CMC appointments in China: 20वें केंद्रीय सैन्य आयोग की नियुक्तियों से मिलता संदेश?
Observer Research Foundation: नव नियुक्त सीएमसी नेतृत्व की लाइन-अप इस ओर इशारा करती है कि बढ़ते तनाव और आर्थिक दबाव चीन को क्षेत्रीय...
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What Xi Jinping’s Third Term and CMC Appointments Mean for Taiwan
News18: Some Chinese military scholars and senior US military officials speculate that the Chinese President has directed the PLA to be...
The 20th Central Military Commission appointments – What to make of it?
Observer Research Foundation: The line-up of the newly appointed CMC leadership indicates that the growing tensions and economic pressure...
From the Great Hall, a focus on the PLA
The Hindu: One of the most awaited sections of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s wide-ranging work report was on the Chinese People’s...
Sea Control or Sea Denial: Does India Really Need Another Aircraft Carrier?
News18: There has been an everlasting debate over the past 70 years on sea denial and sea control. Although it is partially ideological,...
Taiwan despatch: A tale of two cities
Hindustan Times: With a standard of living higher than Western Europe and the US, Taiwan is distinct from China in many ways. Suyash...
Explainer: Taiwan, China, and the US — the big picture in the Indo-Pacific
The Indian Express: As China bristles at US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, where do the three countries stand on the...
PLA Turns 95: What Chinese Communist Party Demands From it to be a World-Class Force
News18: Formed in 1927 during the Nanchang uprising as an armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, the PLA has today become a force to...
Book Review: The Long Game by Rush Doshi
Hindustan Times: On changing geopolitical realities and the policies the US needs to adopt to reverse its relative decline vis-à-vis a...
What Does China’s New Aircraft Carrier Say About Its Technology and Strategy
News18: China’s aircraft carriers are not designed for a Taiwan reunification campaign or to have a direct role in a conflict with big...
Learning from the Ukraine conflict
Taipei Times: In the past few years, especially after the 2017 Chinese Communist Party national congress, there have been disturbing...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: China’s Confused India Policy a Reason for LAC Standoff
News18: The Chinese security and foreign policy apparatus looks like it’s confused about whether to alienate India for territorial gains...
PLA Navy @ 73: A Journey from Assassin’s Mace to Safeguarding Overseas Interests
News18: China’s naval capabilities are not only growing quantitatively but also improving qualitatively. The PLA Navy is also developing...
Essay: On how to kiss and ride: A Rookie in Taiwan
Hindustan Times: Learning traditional Chinese is notoriously difficult. Suyash Desai writes of his adventures as he attempts to master...
Book Review: Red Roulette by Desmond Shum
Hindustan Times: An insider account of party corruption in China and of how businessmen managed to use the system to amass vast sums of...
Solomon Islands Deal Alarms Quad
Taipei Times: The Solomon Islands has confirmed that it is drafting a security deal with China after leaked documents indicated that a...
China’s Defence Spending Hides More Than It Reveals; Outstrips Combined Expenses of India, Japan
News 18 : China is many folds ahead of its regional competitors, and it would take a significant jump for the regional actors, including...
Writing from Taiwan: How Taipei Has Reacted to Russian Invasion of Ukraine, What Makes It Anxious
News18 : For Asia, the Russian invasion brings a different set of challenges as it establishes a pattern for a Taiwan invasion campaign...
China’s Next Generation Infrastructure Development in Tibet: Implications for India
Jamestown China Brief: Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Introduction It has been 71 years since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the local...
India No Match to China's Border Infrastructure Development
The Times of India: India and China have been involved in multiple stand-offs on the disputed LAC in eastern Ladakh for the past 18...
चिनी कुरापतींचा 'गृहोद्योग'
Maharashtra Times: भारताच्या सीमाभागात चीनने हजारो घरे बांधली आहेत. यामागे कुरापतखोरी आहे; त्याचप्रमाणे आक्रमक विस्तारवाद आहे. यातील...
The Implications of Mutual Assured Vulnerability for the Indo-Pacific region
Hindustan Times: China’s nuclear modernisation might establish stability in the US-China nuclear dyad. However, it would have a cascading...
Infrastructure Development in Tibet and its Implications for India
Jamestown China Brief : Volume: 21 Issue: 22 Introduction The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Tibet an intrinsic part of...
Book Review: India versus China
Hindustan Times: An attempt to explain how the relationship between the two countries became so fractious despite their periodic attempts...
China’s Border Law: The Why, What & What Next
The Times of India: The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) passed a new law...
चिनी हालचालींचा अंदाज
Maharashtra Times: भारताच्या सीमेवर चीन जे करीत आहे, त्यामागे अनेक वर्षांचा विचार आणि पुढील अनेक दशकांचा वेध आहे. हा विचार केवळ भारतीय...
Book Review: India's South Asia Challenge
Business Standard: Politics and Geopolitics: Decoding India’s Neighbourhood Challenge Author: Harsh Pant Publisher: Rupa Pages: 224...
Explained: Why China Seems to be Building Three Missile Silos
The Indian Express: Satellite pictures have revealed what appears to be an ongoing Chinese project to prepare vast new fields of missile...
Should India Worry about China Conducting Military Exercises in Tibet?
The Times of India: Last week, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted two days and one night, combined armed forces, military...
PLA Turns 94 And More Threatening Than Ever
The Times of India: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army celebrated its 94th founding anniversary on August 1. Formed in 1927, it has...
Book Review: Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest
Hindustan Times: By describing the political landscape leading up to the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, Vijay Gokhale details the...
The Galwan Valley One Year on: What's Changed with China and the PLA?
9Dashline: This month marks the first anniversary of the Galwan Valley clash between China and India, which resulted in the deaths of 20...
How China’s Nuclear Ambiguity Affects India
The National Interest: What China’s nuclear ambiguity means for India is different from that for other nuclear powers such as the United...
How a New Rail Line in China will Pose a Security Challenge to India
Hindustan Times: The Sichuan-Tibet rail link will help China mobilise the 77th Group Army and consolidate its hold on the border defence...
The Problem with China’s New Coastguard Law
Deccan Herald: Three ambiguities within the law merit attention as they could hold the potential for conflict escalation in large part of...
Book Review: Coping with China
Business Standard: China’s rise in the last three decades, especially since Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, has made it a formidable...
PLA SSF: Why China will be ahead of Everyone in Future Cyber, Space or Information Warfare
The Print: The humiliation in the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis and the 1999 bombing of Belgrade embassy compelled China to rework its armed...
4 Lessons for India From China’s October 2019 Military Parade
The Diplomat: China’s October 1, 2019, demonstration of military might bears lessons for New Delhi. With the People’s Republic of China...
Should India be bolder with China?
The Hindu Thread: India could strengthen its diplomatic leverages against China by issuing statements on Xinjiang, Tibet, the South China...
India should Seek ‘Hawkish Balance’ through Quad
Asia Times: Upgrading the Quad to the foreign minister level is a step in the right direction; India should use the grouping for...
Understanding China’s LAC Deployment Capabilities
Deccan Herald: Broadening of the India-China standoff into multiple theatres will present formidable challenges for Chinese forces (with...
The People’s Liberation Army is Strong. But it has Four Weaknesses
Hindustan Times: It hasn’t fought since 1979; it has been corrupt; it lacks skilled personnel; and it has financial issues The People’s...
Is China's Western Theatre Command Confident Enough to Challenge India?
9Dashline In 2013, during the Third Plenum of the18th Central Committee, it was announced by Xi Jinping that China would introduce...
Flashpoints on the Periphery: Understanding China’s Neighborhood Opportunism
The Diplomat: How is China taking advantage of the pandemic to pursue its foreign policy goals? Tensions in China’s periphery have...
Coronavirus Economic Crisis Squeezes China’s Plans to Expand its Navy as it Marks 71st Anniversary
South China Morning Post China has built the world’s largest deployable fleet of vessels, recently pursuing an aggressive naval strategy....
Why WHO Must be Partly ‘Blamed’ For Coronavirus Global Pandemic
The Quint: There are questions on WHO’s role during the initial phase of the outbreak, as the world grapples with a lockdown (with...
Xinjiang in Danger of Severe Covid-19 Outbreak
Asia Times: The conditions in Uighur internment camps risk a high death toll The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19...
India’s Approach to the Indian Ocean Region: From Sea Control to Sea Denial
The Diplomat: Given the budget constraints, the Indian Navy’s approach should change from sea control to sea denial India’s Chief of...
Trump’s India Visit Tightens Defence Ties
Asia Times: India has the opportunity to check China’s rise in the Indo-Pacific region, diversify its weapons import and improve its...
Donald Trump Endorsement: India's Calculated
Deccan Herald: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s indirect endorsement of President Donald Trump for the White House is a calculated risk....
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