https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=351 Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020 From the commencement of his term, Xi Jinping devoted extra energy to build Chinese ‘soft power’. The announcement of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) came as a boon to many nations which were seeking funds to develop. Loans from global financial institutions come after intense study and with strict […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2765097/Kolkata-The-Statesman/28TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 India’s options on the LAC 28 Jul 2020 Two weeks after the meeting between senior army commanders there has still been no major progress in de-escalation. An Indian official stated, ‘There has been no forward movement in disengagement of troops in friction areas along the LAC, including Pangong Tso and Depsang. The overall de-escalation of conflict is a […]
https://usiofindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/USI-Journal-April-June-2020-Issue.pdf Page 166 Creating theatre command to meet our specific conditions USI Journal Apr to Jun 2020 Introduction The mention of theatre commands conjures the US image of large forces moving across oceans capable of launching operations far from their home bases. It also intermingles two major terms, ‘theatres of war’ and theatres of operations’. A theatre of war is […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=347 US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation 22 Jul 2020 China, despite all its theatrics, considers the US as an outright bully, which it currently cannot match upto. It has attempted to separate the bully from others in the neighbourhood, knowing jointly they could challenge Chinese might. It presumed it could break Indo-US strategic partnership […]
Should India thank Pakistan and China Should India thank Pakistan and China 22 Jul 2020 There is no denying the fact that without a strong military and economic base, a nation’s diplomacy is limited. Economic growth is dependent on national security, which apart from securing a nation’s borders also enables economic development. The last few years has witnessed an Indian […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2756681/Kolkata-The-Statesman/21ST-JULY-2020#page/7/2 Resolution with China calls for patience 21 Jul 2020 Nations seek to deter their adversaries from undertaking misadventures by displaying their power to retaliate effectively. Comprehensive national power between nations provides requisite deterrence, exception being nuclear weapon states in which a weaker nation can deter a powerful adversary, North Korea and Pakistan being examples. The next option with nations […]
https://www.aiks.org/aiks-publications/ Non kinetic warfare against China AIKS NAAD Jul 2020 The Chinese incursion into areas claimed by both nations would continue for some time. The Indian armed forces are deployed matching China in force levels at multiple locations in Ladakh. The deployment may be separated by a few hundred meters, but it clearly displays Indian intent of no backing down. […]
India-China de-escalation India-China de-escalation 15 Jul 2020 The Special Representatives (SR) for border talks for India and China, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, spoke on 05 Jul and initiated steps for de-escalation. The steps envisage both sides pulling back sone distance, creating a buffer zone to prevent any physical clash of troops, while suspending patrolling activities temporarily. India continues to […]
https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=332 Indian armed forces need to strategize their future options 13 Jul 2020 The de-escalation process has commenced along the LAC. It would be long drawn, carefully monitored with equal force levels maintained at similar distances. Chinese intentions could again undergo a change, as it occurred in 1962, or a pullback in Ladakh could result in a build up elsewhere […]
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2748388/Kolkata-The-Statesman/14TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 When veterans ask questions 14 Jul 2020 In a recent letter addressed to the President and Prime Minister, 144 veterans have raised multiple issues concerning the current tensions in Ladakh. They have claimed that the incident at Galwan occurred ‘because of failure at one or more levels in the political, civil and military establishments,’ and have demanded an inquiry […]