India’s growing global footprints The Excelsior 18 May 2023 Almost every global index, including democracy, human rights, hunger, press freedom etc places India as sinking and in risk of collapsing, yet in reality, the reverse is happening. Foreign governments, including the US, and anti-India global oligarch funded organizations, backed by many Indian haters of the current Delhi dispensation, have […]
Power plays in Pakistan The Statesman 16 May 2023 Battlelines have been drawn in Pakistan. The two warring factions have firmed their strategies and launched their first strikes. Imran Khan backed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and the President, Dr Arif Alvi, is on one side while the government supported by the army chief, General Asim Munir, […]
Pakistan: Protests over Imran Khan’s arrest have broken unquestioned myth of army supremacy FirstPost 11 May 2023 The Pak army has ruled the country officially for over half its existence and from behind the throne for the balance. No government has ever had the freedom to function or take foreign policy decisions, mainly concerning India, Afghanistan, US and China, […]
The battle of Goa The Statesman 09 May 2023 The recently concluded SCO foreign ministers meet was overshadowed by exchanges which took place between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan during the summit as also subsequent press conferences. There was no handshake and no bilateral between them, which was anyway expected. Since the SCO charter does not permit […]
Converting cantonments to military stations The Excelsior 09 May 2023 A government notification of 27th April stated that Yol, a cantonment in Himachal Pradesh, will be the first to be converted into a military station and civilian areas, thus far a part of the cantonment, will be merged with the local municipality. The army would exercise full control over […]
Pakistan foreign policy- between the devil and the deep sea Taaza Khabar News 08 May 2023 The recent US intelligence document leak, on Discord Messaging Platform, revealing memos of communication between Pakistan Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and his deputy foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Kaur, shed light on Pakistan’s foreign policy dilemma. In the memo, Kaur cautions Shehbaz that Pakistan […]
Rawalpindi may lie, but the Pakistani public must realise that troubled ties with India are not feasible Firstpost 07 May 2023 Pakistan journalists, Hamid Mir and Naseem Zehra, stated during a recent TV show that General Bajwa, the former Pak army chief, had, in an informal meeting with journalists, stated Pakistan ‘cannot go to war with India. It is […]
SCO meet throws up unexpected outcomes The Statesman 03 Mar 2023 The SCO defence ministers meet was held in Delhi last week. While the meet was attended by all defence ministers of the organization, less Pakistan (which attended virtually), statements emerging from discussions and bilateral meetings displayed differences between main players of the SCO. There were more accusations than […]
Defence budgets and capability development The Statesman 01 May 2023 The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its latest report listed India as the fourth largest military spender in the world, the leaders being the US, China and Russia, who account for 56% of global defence expenditure. It claimed Indian defence expenditure increased by 6% in 2022 to […]
India-China defence minister’s meeting: New Delhi sends firm message to Beijing on border row India vs disinformation 30 Apr 2023 The Chinese defence minister, General Li Shangfu, visited India for the SCO defence minister’s meet last week. He held discussions with his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh. The statement from the Indian MOD read, ‘The Raksha Mantri categorically conveyed that […]