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CAN 1996 REPEAT ITSELF IN AFGHANISTAN?
As the US troops prepare to thin themselves out of Afghanistan starting from next year, India has to worry whether 1996 can repeat itself...

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Apr 13, 20134 min read
Talks Between Our PM & Xi Jinping- As seen by Beijing
The PLA Daily of March 29, 2013, has carried the following report on the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and...

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Mar 29, 20134 min read
Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Weave on India
Soon after taking over as China’s new president with a tenure of ten years, Xi Jinping invited selected journalists from BRICS countries...

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Mar 29, 20136 min read
Xi Jinping on Sino-Indian Relations
In his first visit abroad as the President of China since assuming office on March 14, 2013, Mr. Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Russia,...

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Mar 25, 20134 min read
China: External Economic and Financial Relations under the New Leadership
Legendary heroes who mould the destiny of nations rise during years of grave crisis. When they depart, the onus is on ordinary men who...

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Mar 5, 201312 min read
IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN CHINA ON SECURITY AND DEFENCE FIELDS IN THE COUNTRY
The disturbed domestic security environment provided the backdrop to China’s 18th Party Congress held from November 8-14, 2013. It...

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Mar 5, 201317 min read
Viewing China's Pre-Eminence
The emergence of China as an economic super-power, holding its own with, and surpassing, the US, is now taken for granted. However, both...

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Mar 5, 20133 min read
Science and Technology in China: Implications and Lessons for India: An Overview
While talking about “Science & Technology in China – Implications & Lessons for India – an overview”, my mind goes back by about 40-50...

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Feb 20, 201317 min read
China’s Dams in Tibet-Qinghai Plateau: Unwarranted Indian Anxiety
Of late the Indian electronic and print media has raised a great hue and cry about China building three more dams, namely Dagu, Jiacha...

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Feb 15, 20139 min read
The Continuing Tibetan Tragedy
As in previous years, the Tibetans are not celebrating their New Year’s Day this year too which falls this month. 2.Tibetans in the...

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Feb 11, 20132 min read
India-China Ties Under New Chinese Leadership
China, which already has a new party leadership since the Party Congress in November last, will be having a new State leadership from...

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Feb 4, 20135 min read
TIANANMEN SQUARE & VIJAY CHOWK STUDENT PROTESTS- Letter to The "Global Times"
To The Editor, “Global Times” Beijing. Sir, I read with interest a commentary by Lin Xu, in your edition of December 30,2012, making...

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Jan 2, 20133 min read
Navy chief was right. China is causing concern
“No other subject has caused so much concern as China’s unilateral and unfriendly steps” – Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi At a time when...

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Dec 21, 20123 min read
MALDIVES’ RELATIONS WITH INDIA & CHINA
The decision of the Government of President Mohammad Waheed of the Maldives to terminate the contract given to a consortium headed by an...

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Dec 15, 20124 min read
PLA AIR FORCE’S MESSAGE TO INDIA & JAPAN?
The PLA Daily carried the following report on December 7,2012: “The Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently...

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Dec 11, 20125 min read
BEGUM ZIA’S INDIA VISIT AND BANGLA POLITICS
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khalida Zia’s India visit in October-November stirred political discourses on how...

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Dec 1, 20125 min read
FIFTY YEARS AFTER 1962
The October 1962 Chinese attack on India was remembered with a slew of articles in the media looking not so much at what China did, but...

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Oct 30, 20126 min read
1962 DEFEAT AND THE LESSONS LEARNT
That complacency in Geo politics could be disastrous and today’s friend could be tomorrow’s foe. There is no such thing as altruism in...

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Oct 22, 20123 min read
ABILITY TO READ & UNDERSTAND ADVERSARY’S MIND & MESSAGE
The ability to read and understand the adversary’s mind and message is a vital component of strategic decision-making. When decisions...

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Oct 15, 20129 min read
SHRI BRAJESH MISHRA—AN ASSESSMENT
Brajesh Mishra, who was National Security Adviser to Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee between November 1998 and May 2004, passed away on the...

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Oct 1, 201218 min read
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