NEW DELHI: India needs to reach out to Pakistan as the current situation of “non-dialogue” is not an option, argues Suba Chandran, head of the school of conflict and security studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore. Chandran believes that if India can go out of its way to talk to Bangladesh, Nepal and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor in International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of London, Deputy Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Author, ‘My Enemy’s Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal’ in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As military talks between India and China continue to resolve the remaining friction points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, India has made its intentions very clear. Any transgression by China will not be tolerated, says National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. In an exclusive interview to news agency […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Jayant Dasgupta, India’s Former Envoy to the World Trade Organisation(WTO) and Ex Secretary, PM’s Economic Advisory Council in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Dasgupta discusses the World Trade Organisation’s 12th ministerial conference (#MC12) outcomes, India’s gains and losses, agriculture, fisheries subsidies, Trade Related Intellectual Property […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The pandemic and lockdowns in Chinese cities has added a new edge to the rivalry between President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Although the former has done much to weaken the political clout of the latter, the pandemic and successive lockdowns in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities have hit the economy hard, […]Read More
NEW DELHI : Two points with regard to the Shangri-La dialogue that concluded earlier this week in Singapore: India’s absence, which was odd given that this is the premier strategic forum in the Indo-Pacific. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh did not attend, why it was not clear. The other was the tough line articulated by China’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TalkingPoint, Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau, Vietnam’s Envoy to India in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Top leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) have been invited twice only by India for special meetings, Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau points out, adding the first time India has hosted […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of Personnel, Indian Navy in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “We are taking steps for smooth integration of ‘Agniveers’ and “this excellent combination of youth and experience combined together will ensure the operational readiness of the fleets and our units are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Air Marshal S.K.Jha, Air Officer-in-Charge, Personnel(AOP), Indian Air Force(IAF), in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. “We will start reaping the benefits right from the time these youngsters start coming to us for training,” Air Marshal Jha says, adding, “it will give us an opportunity to mould the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Lt Gen A.K. Bhatt (Retd), Director General, Indian Space Association, Former DG Military Operations, Former 15 Corps Commander and Ex-Military Secretary in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Lt Gen Bhatt discusses the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme for the armed forces at the soldier level. 75 % of soldiers(recruited […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s policy towards India’s neighbours is driven by a mix of commerce and the need to limit Delhi’s expanding strategic footprint, argues Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury, author of The China Factor. An M.Phil. from Oxford, Roy-Chaudhury wrote the book based on his understanding that other than the strategic community, there was little in the public […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TalkingPoint, Dr. Foad Izadi, Associate Professor at the Department of American Studies, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran and Author of the book, ‘United States Public Diplomacy Towards Iran’ and Dr. Deepika Saraswat, Associate Fellow at the West Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and Author […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which was launched last month a day before the fourth Quad summit in Tokyo, is billed as the first major trade initiative of the Biden administration. It reinforces the centrality of ASEAN in the region, something the Quad has harped about. In addition to the four Quad members—the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Navdeep Suri, Former India Envoy to UAE, Egypt in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Suri discusses the fallout on India’s interests following the now suspended BJP national spokesperson and expelled Delhi media head’s remarks on the Prophet Muhammad, the external affairs ministry statement that the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TheGist, Ambassador Vivek Katju, India’s Former Envoy To Afghanistan and Ex-Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Katju discusses the first publicly announced visit since the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021 of a team led by J.P. Singh, Joint Secretary(Pakistan, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A spate of targeted killings in Kashmir has triggered a sense of alarm and intensified protests by Kashmiri pandits. Politics is hotting up too. The situation is far better than what the Valley saw in the late-1980s and early 1990s, says Ajai Sahni, Executive Director of the Institute of Conflict Management. Speaking to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is Kashmir again on the brink of the kind of violence that swept the valley in the 1990s? While the targeted killings are alarming and have had widespread impact, the point is the army and state and central police forces have not lost their grip on the situation. So the short answer is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, India’s Former Envoy to Afghanistan in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The former Envoy discusses India’s first publicly announced Kabul meetings with the Taliban since it re-took Afghanistan on August 15th last year. “It was a matter of time before some level of official engagement took […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On #TalkingPoint, from Mashobra, Himachal Pradesh, Ambassador Navtej Sarna, Former Indian Envoy to Israel, U.K & the U.S. and Author, ‘Indians at Herod’s Gate: A Jerusalem Tale’ and from Tel Aviv, Anat Bernstein-Reich, CEO, BDO Israel-India Investment Banking and Chair, Israel-India Chamber of Commerce joins StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The […]Read More
NEW DELHI: UN peacekeeping is changing with less resources available and missions therefore, being called upon to make do with less. This flows from the pandemic and the economic hit the world has taken. But there are other lessons to be drawn, notably by countries such as India that have traditionally been major contributors to […]Read More
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