( This is the text of a presentation made by me at a seminar on China at New Delhi on November 27,2008. This incorporates and updates...

The outcome of the Dharamsala conclave of Tibetan leaders in-exile may have relieved the Chinese government and the Communist Party (CCP)...

The Dalai Lama has stated (Dharamsala, 25 October 2008) that he has ‘given up’ on extracting any concessions from Beijing after seven...

The Battle of Stalingrad is considered the bloodiest battle with the largest battlefield casualties in the history of conventional...

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has not forgotten the role of China in exercising pressure on the then President Pervez Musharraf to...

Introductory Observations The Australia factor in the dynamics of the East Asia Strategic calculus cannot be ignored. Strategic analysis...

Of the 15 entities constituting the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (so called because they had the nominal right of...

Members of the Tibetan diaspora all over world observe two important anniversaries. 2. They observe March 10 every year as the Tibetan...

Quoting US officials, the “New York Times” reported as follows on June 20,2008: ” U.S. officials say Israel carried out a large military...

Unless the Chinese authorities have modified the route of the Olympic torch, which is being taken across China, it should be in the...

(Based on the writer’s visit to Shanghai from May 6 to 9,2008, for a discussion on the “Beijing Olympics & Security” ) To be read along...

Since the Tibet unrest began, the stand of the top leadership in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remains one of condemnation of the...

The Olympic torch had an eight-hour successful run around Hong Kong on May 2,2008. It was carried by a relay of 120 local...

Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, Secretary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, issued the following statement at Dharamsala, the headquarters of His...

It is learnt that the Chinese leadership is facing difficulty in controlling the Neo Red Guards, who have let loose an anti-foreigners...

That is what the Chinese wanted. That is what the Government of India gave to them. It did well to give to them what they wanted— an...

Till now, analysts have been talking and writing only of the dangers of cyber-terrorism to States and civil societies. 2. China has, for...

The unrest against the Chinese Government has spread from Tibet to the Muslim majority Xinjiang province of China. Since the beginning of...

“The influence of Christianity and the devotion of their Catholics to the Pope remain as strong as ever. Despite their constant...

The ‘whodunit’ of the Tibetan situation as it has unfolded from early March is still unresolved. The Chinese Government blames it all on...