By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times This year marks the tenth year of the People’s Republic of China’s $1.4 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xi Jinping’s ambitious project to connect Asia, Africa, and Europe, a supposed ‘21st century silk road.’ However, the project is viewed with […]
By N. C. Bipindra for EurAsian Times The democratic world is bracing for the possibility of Communist China emerging as a global superpower dislodging the United States to take the top slot or at least rise as one of the two poles in geopolitics. As this reality hits […]
By Dr S. Jaishankar We are all here virtually to remember Manohar Parrikar, who would have turned 65 years old today. It is natural for us to express our feelings and recall our associations. I myself had the opportunity of working with him as Foreign Secretary. Quite apart […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan Indian Army‘s Record Office Indian Embassy (ROIE) in Kathmandu is a unique organisation, and is the only Indian Army […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan At the time of Independence in 1947, there were 10 Gorkha Regiments in the Indian Army. Although Pakistan also […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan The 1950–1951 invasion of Tibet by the People’s Liberation Army resulted in significant changes in the Chinese relationship with […]
(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-based think-tank) By Colonel (Dr) N. K. Chhibber The Great Game conceptualised a policy of “buffer zones between the expansionist forces”, in the instant case Russia and British India. Russian southward expansion was intended to be halted somewhere […]
New Delhi: India and Nepal are two nations with one people and for this reason alone, both sides should work on resolving their differences, including the border row, through talks, and work towards a positive transformation in ties, leading experts from both the nations have said. They were […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Russia, a trustworthy old friend, has backed India in the bitter face off with China along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. The support is significant for New Delhi as it has come ahead of the crucial BRICS meeting to be […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Bhartendu Kumar Singh Despite relative peace on the Sino-Indian border since 1962 (disturbed occasionally, like the Galwan Valley incident), war probabilities often cloud […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India today called China‘s bluff on border peace between the two nations, saying the mutually agreed disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh was not yet complete. “There is some progress but the process of disengagement is not yet […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Locked in a bitter border dispute with India along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, China has reached out to Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan in a bid to woo them to its side in this conflict with India that is now […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: An expansionist China has now picked up a fresh border dispute with Himalayan nation Bhutan in an apparent attempt to target India with whom the Asian giant has been locked in a bitter military conflict eastern Ladakh since May. The problem started in […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. The writer is a Defence.Capital reader. For her other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Uma Sudhindra “Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As the world economies, shaken by COVID-19, look to relocate their manufacturing facilities from China, India today urged the member-states of a Bay of Bengal regional group to seize the opportunity to drive the industry shift to the region. “The shock of the […]
