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Claude Arpi
Born in France, Claude Arpi is now settled in India. He is the author of several books on Tibet, China and India and a regularly contributor on Indo-French relations.
Wrong person at wrong time
Nehru made a wrong choice of making Menon Defence Minister. Though the trauma of the 1962 war remains, many things have changed. The CDS should help in neutralising threats India’s controversial Defence Minister VK Krishna Menon was recently in the news, courtesy a well-researched book, which did not elaborate enough on...
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Lessons for China
16 January 2020 | Claude Arpi -
India’s China agenda
03 January 2020 | Claude Arpi -
Politics of reincarnation
05 December 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Neighbour’s border envy
21 November 2019 | Claude Arpi -
The archives of Leh
07 November 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Could we have won the war?
24 October 2019 | Claude Arpi -
China’s weak spot
10 October 2019 | Claude Arpi
Reliable partners
France has had a long relation with India, particularly in the defence sector. One area where India can be of great help to it pertains to the transport sector Remember the months before the legislative elections, L’affaire Rafale was in the news everyday, thanks to the then leader of Opposition, who...
Shroud on camaraderie
It is doubtful if a Xi-Mo encounter (if it takes place at all) can solve the vexed border dispute between India and China. First and foremost condition is to develop basic trust Will Chinese President Xi Jinping make it to the southern beach resort of Mahabalipuram? And if the informal summit...
The real consequence
The Government miserably failed to contain misinformation or disinformation on Article 370 in the foreign media. It should have given a historical briefing on all facets of the issue The abrogation of Article 370 has led to a lot of typing on the keyboards of Indian as well as foreign...
Strategic and spiritual
With Ladakh being granted a Union Territory status, one hopes that locals can finally adopt an economically and environmentally responsible model for its development Though divided into Leh and Kargil district in July 1979, Ladakh, the “Land of the Passes”, has the particularity of being one of the largest administrative units...
The succession challenge
The Lama had made it clear in 2011 that he shall leave clear instructions about who should succeed him. This should clear doubts and cut out the Chinese propaganda China has mastered the art of information warfare. We saw it during the Doklam episode. Though caught on the wrong foot on the...
Lambs before the dragon
In other continents, too, nations have to kowtow to China in return for investment and debt funding, though they are slowly waking up to the fact that all is not rosy China has managed to tame the wild Tibetan yaks, according to Xinhua. “Under the touch of the petite scientist...
Laws higher than sutras
While Hong Kongers may escape China’s educational scheme to test the monks’ and nuns’ legal knowledge, it will be difficult for Tibetans, Uyghurs or mainlanders to avoid them Chinese President Xi Jinping is travelling a lot these days; he went to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet, then...
