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Fatwas And How They Work

Hadi Matar, the American of Lebanese Shia descent who attacked and stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie reportedly 15 times, has pleaded not guilty. He is only 24 years old, meaning he was born many years after the 1989 fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Rushdie for his book the Satanic Verses. At this point it’s […]Read More

Xi Jinping Begins Appointing Loyalists To Key Posts

NEW DELHI: The political situation in China is becoming volatile as the 20th Party Congress draws near and rumours of imminent purges circulating in Beijing gain momentum. The absence of a ‘Revolutionary’ veteran founding leader with unchallenged authority to decide on leadership appointments has added to the uncertainty. Surviving leaders like Song Ping are over […]Read More

Will U.S. Endorse, Midwife INFRUS—India, France Nuclear Compact—In Common Cause To Constrain China?

NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dr Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Author, ‘Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Dr Tellis discusses his new report that “take stock of the developments in China, India […]Read More

Chinese Ship Awaits Permission Around Hambantota Port

Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel Yuan Wang 5, which was scheduled to dock at Hambantota Port on Thursday did not arrive at the port as scheduled. It remains 600 nautical miles away, awaiting necessary approvals, following a request by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to defer the arrival of the ship after […]Read More

Competitive Populism Is Threatening The Fiscal Fabric Of India

NEW DELHI: Last week the Supreme Court signalled its displeasure at electoral handouts or freebies. It has since ordered the setting up of a high-powered panel to set out a blueprint to nix what it believes is a drain on scarce national resources. Simultaneously PM Narendra Modi broke ranks with fellow politicians and called for […]Read More

How China Wishes To Stand Tall Against The U.S. Navy

BENGALURU: Since Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Beijing has been in overdrive. The economic behemoth that China has become, people fear the proverbial ‘final warning by China’ does not represent the current establishment. With the U.S. dispatching its naval vessels towards Taiwanese waters, it is time to compare the naval […]Read More

Yuan Wang 5 Chinese Tracking Vessel: Foreign Policy Test In The Making

The Ranil Wickremesinghe-Dinesh Gunawardena government faced its first major foreign policy test last week, over the planned visit by a Chinese satellite tracking vessel to Sri Lanka. The Sunday Morning reliably learns that the foreign ministry is in discussion with China, in an attempt to convince it to replenish the State-owned satellite tracking vessel at a […]Read More

Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh Making Haste, Slowly

NEW DELHI: Three years ago, on August 5th, 2019, the Modi government made a dramatic announcement of the removal of Article 370 which gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir a special status. The move not only stripped away the special status of the erstwhile state, but the Central Government also split the state into […]Read More

J&K And Ladakh: Three Years After Article 370

NEW DELHI: Three years have passed since the central government did away with Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories. How have things changed on the ground? Have people’s aspirations been met? What more needs to be done? In this episode […]Read More

‘India First’ Trumps ‘India Out’ Campaign: How Will Maldives Ruling Party Dirt, Division Affect Ties?

New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’, N. Sathiya Moorthy, Policy Analyst & Commentator and Dr Gulbin Sultana Associate Fellow, South Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses(MP-IDSA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The panel discusses Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s third visit to India since he was elected in 2018, Malé’s ‘India First’ and Delhi’s ‘Neighbourhood […]Read More

Bridging The Language Divide On The Indian Internet

NEW DELHI : With Bhashini, India has launched an audacious project to democratise its digital economy. This platform will collate the available technology to accelerate Internet access, both in text and voice, in local languages. At present, access to the internet is mostly in English, though only 10% Indians are proficient in it. Undoubtedly, it […]Read More