WHY CHINA IS HITTING FAST FORWARD ON MODERNISING PLA

December 10, 2020

The Chinese White Paper on Defence, July 2019 (China’s National Defence in the New Era), lays down the following goals: Generally, achieve mechanisation by 2020 with significantly enhanced informationisation and greatly improved strategic capabilities. Comprehensively advance the modernisation of military theory, organisational structure, military personnel, and weaponry and equipment in...

THEATERISATION: ARE WE READY?

December 2, 2020

The COAS says that the process of theaterisation will be “deliberate, thoughtful and well considered” and I agree with him. It needs to be that way. I also agree with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Ex-DGMO, who in his article says that theaterisation must transform us into a regional power. Recent...

THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE-CARD TRICK

November 30, 2020

Ever since my last article on the Chinese three-card trick, there have been a set of events—seemingly unconnected but enough to set me thinking. Things did not jell. I shared my apprehension with Lt Gen Ata Hasnain also. We concluded that one will have to wait and watch without letting...

Sino-Indian logjam: The Chinese three-card trick

November 26, 2020

As Ladakh has got colder, Chinese have indulged in a three-card trick. Give up Finger 4. Gain Kailash Range. Retain Depsang. Natural and expected from the ever untrustworthy Chinese. However, we need to see why they are doing it and what our reaction should be. There has been no action...

Propaganda at work: Analysis of a fake microwave oven in Ladakh

November 21, 2020

The Chinese Claim Jin Canrong, a professor of international relations at Beijing’s Renmin University, claimed that China had used a “microwave weapon” to retake land that had been occupied by the Indian Army on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso. He claimed that Chinese forces had turned two strategic...

INDIA-US TIES ARE STRATEGIC AND NOT PERSONALITY-CENTRIC

November 16, 2020

The India-US bilateral cooperation is broad-based. Its vista is multisectoral—trade and investment, defence and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-tech, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, agriculture and health. The India-US Dialogue Architecture consists of a high level 2+2 dialogue and more than 50...

THE GLOBAL ORDER IS BROKEN, LONG LIVE THE GLOBAL ORDER!

November 10, 2020

Three gentlemen broke the world order. Xi Jinping’s surrealistic ambition of Chinese world domination and aggressive behaviour was unacceptable to the world. Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ plan forced the US to walk away from global leadership. Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit’ broke the EU solidarity and dashed hopes of an...

IMRAN’S ‘NAYA PAKISTAN’ IS A MISNOMER, WITH ANARCHY, CHAOS AS ITS TRADEMARKS

November 6, 2020

An analysis of opinions in Pakistan indicates that Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’ has emerged anew to take shape as a state — failed and adrift. It does not know where to go, how to go and why to go. It also does not know who will take it wherever it...

INDIA’S POWER CAN SEE A SEA CHANGE IF IT DOMINATES THE SEAS

November 2, 2020

Views on Indian Strategy: Many feel that India’s Military doctrine is outdated, orthodox and too continentally oriented and neglects the maritime domain. To quote some views. One researcher from Carnegie India feels that The Indian Army’s prevailing doctrine leaves the military with two main choices: do nothing or risk wars it cannot win....

HOW DRAGON HAS BECOME THE MAIN DRIVER OF QUAD

October 27, 2020

Once India invited the Australian Navy to take part in the Malabar 2020 exercise, QUAD has become a demi official. In addition, India has also indicated increased trade with Taiwan. China reacted, to state that it firmly opposes the move. The 2+2 Indo US dialogue is shortly on, immediately after...