THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO QUAD 3.0

March 18, 2021

There are a lot of issues with an US-led world order. It is not perfect by any stretch of imagination. However, a Chinese-led world would be even worse. To predict that, one does not need even imagination. All one has to do is to look around with open eyes—coercive diplomacy,...

SINO-INDIAN LOGJAM: TIME TO REJIG THE TROIKA

March 15, 2021

A question was posed on Twitter. What was the aim of PLA and CPC? Why would China, the wannabe superpower use military force against a rising nuclear India, without a clear cut aim? Further, China goes back to its starting point, ostensibly, without achieving its aim. As per our understanding....

SINO-INDIAN LOGJAM: THE UNLIKELY RETURN

March 12, 2021

The Sino-Indian logjam is under disengagement. It has proceeded smoothly so far. The common question is: What will the Chinese do next? Is their withdrawal part of a larger strategic design? Will the Chinese regroup and get back at us? If so, what will they do? All these valid questions...

FROM SOFT VACCINE POWER TO HARD ECONOMIC POWER

February 22, 2021

The Chinese virus descended on us like a forest fire. It scythed through people, nations and economies. It upended the global order. A combative China controlled the virus spread and reopened its economy. The virus and health became domains of war through which China fought. Everyone predicted the dawn of...

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February 20, 2021

If the Indo-Pacific is the centre of gravity of international geopolitics and economics, its core is China’s rise. China’s ‘Dream and Rejuvenation’ was fine till it was peaceful. However, its military and economic assertion, threats and coercion, to impose a Chinese global order in accelerated time frames is unacceptable. China...

LAC DISENGAGEMENT: STILL A LONG WAY TO GO FOR GENUINE PEACE

February 19, 2021

Sino-India disengagement in eastern Ladakh is fundamentally good news. The Defence Minister has outlined the broad modalities. It was followed up by an explanatory press release. Vacation of Kailash Range prior to resolving issues at Depsang, Hot Springs and Gogra has worried many. Understandable. However, disengagement is a work in...

Evolution of Quad 3.0: Food for thought

February 13, 2021

China’s economic, geographic, political and diplomatic assertion has made the Indo-Pacific the centre of gravity of international geopolitics. As long as the pandemic was raging and China was out of the grip of the Wuhan virus, its coercive actions could not be countered effectively in the Indo-Pacific region. However, all...

Back to Pakistani blackmail with a gun to US head

February 10, 2021

Long back, when the erstwhile Soviet Russia invaded Afghanistan, the US was worried that Pakistan could be rolled over next and join hands with India. The US would then lose not only its base but the region also; having lost Iran and being inimical to India. In 1979, the Carter...

CHINESE VIRUS: INDIAN SOLUTION

January 29, 2021

India battled Australia to a draw in the recently concluded Test match at Sydney. It was one of the best matches I have seen in my life. I saw two ‘battered and bruised’ Indians take a determined stand. It was all about guts and glory. Though they drew the game,...

BATTLEFIELD ENERGY, OIL OF SPACE AND REBALANCING

January 28, 2021

India’s armed forces are rebalancing to the north. Infrastructure development will continue. Good news. Across the LAC, China is ‘solidifying Tibet’. Hereafter, the areas adjoining the LAC will see elevated troop levels even if there are no hostilities. The number of troops to be maintained permanently in extreme high altitudes...