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Consecration of China’s ‘New Period’ People’s Liberation Army
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

A Home Run of Military Modernisation At the dawn of Year 2016, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) officially promulgated the commencement of the final phase of restructuring of its apex setup for management of national defence as well a....

May 06, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , PLA , Republic of China , People’s Liberation Army
China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Old String with New Pearls?
Commodore Gopal Suri

China and the Indian Ocean Region China has been incessantly increasing its footprint in the Indian Ocean in the past decade by undertaking port infrastructure projects, managing and running ports, gaining port access for naval platforms, a....

May 03, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Indian Ocean , Maritime Silk Road
Corridor Calculus China Pakistan Economic Corridor & China's Comprador Investment Model in Pakistan
Sushant Sareen

I. A DONE DEAL Soon after the PPP formed the government in 2008, President Asif Zardari put forward a very ambitious proposal costing around $60 billion for around 70 mega projects to Pakistan's Western donors who had formed the Friends 1 o....

April 22, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , CPEC , Monograph
China-One Belt and One Road Initiative: Strategic & Economic Implications
Prof Gautam Sen

Abstract “The India-China relationship is likely to be the most complex, perhaps the most competitive relationship between two of the world's mega-states in the twenty-first century. Their cooperative interactions will be edgy and formal,....

April 19, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , India-China relations , Monograph
चीन के साथ नेपाल की रणनीतिक संधि
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

नेपाली प्रधानमंत्री केपी शर्मा ओली की हालिया 20 से 27 मार्च के बीच हुई चीन यात्रा के दौरान नेपाल न�....

April 18, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Chinese Submarines for The Bangladesh Navy An Assessment
Commodore Gopal Suri

The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in December 2015, announced that ‘two submarines would be added to Bangladesh Navy by the middle of the next year’, i.e., 20161. The Prime Minister was speaking at the passing out parade of ....

April 13, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Bangladesh , Chinese Submarines , Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Have The Chinese Core Interests Increased?
Ashish Sirsikar

Preface The term “Core Interests” caught the world’s attention in the early part of the present century on account of China repeatedly using this term on varied occasions in different contexts. While initially, the Chinese only spoke of....

April 11, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Core Interests
Interaction with China’s Ambassador to India H.E. Le Yucheng

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted outgoing Chinese Ambassador H.E. Le Yucheng for a farewell cum interaction on India-China relations on 05 April 2016. A few of India’s leading strategists associated with the VIF, including seni....

April 07, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , CPEC , China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , Pakistan Occupied Kashmir , Jaish-e-Mohammad , Le Yucheng
Growing Muscle of PLAAF
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Steady Growth. Although some signs of a somewhat waning economy are now visible in China (economic growth rate sliding down from 10.5% in 2010 to 7.4% in 2014) she has experienced a steady growth cycle for the past two decades, catapulting the....

March 11, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , PLA , Chinese Military , PLAAF , People’s Liberation Army , PLAN
Upgraded Sino-Pak Relationship Increases Pressure on India
Jayadeva Ranade

At times individual events irreversibly change the dynamics of regional geopolitics and texture of bilateral relations. Xi Jinping’s well publicised two day (April 20-21, 2015) visit to Pakistan, barely three weeks prior to Indian Prime Minister Na....

March 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , PM Modi , Sino-Pak Relationship , President Xi Jinping
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