The head of the National Security College at the Canberra-based Australian National University, Prof Rory Medcalf is no stranger to India. Not only has he served as a diplomat at the Australian High Commission in New Delhi in the early 2000s but over the years he’s kept a sharp eye on the evolving India-Australia relationship […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The quelling of student protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 31 years ago remains one of the bloodiest episodes in contemporary Chinese history. What was the trigger and how did the violent end come about? Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, who was a young diplomat at the Indian embassy in Beijing in 1989, shares […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is China moving to beef up its nuclear arsenal? References in the media would suggest otherwise but China’s media is state-owned and has been used in the past to trial balloon various ideas. Which is why when Global Times urged that China vastly increase the size of its nuclear arsenal, eyebrows went up. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Why is it that some portions on the northern bank of Pangong lake often see Indian and Chinese troops coming face to face? It has to do with differing perceptions of both the troops with regard to the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says Col. S Dinny (retd), who has served as the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Without a comprehensive long-term strategy, it’s unwise for the United States to have launched a major geopolitical contest against China, says noted academic and former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Mahbubani, who is Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, The National University of Singapore, says China, which is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Barring a miracle, China appears all set to implement its tough national security law that would negate Hong Kong’s cherished freedoms. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan, Alvin Leung, Hong Kong Legislator and Lawyer says the people of the territory will not accept China’s attempt to ram the security […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka last year are a grim reminder of the kind of challenges India and its neighbourhood faces, says Gopal Baglay, India’s High Commissioner To Sri Lanka. In an exclusive interview to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Baglay says India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With an unannounced ceasefire largely holding in Afghanistan, is there hope for a reduction in bloodshed? Are the Taliban and an Afghan team moving towards negotiating a future political structure? How does the U.S. continuing troop withdrawal affect the government’s position? And should India open a public channel to the Taliban before intra-Afghan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Chinese ingress breaching the Line Of Actual Control (LAC) is a yearly phenomenon but this time the size of the PLA troops involved in the standoff is bigger in Ladakh. Amid conflicting media reports—some alleging invasion by the Chinese and others saying this is a seasonal occurrence—in this edition of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Meet Major Suman Gawani, India’s first peacekeeper to be selected for the prestigious UN Military Gender Advocate Award. Major Suman served as a Military observer in UNMISS(United Nations Mission in South Sudan) from November 2018 to December 2019. On her mission, she was the principal focal point of contact for gender issues for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first flight from the Netherlands post the COVID-19 lockdown has brought back Indians from as far as Mexico and Portugal as well as the first batch of those stranded in the host country. Nearly 300 Indians from Mexico, Lima, Lisbon and Amsterdam were on the first KLM flight to Mumbai. India’s Ambassador Venu […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s armed forces are on Mission Reform. The effort is being driven by the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat and the Department of Military Affairs. From restructuring commands to joint logistics and seamless communication, the focus is on making the forces ready for the battlefield of the future. In this […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Rattled by huge protests that erupted in Hong Kong last year over a proposed immigration law that ultimately led to it being junked, China has now introduced a draft national security law for Hong Kong that would bypass the city’s legislature and severely curb personal freedoms and, in effect, mean the end of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As world opinion gravitates against China because of its mishandling of the Chinese virus, noted China analyst Gordon G Chang is of the firm opinion that China must be held accountable. “The reason Chinese leaders should be deterred is because the Coronavirus is not the last pathogen that will be generated on Chinese […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amid an unprecedented spurt in Chinese transgressions at various places in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) says India will stand its ground. “Where has military pressure on India worked after 1962? Our ability to monitor transgressions is a lot better now. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s defence budget saw its smallest increase in recent times with its propagandists even touting it as a decline. Hogwash, says Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global, he said this is not a budget, only an allocation which could well go up. In his […]Read More
NEW DELHI: 141 cases, of which 136 have recovered, and one death. That sums up the Covid-19 situation in the tiny nation of Brunei. Ajaneesh Kumar, India’s High Commissioner, explains to StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi the reasons for the low numbers and outlines the process of repatriation in the Vande Bharat mission. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In the past month, there has been a spurt in faceoffs involving Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Sikkim and Ladakh sectors. Does it have to do with India ramping up its border infrastructure in Ladakh of late? What’s the underlying reason for the Chinese belligerence, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Overseas Indian missions have undergone a cultural shift, they are getting more service-oriented to the Indian community, says Venktesh Shukla, General Partner, MontaVista Capital. Sharing his diaspora experience on COVID-19 from the United States, Shukla told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale that people of Indian origin are playing an oversize role during […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China is the world leader of technology hardware and application supply chains. So, what does that mean for India’s security when Chinese manufactured CCTV equipment and drones are used in sensitive areas? And under the cyber surface, what are the data sharing and social influencing issues with video sharing social networking services like […]Read More
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