Trust deficit remains in India-China ties The Statesman 31 Dec 2024An agreement on resolving the standoff in Ladakh was reached on 21st Oct, just prior to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, paving the way for a PM Modi-Xi Jinping dialogue at the venue. The Chinese readout of the meeting mentioned, ‘President Xi stressed that China-India relations are essentially a […]
Pak plays the double game The Excelsior 26 Dec 2024While officially Pak and China claim that their friendship is ‘Higher than the mountains and deeper than the oceans,’ however there is immense internal rumbling, mainly because the Pak army prefers being closer to the US and distrusts Chinese intent. Just because China is expending billions in the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic […]
The Americans never learn The Statesman 24 Dec 2024The Arab Spring, which began in 2011, was dubbed as the starting point in removal of dictators in West Asia and North Africa. The latest to face this change is Syria where Bashar al-Assad was recently overthrown by a loose rebel alliance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after over fifty years […]
Bangladesh and Pakistan coming closer The Excelsior 19 Dec 2024Since the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina regime by violent student led protests and the installation of the Yunus interim government, the Bangladesh economy is moving downhill as also violence against minorities is testing its relationships with India. Despite the Indian foreign secretary meeting his Bangladeshi counterpart, Touhid Hussain, as also […]
Syria after Assad’s fall The Statesman 17 Dec 2024Syrian rebel forces captured Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family where he has been granted refuge. In just over a week, the Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS), translated into ‘Organization for the liberation of the Levant,’ backed by Turkey, captured the cities of Aleppo, Hama and […]
India and Canada engage in visa battles ETv Bharat 16 Dec 2024The Canadian media outlet, Global News published an article last week titled, ‘Visas have become an Indian foreign interference tool.’ It mentioned that the Indian High Commission and Consulates have denied visas to those linked to the Khalistan movement, including those propagating for Khalistan in Canadian Gurudwaras.It adds that […]
Minorities under threat in Bangladesh The Excelsior 12 Dec 2024Last week, adviser for Information and Broadcasting of the interim government of Bangladesh, Nahid Islam, tweeted that Indian ruling elite and Hindutva forces were ‘engaging in divisive politics and anti-Bangladesh rhetoric.’ He added that student leaders planned setting up a media cell to counter the Indian narrative that fundamentalism was growing […]
Chinese make inroads in India’s neighbourhood The Statesman 10 Dec 2024India and China are competitors in Asia. India is the only country in the region to have halted the Chinese military in its tracks as also refuses to acknowledge the BRI, including in forums where the two nations jointly participate. After protracted negotiations the two nations disengaged in Ladakh. De-escalation […]
Why Xi’s military purge isn’t about corruption bit something more sinister First Post 7 Dec 2024The purge within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in China continues unabated. Latest inputs flowing from Beijing mention that Lin Xiangyan, the commander of its Eastern Theatre Command, committed ‘suicide’. The Eastern Theatre Command’s area of responsibility includes Eastern China, the East China Sea, and […]