Anniversary of merger of J&K into the Indian union Anniversary of merger of J and K into the Indian union Khabarhub (Nepal portal) 06 Aug 2020 05 Aug 2019 will be remembered as the day when J and K changed for the better. It was the day when article 370 and along with it, article 35A, vanished from the […]
Government must change its Kashmir policy The government must change its Kashmir policy 06 Aug 2020 A year has passed since the government scrapped Article 370 and 35A, merging J and K into the Indian union. It led to the state being split into two union territories, J and K and Ladakh. The erstwhile state was promised that this […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=361 Salami slicing must be stopped 05 Aug 2020 Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of state, during a recent visit to UK, stated, ‘You can’t make claims for maritime regions that you have no lawful claim to. You can’t threaten countries and bully them in the Himalayas,’ adding, ‘We hope we can build a coalition that understands the threat.’ […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2773260/Kolkata-The-Statesman/4TH-AUGUST-2020#page/7/2 The blame game and lessons from Ladakh 04 Aug 2020 Manish Tewari, the Congress Spokesperson, in his article titled, ‘India-China in 1962 and 2020’ published in the outlook states, ‘The question, therefore, is can CDS—the single point military advisor to the government, 14 Corps Commander, or for that matter even the defence and Prime Minister’s escape from responsibility […]
https://www.amarujala.com/columns/opinion/rafale-aircraft-can-change-the-game?src=top-lead Amid the ongoing crisis arrives the Rafale (English Version) Amar Ujala 30 Jul 2020 The standoff in Ladakh continues and both sides are building forces to match the other. Talks between the military commanders and WMCC (Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Issues) have yet to yield substantial results. There are concerns that the stalemate may […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=351 Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020 From the commencement of his term, Xi Jinping devoted extra energy to build Chinese ‘soft power’. The announcement of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) came as a boon to many nations which were seeking funds to develop. Loans from global financial institutions come after intense study and with strict […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2765097/Kolkata-The-Statesman/28TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 India’s options on the LAC 28 Jul 2020 Two weeks after the meeting between senior army commanders there has still been no major progress in de-escalation. An Indian official stated, ‘There has been no forward movement in disengagement of troops in friction areas along the LAC, including Pangong Tso and Depsang. The overall de-escalation of conflict is a […]
https://usiofindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/USI-Journal-April-June-2020-Issue.pdf Page 166 Creating theatre command to meet our specific conditions USI Journal Apr to Jun 2020 Introduction The mention of theatre commands conjures the US image of large forces moving across oceans capable of launching operations far from their home bases. It also intermingles two major terms, ‘theatres of war’ and theatres of operations’. A theatre of war is […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=347 US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation 22 Jul 2020 China, despite all its theatrics, considers the US as an outright bully, which it currently cannot match upto. It has attempted to separate the bully from others in the neighbourhood, knowing jointly they could challenge Chinese might. It presumed it could break Indo-US strategic partnership […]
Should India thank Pakistan and China Should India thank Pakistan and China 22 Jul 2020 There is no denying the fact that without a strong military and economic base, a nation’s diplomacy is limited. Economic growth is dependent on national security, which apart from securing a nation’s borders also enables economic development. The last few years has witnessed an Indian […]