Playing Chinese Checkers In Bhutanese Pastures
Editor’s Note The eyeball-to-eyeball game continues at the tri-junction with no solution in sight. The Chinese seem to be having problems with every other country with which it shares its la... Read more
Mosul Win In Sight As ISIS Defence Lines Collapse
Iraqi soldiers celebrated in expectation of taking full control of Mosul as ISIS’ defensive lines collapsed in its former de facto capital in Iraq, the state television reported yester... Read more
Israel To Enter Era Of Closed-Hatch Combat, See-Through Tanks
As part of a major, multi-phased upgrade of its armored forces, Israel will soon demonstrate a smart helmet-mounted system — almost identical to that used for the F-35 fighter and other airc... Read more
Strategic Partnerships – Still A Long Way To Traverse
Editor’s Note The strategic partnership model has been announced after considerable delay since the time when Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 was released in the public domain. Howe... Read more
Why Chinese Submarines Could Soon Be Quieter Than US Ones
The US Navy’s Pacific fleet used to mock Chinese submarines for being too noisy and too easy to detect, but that has largely been remedied in recent years and China is now on the cusp of tak... Read more
Former Chinese Diplomat On China’s Infiltration Of Australia
Chen Yonglin said that the CCP plans to “infiltrate Australia from all directions so that Australia would eventually cooperate strategically with the CCP,” and veer away from its alliance wi... Read more
As well as billion-dollar defense deals, Israel and India have another key feature in common: a large diaspora. The Jewish Diaspora is India’s model for cultivating investment and supp... Read more
India Stood By A Friend. Now It Is Time for Diplomacy.
As the military standoff over Doka La (or Doklam plateau) between India and China spills over into its second month, it is important to understand both the military and geo-strategic reasons... Read more
Could the Chinese Communist Party Survive Dropping South China Sea Claims?
Since at least the third century AD, successive Chinese dynasties have asserted jurisdiction over parts of the South China Sea, including the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Until the end of th... Read more
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Kashmiri Angles
Editor’s Note The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is undoubtedly the showpiece of the grandiose Belt and Road Initiative of China, and is making news almost daily. In the auth... Read more