The current disengagement at Pangong Tso will certainly prove significant if it leads to status quo ante as of March 2020 throughout the Ladakh sector. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement on both floors of parliament about the ‘disengagement’ with China in the Pangong Tso area is commendable for its clarity. Unlike in the past, the …
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The crisis of 2020 in bilateral relations is also an opportunity to address all the issues together, which is perhaps the only way to bring in normalcy in relations with China without compromising Indian interests and priorities. Dr. S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, has espoused the Modi government’s new China doctrine while speaking online at …
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To remain relevant, irrespective of whether one donates for the Ram temple construction, Indians should ask a few questions of the fund collectors. The RSS and its affiliate organizations, including the ruling BJP, have launched the most massive public fund collection drive for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which will be built by …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clearly adept at carrying forward the edifice of foreign policy built by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh regimes. However, his government has not come up with incisive ideas that would be of economic or strategic significance to India. The mounting challenges that India faces on the external front …
The deaths of 20 Indian soldiers in a conflict that should have been avoided is a sign of failure on the part of the Narendra Modi government, but the Prime Minister can still turn this situation around. The brutal killing of 20 Indian soldiers and injuries to an unconfirmed number of soldiers at point 14 …
The developments over the past month are not only unusual but unprecedented, as per most of the strategic thinkers in India. Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) has described the scenario best when he said that India’s fingers have become trapped under Chinese boots. The unresolved border drama between India and China is flaring up …
