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Agreement on Disengagement on LAC: A Short, Positive, Step Forward…
Phased, coordinated and verified manner is the operative part of the agreement on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, commencing with the North and South Bank of the Pangong Tso. It was also accepted that there are still some outstanding issues with re
India-China Line of Actual Control: Increasingly Fuzzier…
Though comparisons are odious, Line of Control (LOC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) are chalk and cheese! The Karachi Agreement of 1949 delineated the Ceasefire Line (CFL), following directional paths in the absence of clear landmarks, by demarcati
January 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, LoC, Aksai Chin, LAC, Pangong Tso, salami slicing, Simla Convention, Scarborough Shoal
China’s ‘Helmsman’ and the Game of Monopoly
China looms large on Indian public consciousness driven by cataclysmic COVID-19 virus that caused the global pandemic, aggression in 2020 and continued tense face-off in Eastern Ladakh. At the turn of the new decade three events stand out for mention
Dialectics of Political Aims, Modern War and Victory
The PLA transgressions of 2020 in Eastern Ladakh, the large induction of units and formations that followed brought the PLA and Indian Army face to face, often in a nail-biting situation. The Agreements signed with China over three decades had been l
December 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, LAC, Eastern Ladakh, future war, LOC. PLA transgressions, three warfares
Redefining Two-Front War
On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj Naravane
PLA: Reading Tea Leaves1
Any study of PLA gets hit by the wall of opacity or broad based sources, lacking as it is of military transparency and accountability. Xinhua or People’s Daily or Global Times tend to enjoy official patronage and state the official line in terms of
October 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, CMC, CCP, LAC, Ladakh, corruption PLA, Gen Zhang Yang, peace disease, 1959 Line
The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772
Inflexion in Sino-Indian Relations: Case for Strategic Pragmatism
The new China has shown itself as muscular, aggressive, expansionist and determined to force its way to top of the world stage by vigourously establishing Pax Sinica. China’s in the past three decades has been rapidly growing economically and acc
August 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, QUAD, PLA, BRI, Aksai Chin, COVID-19, LAC, Ladakh, CBMs, Pangong Tso
The ‘Party’ that Controls the Gun!
In analysing the aggression shown by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Eastern Ladakh since May 2020, and the intransigence apparent in the consequent negotiations to return to status quo, it is imperative follow the hierarchy dictating the sam
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