North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed
North Korea on Friday said that two years of diplomacy with President Trump had “faded away into a dark nightmare,” and vowed to increase its nuclear weapons capabilities. “Even a slim ray o... Read more
Washington Needs a Bold Rethink of its China Strategy
In a recent Rose Garden briefing, President Donald Trump directly challenged the leadership of the People’s Republic of China. He announced the United States would depart from the World Heal... Read more
1962≠2020: US Study Explains India’s Conventional Edge Over China
India holds a conventional advantage to ward off a 1962-type setback in the event of a full-scale escalation with China primarily because of its Beijing-centric deployments across air, land... Read more
The upswing in militancy in the province of Balochistan by ethnic groups calling for independence from Pakistan poses a security challenge to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Bei... Read more
From Borders to Banks: The Infinite Spectrum of Pakistan Military’s Profiteering Enterprise
On 12 July 2019, when the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) announced a massive award of US $5.976 billion against Pakistan, to be paid to Tet... Read more
Pangong Tso: ‘For Every Chinese Action, an Equal & Opposite Indian Reaction’
Why is it that some portions on the northern bank of Pangong lake often see Indian and Chinese troops coming face to face? It has to do with differing perceptions of both the troops with reg... Read more
China’s Virus Backlash targets India and Hong Kong
The last couple of weeks have witnessed a number of confrontations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that delineates the boundary between India and China. The Indian press is alarmed. I... Read more
DPP 2020: New Procurement Norms on Anvil to Give Fillip to Defence Industry
In a bid to give fillip to the domestic defence industry, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will introduce new chapters on post-contract management and procurement of ICT software and systems. T... Read more
India, China can Easily Avoid Border Face-offs Permanently
Starting from 2013, India-China boundary has had a few incidents. Prior to that, only two incidents of importance had occurred post the 1962 war between India and China. They were at Nathu L... Read more
2020 is Not 1962; How Ready is India to Take on Chinese Aggression?
Chinese ingress breaching the Line Of Actual Control (LAC) is a yearly phenomenon but this time the size of the PLA troops involved in the standoff is bigger in Ladakh. Amid conflicting medi... Read more