Games China plays The Excelsior 18 May 2022 Xi Jinping, on assuming presidency of China, announced the launch of Belt Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. It was his brainchild and as the absolute monarch of an authoritarian government, it was pushed through employing a ‘whole of China approach.’ Because Xi believed in it, the Chinese government believed in it. […]
Will Afghanistan prove to be Pakistan’s nemesis The Statesman 17 May 2022 The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), battling Pak forces in Waziristan, has in an announcement, warned Pak soldiers that if they do not resign, they would be attacked. Its statement read, ‘Our fight is only in Pakistan where we are at war with Pakistani security forces.’ The Baloch and […]
Is Pak trying to fuel unrest in India India versus disinformation 16 May 2022 A few recent inputs highlight Pakistan’s renewed interest in enhancing terrorist activities in India, not that they had ever ceased. A media report states that the current Pakistan DG ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, is seeking to exploit global reach of Sikh separatists […]
Pak in doldrums: Is ex-PM Imran Khan proving to be nemesis for General Bajwa India versus disinformation 10 May 2022 The ouster of Imran Khan has created a crisis in Pakistan not witnessed for decades. Historically no Pak PM has ever completed a full tenure, though Imran was expected to. His falling with the army and economic collapse of […]
West is driving the world into poverty The Statesman 10 May 2022 TS Tirumuti, India’s permanent representative to the UN stated at the UNSC, last week, ‘The conflict (in Ukraine) is having a destabilizing effect with broader regional and global implications. Oil prices are skyrocketing and there is a shortage of food grains and fertilizers. This has had a […]
Why India needs a Chief of Defence Staff more than ever before First Post 09 May 2022 It has been almost five months since General Bipin Rawat, the erstwhile CDS passed away in a tragic helicopter crash. He was mandated to push the boldest reforms which the Indian armed forces were to implement since independence. The creation of theatre […]
Artillery must not be ignored The Excelsior 09 May 2022 The Washington Post in an article dated 30th Apr, titled, ‘Western artillery surging into Ukraine will reshape war with Russia’, quoted US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking alongside his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand, mentioning that long-range fires will prove ‘decisive’ in the next phase of the war. US, Canada […]
Hair-brained schemes will undermine our defence The Statesman 03 May 2022 Addressing the Rashtriya Raksha University last month, the ex-army chief, General Naravane, stated, ‘Whenever we talk about the armed forces, and whenever we talk about investments and expenditures made for the armed forces, we should see this as an investment — an investment on which you get full […]
Imran may be out but remains a challenge The Excelsior 03 May 2022 The hybrid government in Pak, a mix of political parties with generations of hostility, held together by pressure from the army, coordinated by a nonentity, Fazal-ul-Rehman, has yet to settle in and the sword of Damocles begins to hang above their heads. The Lahore High Court […]
Vital to stop those who exploit our fault lines The Statesman 26 Apr 2022 Recent communal clashes in Jahangirpuri and Khargone were alongside similar, near simultaneous incidents in eight other states. In early April there were communal clashes in Karauli, Rajasthan. The nation had faced violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act and long drawn protests over the farmer’s bill. […]