Written by Vengalil Venugopal
A standoff in the Indian Ocean, between the navies of India and China, has increasingly been predicted by analysts as a likely military scenario. The context most often cited would see it develop from a limited conflict, where border skirmishes escalate into a maritime standoff in the littorals of South Asia.
Read MoreWritten by Niranjan Marjani
India’s border disputes with Nepal and China have previously been bilateral in nature. But in the current circumstances, these disputes have assumed a much more complex character owing to China's ambitions.
Read MoreWritten by Uday Bakhshi
The power struggle between the NLD and the Tatmadaw is a major source of political instability in Myanmar. At the crux of this is the 2008 military-drafted constitution, which allows the Tatmadaw to appoint 25 per cent of the members of the bicameral Assembly of the Union, effectively giving it veto powers.
Read MoreWritten by Abhishek Mishra
The African continent increasingly occupies a central place in India’s strategic calculus. While India and Africa’s trade, investment, and capacity building initiatives are growing, it is the maritime-security partnership where ties are set to evolve.
Read MoreWritten by Gaurav Sen
Nuclear weapons rather than serving as deterrence or moving the conflict below the threshold of conventional war, have instead only brought further instability to South Asia. If India and Pakistan do not practice restraint, then fear of war will feed into South Asia's economic milieu, as investors and tourists flee potential hostilities.
Read MoreWritten by Paras Ratna
Recent escalation with India highlights the fact that, for many, China has long abandoned the “peaceful rise” approach. In fact, China’s external relations can be seen to have come a full circle from Deng Xiaoping’s “hide your strength” to Xi Jinping’s “strive for achievement”
Read MoreWritten by Akriti Vasudeva
The ongoing standoff underscores the unraveling of the logic that has undergirded India-China ties since the late 1980s and early 1990s—i.e. if the two sides kept the border dispute divorced from the broader relationship, they could build stability and cooperation, which would in turn help resolve boundary issues.
Read MoreWritten by Yatharth Kachiar
The recently signed deal gives Abdullah Abdullah, a Tajik, authority to head the the peace process in Afghanistan. Ashraf Ghani retains his post as president but Abdullah has the authority to appoint fifty per cent of new cabinet, including key ministries.
Read MoreWritten by Indrajit Roy
In the past 12 months, India’s parliament, the Lok Sabha, adopted a number of laws delivering on the electoral promises made by Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. But their approach to governing has worrying parallels.
Read MoreWritten by Gulraiz Iqbal
In late March 2019, India announced to the world the shoot down its own satellite, in a move to test its anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) capabilities in an operation dubbed ‘’Mission Shakti’’. Marking the test, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that New Delhi had joined the elite club of space faring nations.
Read MoreWritten by Tuneer Mukherjee
China has increased its footprint in the Indian Ocean Region by weaving together a patronage network in the Indian Ocean littoral countries. China has undertaken massive port projects in countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, under its 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
Read MoreWritten by Ian Hall
There can be little doubt that what just happened in the Galwan River Valley constitutes the biggest test yet faced by Narendra Modi’s government. Modi’s options are, however, constrained.
Read MoreWritten by Rushali Saha
A recent statement by India’s Army Chief accused Kathmandu of acting at the behest of others, a fairly direct reference to China. Remarks not taken well by Nepalese civil society. As Nepal struggles to balance India and China, another actor also seeks greater influence in the Himalayas: the United States.
Read MoreWritten by Shreyas Deshmukh
Over the last two decades, the Pakistani military has launched 10 major operations in the Pashtun Tribal belt to eradicate terrorist organisations and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Read MoreWritten by Ankit K
This year marks 22 years of Pakistan’s overt nuclearisation. Since its first weapon tests in May 1998, Pakistan’s nuclear programme is ever-growing, both in numbers and in variety.
Read MoreWritten by Manali Kumar
India’s economy was already in a downward spiral long before the lockdown. The domestic economy has desperately needed reform and stimulation for years, but the Modi administration’s policies have failed to deliver time and time and again.
Read MoreWritten by Vengalil Venugopal
Considering the importance of the Indian Ocean to China’s economic growth, the strategy undertaken by Beijing has been to build duel use infrastructure, capable of hosting both civillian and military vessels at different locations across the Indian Ocean region.
Read MoreWritten by Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The situation on the Sino-Indian border is unclear, however if China has indeed built roads and checkposts beyond the Line of Actual Control, India faces a fait accompli. New Delhi faces the choice of either escalating or accepting the new reality on the ground.
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