NEW DELHI: One year after the Galwan clash, the standoff between India and China continues in eastern Ladakh though partial disengagement has taken place. If Galwan was a game-changer where India gave it back to China, there was another incident 35 years ago when India stood firm and displayed aggressive intent against Chinese intrusion in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: U.S. and foreign troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and Washington has indicated that an American military exit may be completed by Independence Day on the fourth of July. How is India shaping its Afghanistan foreign policy in the short, medium and long-term, what do reports of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: What are India’s foreign policy objectives and is it realising them after the February military coup in Myanmar, how is China seen in that country and how are both Asian giants dealing with the situation in their national interests, what is Aung San Suu Kyi’s political profile post the junta levelling corruption and […]Read More
Hungary has witnessed unprecedented demonstrations against government plans to set up a campus of China’s Fudan University in the capital Budapest. But the protests seem to reflect multiple concerns: about the lack of transparency surrounding the project including the cost, and disquiet about the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban with elections due next year. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is the Nigerian government’s twitter ban an illustration of how even a democracy can use dictatorial tendencies, doesn’t big-tech and social media have to follow national laws, what’s the effect on common citizens and how are they reacting? On ‘The Gist’, Torinmo Salau, a Lagos based writer and journalist, discusses these issues, why […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Shen Ming-Shi is a former colonel of the Taiwan army and is presently a Fellow at the Institute for National Defense Security Research in Taipei. He closely studies China’s military, looking particularly at their recruitment, training and equipment. In his view, China will never rule out a military invasion and occupation of Taiwan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s still the world’s most populous nation but, according to China’s latest census, its birth rate is shrinking and so is the working population that contributes majorly to the economy. With a view to arresting this trend, the government has now allowed couples to have up to three children. Will that work? In […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As part of the green strategic partnership signed with India last year, Denmark is collaborating across sectors such as wind energy, drinking water management and smart cities, says Denmark’s Ambassador to India Freddy Svane. Expressing concern over climate change on World Environment Day, he told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale that all […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dali L. Yang, William Claude Reavis Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago and author of several books including, ‘China and Youth Well-being in China’ and Yaqiu Wang, China Researcher at Human Rights Watch and China Commentator & Columnist discuss how declining birthrates and an […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Covid assistance to India “is a reflection of your friendship, status and influence in the world,” Barry O’Farrell, Australia’s High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Bhutan says, adding, “on Sunday, one of our Australian Defence Force aircraft will be landing here in Delhi, with the delivery of another of the oxygen tanks […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Malaysia’s Air Force scrambled jets and the Foreign Ministry summoned China’s envoy to explain an “intrusion” by 16 Air Force transport planes into its airspace. Malaysian Academic and Security Analyst Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady explains the reactions after the Southeast Asian country’s military detected “suspicious” activity over the South China Sea, the strong diplomatic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A week ago, Penpa Tsering took over as the new president of the Central Tibetan Administration. Soon after, he said efforts would be made to reach out to the Chinese government to find a mutually beneficial, negotiated and non-violent solution to the Sino-Tibet conflict. Till such a lasting solution is found, we shall […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ are known worldwide as its civilian army, but how does the Chinese Communist Party aggressively weaponise and churn out false narratives, fake news, disinformation and misinformation, how successful is Beijing and what can be done to foil it? On ‘The Gist’, Dr. Puma Shen, Chairman of Doublethink Lab in Taiwan, […]Read More
One doesn’t have to look far for proof that politics makes for strange bedfellows. After feuding with Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (for much of last year) over his claims to Kalapani and playing footsie with China, India now appears to have put all its eggs in the same Oli basket. In this chat […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka, geographically one of the most important countries in the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific is showing clear signs of tilting towards China in making its foreign policy choices of late despite being proximate to India. A leading Sri Lankan strategic affairs analyst and commentator, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, in his latest book Conundrum […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For the past 24 hours, Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale has been flooded with enquiries about a video clip of him highlighting the wrong geo-tag (location) for Leh. There was some confusion about the exact date on which the video was recorded. Some thought, it is fresh one; some others knew it to be […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Talk about cross-border operations by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the first thing that comes to mind is Pakistan’s Balakot, 2019. But three decades before that, IAF undertook another operation in a show of strength. It was a mission of a different kind and the purpose wasn’t offensive but to supply humanitarian […]Read More
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s five-day visit to the U.S. is the first Indian Cabinet ministerial trip to New York and Washington since Joe Biden took over as President. On ‘Talking Point‘, Akriti Vasudeva, Research Analyst at the Stimson Centre and Editor-at-large at online magazine South Asian Voices and Atman M. Trivedi, who […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amidst speculation that Islamabad and Washington are in talks to allow U.S. bases in Pakistan to facilitate counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan once foreign troops withdraw, the Taliban has warned Afghanistan’s neighbours to not allow what it calls a ‘historic mistake’. Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told parliament his government would never […]Read More
China’s new white paper on Tibet is the 15th in a series that began in 1992, and one can presume more will happen. At one level it would appear to reflect China’s confidence in its hold over Tibet and what it has accomplished since it invaded and occupied the roof of the world 70 years […]Read More
Malala Yousafzai Faces Backlash For Collaboration With Hillary Clinton
France, China To Begin Military Dialogue As Indo-Pacific Tensions Grow
Musk Says Australian Bishop’s Stabbing Video Doesn’t Promote Violence
Pro-Palestinian Group Files Federal Complaint Against Columbia After Arrest Of Students
Israel Intensifies Airstrikes On Rafah Ahead Of Proposed Ground Invasion
Thoise: India’s Northernmost Air Base Against The China-Pakistan Two Front Threat
Siachen Glacier—A Triangular Wedge In The Pakistan, China Threat At The World’s Third Pole
Crossing The Sela Heights: The Roads To Tawang, Much Light At The End Of Game-Changing Tunnels
Unveiling the Legacy of Assam Rifles: Guardians of India’s Northeast
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