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Ashok K Mehta
Ashok K Mehta is a retired Lt General of the Indian Army. He writes extensively on defence matters and anchors Defence Watch on Doordarshan
Hold on to Chushul
Any agreement with China, which is about a piecemeal disengagement, is unacceptable. Surrendering one’s trumpcard is a monumental folly A disengagement deal on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, whose ingredients have been leaked, is being considered by the Government. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned it in mid-October...
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More than a routine affair
04 November 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
Long haul in Ladakh
21 October 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
Remembering a true friend
07 October 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
China sitting pretty
23 September 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
High stakes for Jaishankar
09 September 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
Long road to Naga peace
26 August 2020 | Ashok K Mehta -
The border challenge
12 August 2020 | Ashok K Mehta
Stalemate in Ladakh
India has accepted a China-dictated disengagement model: The creation of buffer zones while withdrawing from its own territory and forfeiting legitimate rights of patrolling Twelve weeks after the intrusions in Ladakh, Lt Gen YK Joshi, in charge of managing the Line of Control (LoC) and the Line of Actual Control (LAC)...
Muddling through
The actual situation along the LAC is by no means what is being depicted. This is where the battle of narratives is either compromised or lost when we should be calling the shots Deciphering the statements made by India and China after the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) meeting...
Stand up to the dragon
The lesson from Galwan for India is to keep up its guard. Right now, neither the diplomatic mechanism nor dialogue will result in a breakthrough. May be a Modi-Xi summit can help On the ground in eastern Ladakh, there is a profound lack of clarity after the Galwan fracas. It is...
Not an ordinary face-off
Fatal clashes along the border come at a time when India and China mark 70 years of diplomatic ties. Tension must be defused through politico-diplomatic intervention at the highest level Prevailing tension in eastern Ladakh during the ongoing disengagement exploded into a fatal clash on Monday night in the Galwan River...
Reset ties with Nepal
India-Nepal relations are too precious to be damaged by territorial nationalism. It’s time for New Delhi to break the ice Some back-channeling and rethinking between Nepal’s ruling party and the Opposition, despite the Nepali Congress conditionally agreeing to support the Constitutional Amendment Bill and it's being tabled in Parliament to sanctify...
Power games in Nepal
The new political map and a road to Lipulekh have sown fresh seeds of discord whose principal beneficiary is Beijing. Nimbleness was needed from New Delhi in defusing the crisis Already riding high, China has used the Corona pandemic to extend its political influence in Nepal. Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke...
Afghan quest continues
With the Afghan peace deal on hold due to its infirmities and COVID-19, India has its role cut out: To open a back channel with the Taliban and carve out a place in intra-Afghan dialogue For the Americans especially, the most spectacular political event in the first quarter of 2020 was...
