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Jun 6, 20105 min read
President Patil's China Visit- Looking Through the Bamboo Curtain
The Chinese can be very gracious in form when they want. They are aware that in India, the President is only the titular head of the...
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Jun 4, 20104 min read
Obama: A Relook at India
Imparting greater importance to the USA’s strategic relations with India without adding to the unease of China and Pakistan—- that has...
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May 29, 20104 min read
Insurgent (Maoist?) Attack on Passenger Train
At least 76 railway passengers are reported to have been killed in an incident attributed to the Maoists in the West Midnapore District...
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May 25, 20105 min read
Dr.Manmohan Singh- Illusions Towards Pakistan & Excuses for Non-Action Against Maoists
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, addressed a press conference on May 24, 2010, to mark the completion of one year of his second...
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May 16, 20107 min read
Indian Dependence on Chinese Equipment & Technology
The Pakistan Railways is reportedly facing a crisis because of the unserviceability of 32 of the 69 locomotives bought from a Chinese...
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May 11, 20107 min read
Nepal: What Now ?
Late in the afternoon of May 07, the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) decided call off their indefinite strike to bring down the...
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May 9, 20104 min read
Security Focus on Huawei in India
There has been an increasing focus by the Indian counter-intelligence agencies on the expanding presence, activities and business of the...
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Apr 26, 201011 min read
China's Cyber Capability
With technology, especially communications technology, making rapid advances in the past few decades, communications and wireless...
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Apr 14, 20108 min read
Redefining India's Policy in Post-War Sri Lanka
There was some thought about titling this presentation as “Fashioning a New Policy Towards Sri Lanka”, till I remembered that there are...
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Apr 11, 20105 min read
Is China Sympathetic to the Communist Party of India(Maoists)?
Reports with a bias in favour of the Communist Party of India-Maoists (CPI-Maoists), which stands banned in India, have been appearing...
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Apr 7, 201017 min read
Asian Security Environment and Choices for India
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS The global security environment and the global strategic calculus are in a state of dynamic transformation....
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Apr 3, 20104 min read
India: Caught Between China & the Deep Sea
On April 1,2010, India and China embarked on a six-month programme to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic...
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Mar 31, 20108 min read
How Much can Sino-US Relations Freeze?
Sino-American relations have always been a roller – coaster ride. Henry Kissinger made his famous breakthrough with Mao Zedong in 1971...
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Mar 12, 20105 min read
The Maoist Insurgency in India
Given below are my replies to a set of questions on the Maoist insurgency in India e-mailed to me by a journalist of a Brazilian online...
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Feb 21, 20105 min read
China's India Signals-Listen But Verify
While sections of the Indian media reported the recent successful test of Agni-III nuclear capable missile (range 3,500 km) in terms of...
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Feb 4, 20109 min read
Can India and Bangladesh Create a Win-Win?
With the expected noise, both positive and negative over Prime Minister Sk. Hasina’s visit (Jan.10-13) reducing in decibels, it is time...
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Feb 3, 20103 min read
China:Encouraging Public Clamour, But Avoiding Over-Reaction by State
In their reaction to the decision of President Barack Obama to go ahead with the sale of a new arms package to Taiwan, the Chinese...
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Feb 1, 20105 min read
China Confused & Outraged by Obama's Google & Taiwan Cards
At a time when Chinese officials and non-Governmental analysts have been highly confused by the unusually strong line taken by Mrs.Hilary...
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Jan 28, 20109 min read
America's Counter Terrorism Diplomacy and Pak Military's Doctrine of "Perpetual Confl
On an official visit to India, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates announced loudly that India’s patience on (Pakistan based) terrorist...
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Jan 27, 20105 min read
Chinese Cyber Snooping & Disruption
In recent months, there has been considerable focus—-rightly so— on Chinese cyber snooping and disruption. The intensified debate on...
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