South Asia and Beyond

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‘Let’s Not Jump The Gun But If Push Comes To Shove, Indian Army Can Hold Its Own’

Team StratNews June 17, 2020

NEW DELHI: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the LAC clash, saying India wants peace but could give a fitting reply when provoked, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Chinese counterpart. The talks are welcome but bilateral agreements with China on border peace need to be revisited as the Chinese […]Read More

Map Row: India Lobs Dialogue Ball In Oli’s Court

Parul Chandra June 15, 2020

NEW DELHI: India launched a broadside at Nepal on Monday, dismissing its efforts to claim Indian territory through a constitutional amendment. Sources said Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s “actions are myopic and self-serving and meant only to further his political agenda,” a pointed reference to his internal political battles with other leaders of the NCP […]Read More

Countering Chinese Capers In Indo-Pacific: Can India, Australia Be The Pivot?

Team StratNews June 15, 2020

NEW DELHI: Widening mistrust between Delhi and Beijing fuelled by an assertive President Xi Jinping has compelled India to enlist the support of others. Former diplomat turned academic Prof. Rory Medcalf of Canberra-based Australian National University told StratNews Global in an interview after the Modi-Morrison virtual summit on June 4 that the elevation of ties to […]Read More

Afghanistan: Where Daesh, ISI, Taliban, Haqqani Network Come Together

Team StratNews June 14, 2020

It’s been less than three months since 27 Afghan Sikhs were killed in an attack on a gurudwara in Kabul. The Islamic State Khorasan Province or ISIS-K claimed responsibility. One of the attackers was Mohammed Sajid Kuthrimal from Kasaragod in Kerala! Viewers will also recall StratNews Global’s exclusive video report on the interrogation in Afghanistan […]Read More

India-China: Military Balance In The High Himalayas

Surya Gangadharan May 29, 2020

This may come as a shock to many, but if one compares the India and Chinese deployment in the Himalayas, there’s not much difference between the two countries, whether in terms of manpower or equipment. Infrastructure-wise China has done a first class job but India is fast getting there and has the advantage of its […]Read More

The All-Rounder Pakistan Can Do Without

Ravi Shankar May 23, 2020

NEW DELHI: In 2018, Imran Khan became Pakistan’s Prime Minister promising to be the ‘all-rounder’ he once was for his country on the cricket field. His election manifesto was titled ‘The Road to Naya Pakistan’. Two years later, the road seems endless, the destination far from sight. The country’s finances are in a parlous state, […]Read More

India’s China Approach: Be Resolute On Border, Reasonable In Diplomacy

Nitin A. Gokhale May 21, 2020

NEW DELHI: A remark by Alice Wells, U.S. State Department’s outgoing pointsperson for south and central Asia, targeting China for its belligerence on Wednesday has created a bit of excitement among South Asia watchers. However, the establishment in New Delhi is not looking at the United States to weigh in on any dispute resolution with […]Read More

‘China Culpable For COVID-19, Has Corrupted WHO That Needs Reform From Top To Bottom’

Nitin A. Gokhale May 15, 2020

>NEW DELHI: The Coronavirus could have been contained in the very beginning in Wuhan where it originated but China didn’t let the world know in December when the outbreak began, says Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Corr, who’s principal of Corr Analytics that […]Read More

Pandemic Is The Consequence, Not Cause: Armenia’s Physicist President

Nitin A. Gokhale May 14, 2020

NEW DELHI: As countries the world over struggle to battle the Coronavirus, the President of Armenia, a small Asian nation that has a population of 3.5 million, has what he calls a “strange” take on the current scheme of things. “Where we are now is not because of the pandemic. The pandemic is not the […]Read More

Seven Weeks After Polls, Guyana Awaits A Recount

Shubha Singh April 26, 2020

NEW DELHI: Oil and politics can make for a deadly cocktail as Guyana, a small country on the Atlantic coast of South America, has discovered. More than a month after elections were held, the country remains embroiled in a bitter dispute over the results, with the West threatening sanctions after the Georgetown district election office declared […]Read More