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
NEW DELHI: October 21 is observed as Police Commemoration Day when India pays tribute to policemen who have laid down their lives in the line of duty. Why’s the date significant? Its origin can be traced to 1959 when a CRPF patrol party was ambushed by Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh. Ten jawans lost their […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours yet their decision to connect via the sea — Andaman islands with Sabang port in Aceh province — is of recent origin, dating back two years. In this exclusive interview with StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra, Indonesia’s ambassador to India Sidharto Suryodipuro, reflects on the strategic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun met India’s Foreign Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary Harsh V. Shringla and other officials this week ahead of the India-U.S. 2+2 Defence and Foreign Ministerial meeting at the end of October. On ‘Talking Point’, our weekly flagship show, Professor C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of […]Read More
StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A Gokhale & Jaydev Ranade China Specialist will be discussing on BLACKMAIL & HYPOCRISY: China Objects To India’s Road Building.Read More
NEW DELHI: “Should they (India) engage with the Taliban, we won’t have a problem with that,” Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, told StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi in an exclusive chat. He made it clear he hadn’t “raised the issue or encouraged it” in his meetings […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Earlier this week, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army chief Gen MM Naravane visited Myanmar and interacted with the top leadership. The bilateral relationship straddles both civil and military domains. India is part of several key infrastructure projects there. Besides, India-Myanmar ties are rooted in history and culture. Of late, China […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Our objective remains advancing the security and the economic interests of all countries having legitimate and vital interests in the (Indo-Pacific) region,” India’s Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar said at the second Quad(Japan, Australia, India, U.S.) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Tokyo this week. On ‘Talking Point’, Admiral Sunil Lanba(Retd.), Former Chief of the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Chinese Communist Party “really fears the combined diplomatic strength” of the Quad (U.S., Japan, Australia and India) says Lt. Gen. Frederick Benjamin Hodges (Retd), former commander U.S. Army in Europe and Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at CEPA (Centre for European Policy Analysis). As he put it, “If the Quad brings along […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s the largest province of Pakistan, making up 45 per cent of its geographic area, yet Balochistan remains the most neglected area there. The region is mineral-rich, known especially for its gas reserves and the government has mined it to the hilt. Pakistan has saved $3 bn a year for decades by exploiting […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s well known that India and China have differing perceptions about where the Line of Actual Control (LAC) lies. But amid the ongoing standoff in eastern Ladakh, China has renewed a claim it made over 60 years ago—that it is following the line put forth by its then premier Zhou Enlai in 1959. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Remember the German heavy metal band The Scorpions and their iconic number Wind of Change, played at the Brandenburg Gate as the Berlin Wall came down in 1990. Rolling Stone Magazine described it as a “soundtrack of sorts to a political and cultural revolution”. That song has been recast, to mark German reunification […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The second Quad (Japan, Australia, India, U.S.) Foreign Ministers meeting is in Tokyo on October 6. The analysts on ‘Talking Point’ this week are Tanvi Madan, Director of The India Project at the Brookings Institution and Cleo Paskal, Senior Fellow, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region, at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies (FDD). […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China had tried to needle India on the Arunachal border during Kargil conflict in 1999. How was that crisis handled? The story has never been told. Until now. Narrating what happened on the ground are Lt Gen DB Shekatkar (retd), Maj Gen VDI Devavaram (retd) and Maj Gen PD Halur (retd). Gen Shekatkar […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The months-long standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh has put relations between the two countries at a crossroad, says noted China watcher Major General Dipankar Banerjee (Retd). An unsettled border will continue to be a reason for friction; besides, there’s a fundamental contradiction in how each of them sees the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the Armenia-Azerbaijan military conflict showing no sign of de-escalation, the former has released pictures of one of its Sukhoi-25 warplanes which it said was shot down by a Turkish F-16 fighter jet over Armenian airspace, killing the pilot. Yerevan says the F-16 flew from the ‘Ganja’ airport in Azerbaijan. Turkey and Azerbaijan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: StratNews Global’s Editor-In-Chief Nitin A Gokhale & Atul Aneja, China Specialist.Read More
NEW DELHI: Azerbaijan is “preparing the ground for launching aggression on the territory of the Republic of Armenia” with the Azerbaijan Defence Ministry in Baku “spreading disinformation” that Armenia is “shelling from the territory of the Republic,” Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Anna A. Naghdalyan says. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “India doesn’t need to articulate clear support” to Armenia in military clashes with Azerbaijan despite Yerevan’s public support on Kashmir and Baku siding with Pakistan and Turkey on the issue, says former Indian Ambassador to Armenia, Dr T. Suresh Babu. A status quo on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area suits Armenia, he said, adding he “doesn’t […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Armenia and Azerbaijan are blaming each other for air and artillery attacks on each other’s forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region that began on the morning of September 27. As both of them have “rearmed with highly sophisticated military hardware over the last 15 years, they can strike at targets deep inside each […]Read More
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