India’s Dilemmas in Pursuance of its Strategic Relations with USA
Editor’s Note The 2 + 2 dialogue has apparently delivered more than was expected of it. However, the provisions of CAATSA have not yet been formally waived in the Indian case. India has stro... Read more
US President Donald Trump has said he accepts US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election – despite declining to do so just a day ago.Read Mo... Read more
Trump Putin Summit 16 July 2018: Importance of Discussion On Nuclear Arms Control
Editor’s Note We have witnessed a few historic summits, lately. Trump meeting Kim Jong-un had created a huge splash, just as the Wuhan meet of Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping did. None of... Read more
What is India-Iran Oil Trade All About?
Iran has always been one of India’s main suppliers of oil, second only to Iraq and Saudi Arabia, with exports that totalled more than 27 million tonnes last year.Read More… Read more
Mike Pompeo Doubles Down: Syrian Dictator Bashar Assad, and Iran, Must Go
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Iranian military backers will have to relinquish their hold on the war-torn country, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Read More… Read more
Korean Update and a Bit of Crystal Ball Gazing
Editor’s Note The Korean peninsula is in a turbulent mode. Talks, no talks, talks; even otherwise a degree of uncertainty prevails in very many areas concerning the North Koreans. There are... Read more
China’s South Asian Miscalculation
At a conference in China a few years ago, I watched as a Chinese expert gave a presentation laying out Beijing’s view of the military conflict that it faced in nearby seas. It was largely a... Read more
Pakistan Is Feeling US Pressure. Now What?
After a short trip to Pakistan last week, I return to Washington convinced that the Trump administration’s new coercive approach toward Islamabad is working, at least in the narrow sense tha... Read more
China’s Maritime Outreach: its Impact on India
Editor’s Note The Chinese have pursued economic growth along with developing its military power. It’s a learning that has not been fully assimilated by our leadership. We lag in our military... Read more
The ACT East Ambit: ASEAN@50 and India @70
Editor’s Note India’s long standing relationship with ASEAN has finally found traction with India’s Act East Policy giving it the right impetus. The fact of the 10 Heads of States being invi... Read more