese virus and the possibility of it being an outcome of biological warfare activity. The Group could also explore options of seeking COVID-19 related […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the Chinese coronavirus continues its unrelenting march across the globe, StratNews Global casts its eyes around the Indian subcontinent to see how the neighbourhood is coping. Much like India, these countries are densely populated, have poor health infrastructure and lack the wherewithal to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Many are […]Read More
KARACHI: Even at the best of times, it’s tough being part of a minority community in Pakistan. The Chinese virus pandemic that has affected over 1800 people in India’s western neighbour hasn’t blurred the administrative indifference towards Hindus and Christians. In the narrow bylanes of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the country’s financial nerve centre, minorities […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the Chinese coronavirus continues its unrelenting march across the globe, StratNews Global cast its eyes around the Indian subcontinent to see how the neighbourhood is coping. Much like India, these countries are densely populated, have poor health infrastructure and lack the wherewithal to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Many are looking to India […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As part of our ‘Chinese Virus, Global Reset’ series, StratNews Global reached out to former diplomats and strategic analysts with questions on what the world order will look like post Covid-19. Former Indian Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, Pakistan and China and currently Distinguished Professor, Symbiosis International University Gautam Bambawale tells Opinion Editor Ashwin […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the Chinese virus continues its unrelenting march across the globe, StratNews Global cast its eyes around the Indian subcontinent to see how the neighbourhood is coping. Much like India, these countries are densely populated, have poor health infrastructure and lack the wherewithal to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Many are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As part of our ‘Chinese Virus, Global Reset’ series, StratNews Global reached out to former diplomats and strategic analysts with a set of questions to essentially get their responses on what the world order will look like post Covid-19. Former Indian diplomat Talmiz Ahmad who is a West Asia expert tells Deputy Editor Parul Chandra that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: COVID-19, or more appropriately the Chinese virus, has thrust one man into the world spotlight: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus or more simply Tedros, as he prefers to be known. Appointed in May 2017, Tedros who is the eighth director general (DG) of the WHO, has an unenviable task before him – dealing with what is one of the greatest modern-day crises […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As part of our ‘Chinese Virus, Global Reset’ series, StratNews Global reached out to former diplomats and strategic analysts with questions on what the world order will look like post Covid-19. Former Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai tells Opinion Editor Ashwin Ahmad that post the pandemic, the integrated world order will be threatened […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Today’s security environment is no longer linear or predictable. In recent years, the discourse of national security has undergone a subtle transformation. It’s no longer confined to counting force levels or just matching military powers with a neighbour. In today’s context, militaries cannot be compartmentalised. They have to anticipate a mix of symmetrical as […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Islamic State’s claimed attack on a Sikh gurudwara and dharamshala in Kabul that killed at least 25 people on Wednesday, may not be directed at India. Rather it fits in with that movement’s anti-non Muslim attitude, says India’s ex-envoy to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhaya. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan and Associate […]Read More
As part of our ‘Chinese Virus, Global Reset’ series, StratNews Global reached out to former diplomats and strategic analysts with a set of questions to essentially get their responses on what the world order will look like post Covid-19. Former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal tells Deputy Editor Parul Chandra that post the pandemic, the existing world order will try and reorder itself in some ways and global […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the death toll rising every day and major cities in lockdown across the world, health and safety are rightly the primary concerns when dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus. But while doing so we cannot ignore the geopolitical undercurrents it has brought about. From President Donald Trump’s insistence on calling COVID-19 a “Chinese virus” […]Read More
The European Union did it the other day, the heads of 28 member states holding a videoconference in times of the Coronavirus. Now it’s the turn of Bangladesh and India, with Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate the centenary celebrations of late Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, founder father of Bangladesh, on March […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Coronavirus appears to have passed its peak at least in China but is spreading in other parts of the world, especially Europe and the United States. In India, the number of cases has gone past 70 and can be expected to increase, says Lt. Gen. SL Narasimhan (Retd), member of the National Security […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much anticipated visit to Bangladesh for the birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is off after Dhaka postponed the inaugural ceremony slated for March 17 after three people tested positive for the Coronavirus in Bangladesh on Sunday. In a statement issued late Monday evening, the Ministry of External […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Evidence of the Islamic State’s presence in India has always been thin, despite the much publicised “Wilayat of Hind” declaration in February last year by its news agency Amaq. That declaration also coincided with the killing of one Ishfaq Ahmed Sofi by security forces in Shopian, South Kashmir. Sofi had declared his allegiance […]Read More
As the Coronavirus spreads and governments put restrictions in place to discourage travel abroad, international conferences and meetings are getting cancelled. India and Belgium have postponed the India-EU Summit slated for March 13 in Brussels, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to attend. Nepal has cancelled the first ‘Sagarmatha Sambaad’ (Everest Dialogue). The ‘Sambaad’ which […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Democracy is India’s greatest asset and poses a challenge to the Beijing model, says former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. India must remain an independent player in the global strategic affairs game and needs to play to its strengths, he told a seminar in Pune on March 3. Given below is the transcript of […]Read More
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