Does Indian foreign policy need a rethink? 29 Jan 2021 Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in UK stated in a recent report, ‘While giving India the attention it deserves, the UK government needs to accept that gaining direct national benefit from the relationship, whether economically or diplomatically, will be difficult.’ It questions India’s diplomatic policies by stating, […]
Closure of cantonment boards are necessary 26 Jan 2021 In a recent move, the PMO tasked the MoD for compiling responses from all 62 cantonment boards within the country on their views on closing cantonments and merging civilian areas under them with civic bodies, a demand from civilian residents. Responsibility of running cantonment boards is of the Indian Defence […]
The changing global narrative and its impact on India Chanakya Forum 25 Jan 2021 Introduction The world is shaped by events and incidents. These change global narratives in the near and intermediate future. 2020 was dominated by few major events. These include the COVID 19 pandemic, worsening US-China relations, Chinese wolf warrior diplomacy and aggressiveness, a desire of European nations […]
South Asia has always faced a power struggle of influence between India and China. China, in its bid to consolidate its string of pearls, has sought to win over India’s neighbourhood through multiple means. It interfered directly in internal affairs of Nepal after investing in the country through the China-Nepal economic corridor (Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network), claimed Bhutanese territory, provided […]
Farce behind Pak’s FATF actions The Excelsior 21 Jan 2021 Pakistan goes into sleep mode on actions against global terrorism immediately after Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meetings. As the next review appears, its courts and security agencies move on an overdrive sentencing terrorists and locating those which it has declared as missing. All these actions, just prior to […]
Skirmishes on global vaccine battlefield 19 Jan 2021 As COVID 19 rampaged the globe, nationalism rose to the fore. Countries transited in reverse from globalization to isolationism. Nations closed their borders, blocked movement of people, equipment and medicines. Pharmaceutical industries were employed to first serve domestic sectors prior to being utilized to boost diplomatic and economic gains. The provision […]
Return of Kashmiri Pundits NAAD Jan 2021 It has been 31 years since Kashmiri Pundits were forced out of the valley. The hint that the situation is changing began around mid-eighties with the hanging of Maqbool Bhat and the opening of Babri Masjid for Hindu’s. The rigged elections of 1987 were the icing on the cake. It witnessed the […]
Approach towards Kashmir in 2021 The Excelsior 14 Jan 2021 The year 2020 commenced with the UT under the spoke of security forces as a fall out of abrogation of article 370. COVID 19 restrictions added to those already prevalent in the region. Senior politicians, representing major political parties, remained under detention, to be released in turn as the […]
Disabled officer cadets deserve better support 12 Jan 2021 Joining the armed forces is a calling. An article in The Print of 24 March 2020 states, ‘According to available data, approximately 4 lakh people apply for NDA exams every six months, of whom approximately 400 are finally selected, which is 0.1 per cent of the total applicants.’ With a […]
Chinese interference in South Asia The Excelsior 08 Jan 2021 Recent reports indicate that Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) has busted a 10-member Chinese module operating a terror cell in Kabul. Since the incident came to light, China had been pressing the Afghan government to hush up the case and prevent it from causing global embarrassment. These individuals […]