NEW DELHI: With the current India-China standoff in eastern Ladakh showing signs of extending into winter, what does the Indian army do by way of preparation at a place where winter could mean temperatures dipping to 40 degrees below freezing point? At the super-high altitudes of Ladakh, winter that’s just around the corner is no […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The UN General Assembly is being forced to hold its annual General Assembly virtually this year by the coronavirus pandemic. But, that hasn’t stopped global leaders from sparring in their online addresses. Secretary General António Guterres has even cautioned the U.S. and China not to “split the globe in a Great Fracture” between” […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When Germany announced its policy for the Indo-Pacific in early September, it became the second European nation, France was the first, to join the Indo-Pacific Club. The unveiling of this strategy by Europe’s powerhouse suggests that Germany is moving away from China. Is that really the case? StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The India-China standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh may be nowhere closer to resolution but India has the advantage by occupying tactical heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso. Mountains favor the defender; whoever occupies dominating heights is in control of the battle, says Siachen hero Lt Gen. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sixty years of China’s occupation has not diminished the Tibetan desire for freedom, says renowned author and scholar on Tibet affairs Claude Arpi. In a skype chat with StratNews Global’s Surya Gangadharan on Books Corner, Arpi talked about thte fourth volume of his Tibet series titled The End of An Era: India Exits […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The recently held summit between China and the European Union showed all too well the souring of the relationship. From the European side, the inability of Beijing to offer ‘reciprocity’ and ‘basic fairness’ when it came to opening up the Chinese market to European goods was just part of the reason why the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the long history of India-China boundary dispute, a few incidents remain a landmark. The 1962 war is the biggest of them all; the 1967 clash at Nathu La in Sikkim is another. But another episode of a bloody encounter between Indian and Chinese soldiers that happened in Arunachal Pradesh in 1975 is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The current standoff in Ladakh is far bigger in scope and strength than ever before but attempted intrusions and transgressions by the Chinese ground forces is not a new occurrence. For a decade now, the size and duration of India-China faceoffs have increased with each year. Depsang, 2013, Chumur 2014, Doklam 2017 are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Xi Jinping-led Chinese state has bitten off more than it can chew in its overreach in trying to redo the world order, especially in lashing out in the South China Sea and around India, says Daniel Blumenthal, the author of ‘The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State’. Beijing uses the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Continuing to be pushed by Sikhs operating in US, UK and Canada the Khalistani movement operates with the full knowledge and tacit support of Pakistan, claims a recently released report called Khalistan: A Project of Pakistan. Veteran investigative journalist Terry Milewski who provided research for the report and has been covering the Khalistani […]Read More
NEW DELHI: We can give people a better sense of what’s happening around them at a time of extreme confusion and a motivation to act. Because ultimately, the future is what we make it, says ‘Terra Incognita’ co-author Dr Robert Muggah. Professor Ian Goldwin added, “We are heading for a very dangerous and less prosperous […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There is no need for India to revise its policy of no first use policy insofar as nuclear weapons are concerned since the country’s deterrence redlines are fairly well established for any of the adversaries to take chances, two of India’s well-known analysts in this specialised field, Dr Manpreet Sethi of Centre for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The defence agreement signed between U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Reed Werner and Maldivian Minister of Defense Mariya Didi on September 10 is “very significant and India couldn’t have asked for anything better,” says Vice Admiral Anup Singh (Retd), former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. Speaking […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Results of five studies conducted by Wuhan Institute of Virology and Pakistani scientists in open source scientific papers show they have been researching experiments of dangerous pathogens on Pakistani soil for at least five years, says Anthony Klan, the author of two reports on the subject. In two articles in July and August, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Tibetan leader Dolma Gyari comes across as a person who doesn’t mince her words. So she says she wants India to shed its cautious approach on Tibet and recognise it as a territory that’s under the illegal occupation of China. In this interview with StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra, Gyari also wants […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It’s one of the glorious chapters in India’s military history. Five years after suffering a defeat at the hands of China, India hit back hard at the border pass of Nathu La in 1967. It’s a story of courage and determination and what a determined leadership can do. In many ways, it laid […]Read More
NEW DELHI: No mention of returning to the status quo ante in the India-China joint statement is “problematic” because it “leaves India with very few options and the military one is a very real one,” says academic and author Dr Ayesha Ray about the outcome of the meeting between External Affairs Ministers Dr S. Jaishankar and Wang […]Read More
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NEW DELHI: “Russia would like to avoid the lack of trust, stability between our separate, independent partners India and China,” says Roman Babushkin, the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission. “We’re happy they decided to use our platform (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Defence, Foreign Ministers meet in Moscow) to discuss their current issues and this is encouraging,” he […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India China talks wound up late last night in Moscow with an agreement for troops on both sides to disengage. The respective army commanders will work out the modalities, restoring the situation as it existed before the current crisis. So the immediate danger of a flare-up of hostilities has been averted but what […]Read More
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