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Emperor Xi Jinping: Of China Or The World

  The sixth plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC aka CCP) ended in mid-November after a 4-day session. There were no surprises in the resolution passed by the...

The 4G Warfare Debate

If the title of this article had said just ‘4G Debate’, readers may be excused if they ignored it thinking it about spectrum auction scams related to underhand dealing no matter which government is...

Self-Reliance in Defence Sector: Is it Ready for Sprint Run?

"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte These words indeed hold true for India which is now focusing on becoming self-reliant or what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been repeatedly...

India-China Standoff: Will It Ever End

  China has the uncanny quality to continue to remain in the news, if not in international news, then, at least in the Indian news. Of late, news about China in the Indian media is...

Manipur Terror Attack and Beyond

  The terrorist ambush on the Assam Rifles convoy in Churachandpur District of Manipur on November 13, killing five soldiers including Colonel Viplav Tripathi, CO 46 Assam Rifles, his wife and 6-year old son shattered...

S-400 Triumf: How This Missile Could Transform the Aerial Battlespace

  The year is 2022. A posse of F-16 jet fighters takes off from the main Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base in Sargodha. Approximately 300 km east, at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in...

China-Hurtling Towards the Abyss

  Xi Jingping is the man of the moment and why won’t he be, the National People’s Congress(NPC) - the Chinese ‘parliament’ has recently handed him an unprecedented third term in office, effectively elevating him...

The 200 Minutes (Almost) Dialogue

November 16, 2021 was a day of high expectations, for the heads-of-state of two of the largest competitors in the world were to get together, virtually - in a video-call. Presidents Joe Biden and...

Bull in China Shop: India and its allies gearing up to blow Beijing’s bluff in Indo-Pacific

  Although Pentagon report presents chilling details on China’s military plans and strategy, in the Indo-Pacific region, against the US, Taiwan and India, there is truth that Beijing is going to be a hegemon which...

Downplaying the External Threat

Pentagon’s report to the US Congress titled ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China’ 2020 mentions the Galwan clash, standoff in Eastern Ladakh for which Beijing blames India and China’s refusal...

India’s Quest to be a Key Player in the Indo Pacific Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities

  In recent times there has been a shifting of goal posts by major world powers from other areas of conflict to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. This has largely been due to the Chinese...

Pakistan on the Brink

  Statecraft and politics is all about making dangerous and risky choices which promotes the betterment of the people and helps in bolstering the popular legitimacy of the state, but it ostensibly appears that Pakistan...

QuadE – Aukus – QuadW: India is the Common Factor

  One of the first policy decisions, impulsive or otherwise, taken by Donald Trump, was to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This, however, did not mean that USA had decided to disregard Asia. On...
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