What prompted Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan to unfollow all the 19 Twitter handles he was following? Was it born of a sense of pique, or vanity, that 12.9 million follow him while he follows none. Among the handles Khan has unfollowed are those of former wife Jemima Goldsmith with whom he has remained on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s always been a sort of puzzle as to why India is not a more significant player in Southeast Asia, says Sebastian Strangio, author of ‘In The Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia In The Chinese Century’. Agreeing that India is punching below its weight in the region, the Southeast Asia Editor of ‘The Diplomat’ […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh completes seven months, the longest ever, the realisation seems to have dawned on policy makers that China, not Pakistan, is the bigger challenge India faces. But when it comes to Indian Army troop deployment along the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Vivek Katju, India’s Former Envoy to Afghanistan and Dr Torek Farhadi, Former Advisor to President Ashraf Ghani and Ex-President Hamid Karzai discuss what U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khailzad describes as “a significant milestone: A three-page agreement codifing rules and procedures for negotiations (between the Islamic Republic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When President-elect Joe Biden formally takes charge a little over a month from now, he is expected to be briefed on a report prepared by a working group comprising 28 China specialists and technology experts from academia, industry and think tanks. The report sponsored by the University of California at San Diego’s 21st […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (BoJo) is expected to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade in January next year. If he does, he will join a list of luminaries including Barack Obama, Cyril Ramaphosa and Jair Bolsonaro. The invitation is understood to have been extended by Prime Minister Modi during […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three decades ago, Assam was put under President’s Rule as law and order deteriorated due to violence unleashed by the insurgent group ULFA. For the first time, the Centre sent the army into the state for counter-insurgency operations. Businesses suffered as did the people and there was an overall environment of fear. In this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “In my meetings here in Kathmandu, with the President and the Prime Minister of Nepal, the Foreign Minister, and my counterpart, the Foreign Secretary, and other dignitaries and officials, I have been left with no doubt that our countries are on the same page and share the same vision.” India’s foreign secretary Harsh […]Read More
NEW DELHI: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has announced his first Cabinet and national security nominees this week. India’s former Ambassador to the U.S. and Germany Meera Shankar and James Traub, Author, Journalist and Scholar at New York University’s Centre on International Cooperation discuss the expectations around the world and in America on ‘Talking Point’ with […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In this age of information warfare, it’s imperative for nations to build narratives and control them so as to improve their image and standing abroad. The West has been on the top of this game, says Vikram Sood, former chief of Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency. Building a national […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Chinese aggression in the maritime domain and its utter disregard for international norms governing the seas and oceans is actually making world powers recalibrate their approach to Indo-Pacific. New alliances are being formed; small countries are now standing up to China’s belligerence and naval exercises involving powers such as the U.S., India, Japan and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Fugitive Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri reportedly died of “natural causes” a month ago. That’s according to Hassan Hassan, a respected American journalist and author of Syrian origin. In a tweet, he said: “The news is making the rounds in close circles. I know the issue with such claims but corroborated it with sources […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy’s Vikramaditya Aircraft Carrier Battle Group has conducted naval exercises with the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, Australian and Japanese vessels in Phase II of Malabar 2020 in the northern Arabian Sea. In ‘Talking Point’, Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), former Chief of Indian Naval Staff and Capt. James E. Fannel(Retd), […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There are a number of vaccines that are being tried and tested to fight the global pandemic that has killed millions and devastated the global economy over the most part of this year. But the leading ones currently are from US Biotech firms Moderna and Pfizer. Moderna which recently released its study claims […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’ Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s former envoy to the U.S., WTO and UN and Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s lead negotiator first at the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and then at the WTO (World Trade Organization) and ex-Ambassador to France and Bahrain in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
LEH: Air Force Station Leh, home to the legendary Siachen Pioneers since the beginning of Operation Meghdoot in April 1984, has never been as busy as it has been since May. Ever since the standoff began with China in May, the IAF has swiftly deployed its offensive assets to match Chinese mobilisation. Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In Session Two of ‘Talking Point’, Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Advisor for Asia and Director of the China Power Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. is in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ms Glaser works on issues related to Asia-Pacific security with […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In Session One of ‘Talking Point’, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS), Author of ‘Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy’ and Singapore’s Former Ambassador to the UN and Ex-Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry is in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
LADAKH: The standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh is into its sixth month. At those dizzy heights, winter makes it worse, both for the Indian troops who resolutely guard the frontier and the people who work behind the scenes to ensure there is no disruption in the supply chains. With […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A “repulsive terror attack”—that’s how Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described shootings that took place at six locations in downtown Vienna on Monday evening. The shootings began hours before Austria was to re-impose a lockdown to tackle the spread of Coronavirus, with people flocking to bars and restaurants. One of those incidents took place […]Read More
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