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Rising maritime tension
Amid the Chinese calculus of geo-strategic manoeuvres, the most vulnerable ‘choke point’ lurks near Indian waters — the ultra narrow and practically unavoidable Malacca Straits The US-China vitriol has shifted back from the trade tables to its more familiar turf of the South China Sea, where China has provocatively tested anti-ship...
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Don’t deflect truths
05 July 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
Iran is no pushover
27 June 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
Sun sets on greatest alliance
13 June 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
India’s dilemma
03 June 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
Thwart the juggernaut
20 May 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
Same legacy, different face
11 May 2019 | Bhopinder Singh -
Pak’s failed Iran gambit
02 May 2019 | Bhopinder Singh
Pakistan’s untimely advice
Beyond the posturing of ‘Naya Pakistan’, the issue of protecting minorities needs Constitutional cover that does not diminish, decry or indignify credentials of any faith Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was too clever by half in suggesting that his supposedly ‘Naya Pakistan’ could teach India “how to treat its minorities.” The...
Contextualising Terror
The deft statesmanship of New Zealand is in sharp contrast to India’s response on Pulwama that failed to unite the populace and instead deflected the issue to political positions The Indian sub-continent is a wounded region that has been subjected to dangerous contextualising of terror that is ultimately tantamount to “justification...
Tough terms of friendship
Given Saudi Arabia’s own priorities and strategic roadmap imperatives, Pakistan will remain a preferred ally as long as it does not harm Saudi interests directly Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad-bin Salman (MbS) is touring the three most important capitals beyond Washington, DC, in his post-Khashoggi phase. The Western capitals were ultimately not...
Vietnam redux in Kabul
The intrigues, complexities and accompanying civilian atrocities in conflicts in Afghanistan and Vietnam have raised questions about words and action of US There are eerie similarities in the genesis, proceedings and the ultimate fate of the US involvement in both Vietnam and Afghanistan. First, both — the Vietnamese and the Afghans...
Farcical show of force
Like its economic juggernaut that has apparently ‘overheated’, China’s diplomatic-military assertions and bellicosity by the PLA are more about posturing than the bite The Chinese use a term ‘xuanchuán’, which literally means propaganda — an intrinsic tact of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to legitimise various state actions and...
Leading from the front
With the exit of James Mattis, the only person who could raise contrarian views from within the system, White House is bereft of specialist and sagely views The former Marine Corps General, James Norman Mattis, had acquired mythic and cult-like folklore while still in the ‘uniform’. The image had got caricaturised...
