South Asia and Beyond

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White House, Red Or Blue: Is China Winning?

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 Standoff: The Logistics Challenge

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

Address Radical Islam But Antagonising A Group Based On Religion Is No Go: Austrian Analyst Velina Tchakarova

NEW DELHI: Austria is no longer “the island of the blessed,” in terms of being spared from terrorist attacks and has been “caught by surprise,” says Velina Tchakarova, Director at Vienna’s Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES). Kujtim Fejzulai, a 20-year-old Austrian and North Macedonian citizen, a suspected Daesh supporter armed with an […]Read More

China Restive As India Connects Ladakh Better

HIMACHAL PRADESH/LADAKH: India’s border infrastructure in Ladakh is getting a push, thanks to the ongoing standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). There have been attempts to ensure year-round connectivity to Leh and beyond. The recently inaugurated Atal tunnel is one such endeavour. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been working tirelessly, trying to […]Read More

‘Xi Holds The Whip Hand But It Doesn’t Help China’

NEW DELHI: China under Xi Jinping appears to be turning the clock back, to the time when state surveillance and control over their citizens’ lives was pervasive. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global on his book India’s China Challenge, author and journalist Ananth Krishnan believes that Xi has absorbed some harsh lessons from the […]Read More

How Foot Soldiers Saved The Day For Kashmir

NEW DELHI: Army establishments around the country mark October 27 as Infantry Day. It’s a tribute to the valour and sacrifices made by the first batch of Indian foot soldiers that was airlifted to Srinagar from Delhi on that day in 1947. The purpose was to stop invaders from Pakistan who had come in to […]Read More

Aggressive U.S. vs ‘Predatory’ CCP: India, South Asia, ASEAN, Indo-Pacific

NEW DELHI: At the third 2+2 ministerial meeting this week, India and the U.S. signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial Cooperation (BECA) that gives access to extremely accurate geo-spatial data. On ‘Talking Point’, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Former Indian Foreign Secretary and Richard M. Rossow, Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy […]Read More

India-U.S. Ties: BECA Seals Defence Triad

NEW DELHI: India and the U.S. have signed the last foundational agreement BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement), which allows for expanded geospatial information sharing between the two armed forces. Four other agreements were also reached at the third 2+2 ministerial meet between U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]Read More

‘China Has Lost India’

NEW DELHI: As the India-China standoff continues in Ladakh and the winter deepens, India is shoring up its strategic partnerships inviting Australia to the Malabar Exercise next month and tying up military logistics agreements with a number of countries including possibly the UK in some weeks,  Does that mean the India-China relationship is in free […]Read More

‘A Coalition Of Equals & The Willing Against China’

NEW DELHI: China’s sudden bout of aggression in Ladakh in the past few months, is pushing the world and even India, into re-examining the fundamentals that have guided policy towards Beijing.  It’s no longer about investing in China or how to get Chinese investment, it’s about “de-coupling” and ensuring that supply chains diversify away from […]Read More

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga’s Vietnam, Indonesia Visits Critical Counter To China’s Aggression: Academic Yoichiro Sato

NEW DELHI: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sounded a clear message to China while visiting Vietnam on his first foreign trip after taking over from Shinzō Abe last month. After reaching security and economic agreements with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, he announced “an agreement in principle on the transfer of defence equipment […]Read More

Andamans Cork In Bottle For China’s Navy Coming Through Malacca: Ex-U.S. Pacific Fleet Intel Head

NEW DELHI: “Unprecedented Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) activity is very dangerous right now,” Captain James Fanell (Retd), the former Director Intelligence and Information Operations, Pacific Fleet warns as the U.S. Navy celebrated its 245th birthday on October 13. His public warnings about China’s aggressive maritime ambitions in 2014 got him reassigned in the […]Read More

‘War And Conflict Isn’t All About Guts, Glory And Victory’

NEW DELHI: He has two books on India’s military history to his credit but Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (Retd) says writing his second book titled ‘Full Spectrum: India’s Wars, 1972-2020′ was tough. “Writing about war and conflict when you have lived through it and when you have engaged with people you are writing about […]Read More