What is China achieving by restructuring its military First Post 02 May 2024 On 31st Dec 2015, the Chinese PLA underwent a most talked about transformation leading to the creation of the Strategic Support Force (SSF). It was supposedly ‘designed to better integrate space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities into PLA operations.’ Rand in a research paper of 2017 […]
Is Ukraine losing the war The Excelsior 02 May 2024 After stalling for months, the US Congress finally approved USD 61 billion military assistance for Ukraine. Of the funds cleared, USD 23 billion will be expended to replenish US military stockpiles, thereby enabling future transfer of war-like stores to Ukraine while 14 billion for the Ukrainian Security Assistance Initiative, […]
Explained: Chinese Restructuring in Defence ETV Bharat 01 May 2024 On 19th April, China announced the termination of the Strategic Support Force (SSF) which had been created with much fanfare by Xi Jinping in 2015 as part of his reforms of the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) and exploited by him to gain his unprecedented third term. The SSF included […]
Western perceptions and Indian realities The Statesman 30 Apr 2024 Writing for The Chatham House, a British thinktank, Dr Bajpaee, mentions, ‘Over the decade that the BJP has been in power, assessments of the country’s democracy have pointed to a downward trajectory, with its democratic principles, including freedom of expression, under strain. At the same time, it is important […]
Might is right and so, Iran is a pariah The Statesman 23 Apr 2024 Under the Vienna convention, embassies of countries are treated as sovereign territories of the nation concerned, not of the host country. The convention defines embassies as ‘buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for purposes of the mission […]
Escalation in the Middle East The Excelsior 23 Apr 2024 Israel had vowed to strike back at Iran for the missile and drone strikes on its soil. It did so last week. It claimed to have targeted the Isfahan province which has an airbase as also Iran’s nuclear plants. When questioned on reports of its retaliation, Israel officially refused […]
German criticism and the Indian market The Excelsior 20 Apr 2024 The German foreign ministry commented adversely on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha in March last year. Its foreign ministry spokesperson mentioned in Berlin, ‘We have taken note of the verdict of first instance against Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi as well as the suspension […]
Why Israel should desist from attacking Iran First Post 17 Apr 2024 Israel struck, Iran retaliated, what next? This is the question which the world is asking. While the Israeli air assault on Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus killed seven military officers, Iran’s retaliation (Operation Truthful Promise) caused partial damage to an air base and injured a child in […]
Pakistan finds international support on Kashmir waning India vs disinformation 16 Apr 2024 The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has lingered since independence. Both nations accuse the other of being in illegal possession of their parts of Kashmir as also perceive solutions to it differently. Pakistan insists on adherence to UNSC resolutions and welcomes third-party mediation, while India, […]
PM spells out India’s position on China The Statesman 16 Apr 2024 In a recent interview to Newsweek, PM Modi, discussing Indo-China relations, commented, ‘For India, relationship with China is important and significant. It is my belief that we need to urgently address the prolonged situation on our borders so that the abnormality in our bilateral interactions can be […]