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Xi Jinping Tightens his Grip on the Security Apparatus
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Moving rapidly after the 20th Party Congress (October 6-12, 2022) approved his policies and endorsed him for a third term, Chinese President Xi Jinping has over the past year and a half further tightened his grip on the Party, the People's Liberation....

March 09, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Politburo , CCP , Party Congress , Ministry of Public Security , two establishments
Xi Jinping’s Leadership Appears to be Facing Opposition
Jayadeva Ranade Article

From the time Xi Jinping made his ambition for a third term clear, and for months before the 20th Party Congress (October 6-12, 2022), China’s official media has been publishing a series of articles highlighting the importance of safeguarding Xi Ji....

March 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , CDIC , two safeguards , rectification campaign
Xi Jinping Preparing to Initiate another ‘Party Rectification’
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Since Chinese President Xi Jinping withdrew the stringent zero-Covid restrictions overnight and eased the campaign against China’s tech platforms, there has been considerable speculation in the international media to suggest that Xi Jinping had bee....

February 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , Party Central Committee , two establishments , two safeguards , four consciousness , rectification campaign
Imperatives for Reconsideration of the Armed Forces Doctrines
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Modern warfare dictates different Services and indeed different components of national power to be brought together intelligently to achieve unity of command and unity of effort. Modern warfare is also extremely complex, and no two wars can be stated....

February 20, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , China , Article , China , CDS , Air dominance , Joint Doctrine , Service specific doctrines , Theatre Commands
US-Philippines Base Deal aimed to Check China
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
The Philippines is on a diplomatic overdrive. There seems to be cracks in the ASEAN unity. The 10-member bloc is not in the same page on a host of issues. Cambodia is suspected to have succumbed to the Chinese temptation of e....

February 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , ASEAN , military base , SDF , Spratly Islands , Palawan , medium-range missiles , VFA , EDCA , Marcos Jr.
China’s Systemic Mistreatment of its Religious Minorities
Rakshith Shetty Article

The Middle Kingdom and Its War against Religion: A Historical Perspective
When speaking to military students at Nankai University in 2013, Chinese professor Ai Yuejin said the following: “Do you know what the foundation for our nati....

February 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Buddhism , Dalai Lama , religion , Demography , Tibet , Xinjiang , Human Rights , Hans
Disentangling the Perceptions of ‘Grey Zone Warfare’!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

One of our most serious problems today is defining what war is. Historically, war and warfare have rigid definitions, and national security and military doctrines, the capabilities and structures are designed to respond to those definitions. Wars wer....

February 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Sun Tzu , no war no peace , Grey Zone warfare
China in the Cyber Domain
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

China is developing cyber capacities in pursuit of its economic, political and strategic objectives. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China differs considerably from its Western counterparts in its approach to cyber and network operations. It ....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , China , PLA , Book Published , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , China Cyber-Influence , cyber domain
India China Border Dispute Packets of Information to Continuous Spectrum
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

China Factor: A Seven Decades Old Dispute Debated on Packets of Information
In recent times - especially after the Galwan incident of 15 June 2020, Sino Indian border dispute is the most intensely debated topic in Indian media. The cont....

January 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Aksai Chin , Sino-India border disputes , Depsang Plains , Annexation of Tibet , Kongka incident
China’s New Central Military Commission

China unveiled its new military leadership the day after the 20th Party Congress concluded on October 23. The composition of the new Central Military Commission (CMC), each of whose members is a hand-picked loyalist of Chinese President Xi Jinping, s....

January 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Xi Jinping , CMC , PLA , Eastern Theatre Command , Military Commission
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