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  • Hong Kong: Why New Delhi Must Do More
    Kamal Madishetty.    ·   09 Sep, 2020    ·    #5721    ·    Commentary    
    China—amidst widespread international criticism and no letting up of protests on the streets of Hong Kong—implemented the draconian National Security Law (NSL) on June 30. This was done within weeks of the country’s rubber stamp legislatureâ ...
  • More than a Bargaining Chip: Health Diplomacy and India-Taiwan Relations
    Ashutosh Nagda.    ·   31 Aug, 2020    ·    #5717    ·    Commentary    
    With 487 confirmed cases and seven deaths as of 24 August, Taiwan has been a global success in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This success has invited praise and attention to the country’s robust healthcare system, and foregrounded health as a ...
  • The Strategist
    China's Curious Wars
    Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar.    ·   25 Aug, 2020    ·    #5715    ·    Commentary    
    Never to be undertaken thoughtlessly or recklessly wars are to be preceded by measures that make it easy to win. —Sun Tzu, Art of War (Griffith, p 39) The Chinese tradition of warfare differs from contemporary understanding. Instead of fo ...
  • India: COVID-19 and Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health
    Akanksha Khullar.    ·   07 Aug, 2020    ·    #5711    ·    Commentary    
    Due to a wide range of factors, Indian women have historically faced multiple barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care products and services. The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent disruptions have exacerbated these barriers an ...
  • Strategic Space
    Kakrapar: Why Nuclear Power for Electricity Generation?
    Manpreet Sethi.    ·   27 Jul, 2020    ·    #5709    ·    Commentary    
    On 22 July 2020, Unit 3 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS)—India’s 23rd nuclear reactor—attained criticality. At 700 MWe capacity, it is a scaled-up version of earlier variants of pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).It is curr ...
  • India-Indonesia: Expanding Cooperation to Include Defence Industry
    Akash Sahu.    ·   22 Jul, 2020    ·    #5708    ·    Commentary    
    India’s Great Nicobar Island in the Andaman Sea is barely 163 km from the Sabang district of Indonesia’s Aceh province. The geographical proximity of these two large democracies and their strategic locations in the Indian Ocean make them natur ...
  • Indian Nuclear Decision-Making and the Border Standoff with China
    Tanvi Kulkarni..    ·   14 Jul, 2020    ·    #5705    ·    Commentary    
    The 2020 border standoff between India and China marks a tipping point in the bilateral relationship. It brings to an end the Indian illusion that the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China is a ‘disputed but peaceful’ border. As Beijing capi ...
  • India: Beyond the Binary of Whether to Talk to the Taliban
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   10 Jul, 2020    ·    #5704    ·    Commentary    
    In the backdrop of a US-backed negotiated settlement attempt in Afghanistan gaining momentum, the debate on talking to the Taliban has resurfaced in India, particularly through May 2020. There may be some potential advantages India could gain by t ...
  • The India-Nepal Dispute: What, and Why Now?
    Yash Vardhan Singh.    ·   10 Jul, 2020    ·    #5703    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Nepal territorial dispute around the Kalpani-Limpaidhura-Lipulekh trijunction area stems only in part from the ambiguity around the original boundary settlement. The present flare up is a result of a combination of factors: India’s str ...
  • Red Affairs
    COVID-19 and its ‘Low’ Impact on the LWE Movement
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   22 Jun, 2020    ·    #5697    ·    Commentary    
    As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks widespread socio-economic disruption across India, what could be its impact on the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE-affected) theatres? Would the pandemic affect the fighting potential of the extremists? Would it aid the s ...
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