Dear non-G7 Citizens, You would have seen the cute pictures of the G-7 happy family gathering of democracies at Cornwall on 12th-13th June 2021. The weather held up. Sunbathed beaches were wonderful. We were relieved that Trump who had sp....
Tags : Article , China , Russia , Climate Change , G7 Summit , BRI , Cyber attacks , Vaccines , corporate tax
General While the visible elements of China’s space programme include its launch vehicles, launch sites, satellite systems and Anti-Satellite (ASAT) tests, its military space strategy has never been enunciated through any official docume....
Tags : Article , Senkaku Islands , Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons , Scarborough Shoal , Gaofen , Informatized warfare , Intelligentized warfare , Integrated Network Electronic Warfare (INEW) , Haiyang , Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) , Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) , Co-Orbital Satellites , Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)
Following the footsteps of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhide Suga, South Korean President Moon Jae-in travelled to Washington on the invitation of the US President Joe Biden for a summit meeting on 21 May 2021, wherein both the leaders vowed “pragma....
Tags : Article , Kim Jong-un , Tokyo Olympics , Joe Biden , Moon Jae-in , Six-Party Talks , THAAD , lifting of missile restrictions , international policy and diplomacy , Summit meetings , vaccine partnership , Victor Cha
Anxiety in the leadership echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the possibility of a "colour revolution" in China has transparently risen in the past month or so. While Chinese cadres, including Xi Jinping, have harboured such apprehension....
Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , 20th Congress , Colour Revolution , Ministry of Public Security
It is widely accepted that India and the United States have transformed their relationship in the post Cold War era. In the years from the Clinton administration, both US and India found increasing congruence in the security, economic and politics of....
Tags : Article , Indian Diaspora , WHO , COVID-19 , WTO , Biden , Defence production Act , Indo-US Vaccine Action Programme , UN Forums , Vaccine Alliance
At the time of writing, the Tokyo Olympics are on but there is a strong case for its cancellation in view of the extraordinary situation before it is too late as lives are at stake. The ferocity of the rampaging pandemic shows no signs of ebbing out ....
Tags : Article , Coronavirus , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Yoshihide Suga , Seiko Hashimoto , IOA , super-spreader , Kosuke Takahashi , Taro Kono , Thomas Bach , Sir Keith Mills
Background China’s relations with its Central Asian neighbours have been complicated. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has been crucial for Chinese foreign policy for two reasons. First, the security of its nor....
Tags : Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , SCO , INSTC , Chabahar Port , Kazakhstan , Eurasian Economic Union , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , COVID-19 , China's Belligerence , C+C5 , Afghanistan. Uzbekistan
Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific paradigm and the Quad, there has been a sense of pessimism from the ASEAN about these new developments. The overarching sense is that both the Indo-Pacific and the Quad will upset regional dynamics and ASEAN will....
Tags : Commentary , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , South China Sea , Security , Southeast Asia
Nearly a century old Palestinian movement has its own kaleidoscope of internal dynamic, competition for power and legitimacy even if the sole object of their attention remains the Jewish state of Israel. While Palestinians want their own free soverei....
The recent IISS paper titled “Nuclear Deterrence and Stability in South Asia: Perceptions and Realities” is something of a letdown. Though it contains some nuggets of value such as the assessment that, given the China factor, the conventional arm....