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  • Li Keqiang’s Visit to India: What Promise does it Portend?
    Rajaram Panda.    ·   18 May, 2013    ·    #3935    ·    Commentary    
    The Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang who assumed office in March is arriving in India from May 19 to 21 as part of his first round of overseas visits after becoming Prime Minister. He also travels to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. He clubbed ...
  • IPCS Discussion: Deciphering China's Endgame
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary.    ·   16 May, 2013    ·    #3934    ·    Commentary    
    Jayadeva Ranade The Defence White Paper issued by the People’s Republic of China in 2013 is the latest in a series of these official documents first published in 1998. It is a declaratory unveiling of the capacities and intentions of the sta ...
  • Chinese Incursion in Ladakh: Local Perspectives
    Zainab Akhter.    ·   15 May, 2013    ·    #3932    ·    Commentary    
    Although India and China have decided to end the standoff in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), for the people of the region, the incursions in the border area are not a new occurrence. They have been witness to such activities for a lo ...
  • India, China and the Brahmaputra: Understanding the Hydro-politics
    Roomana Hukil.    ·   09 May, 2013    ·    #3925    ·    Commentary    
    The 'essentially run-of-the-river' assurances made by China to India over Asia's greatest transnational water resource - the Brahmaputra River; has created more hue than cry. China's geopolitical assertions leave India with limited ...
  • Intrusion in Ladakh: Who Will Blink First?
    Chiranjib Haldar.    ·   09 May, 2013    ·    #3922    ·    Commentary    
    Is India trying to redefine realpolitik and leave the task of sabre rattling to the media and strategic experts after three indecisive flag meetings with the Chinese? If New Delhi foresees airstrip designs in Chinese tents across the Reki Nala in e ...
  • Dragon in Ladakh: Deciphering Chinese long term interests
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   09 May, 2013    ·    #3921    ·    Commentary    
    Fortunately, the standoff in Ladakh over the Chinese intrusion in the DBO sector ended without any military show down between the two countries. But is this the end of story? Does this mean, there such instances will not be repeated in the future, an ...
  • Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference 2013: China’s Strategic Nuclear Posture
    Vijay Shankar.    ·   07 May, 2013    ·    #3919    ·    Commentary    
    What would appear to have passed muster is China’s incremental transformation of the idea of a nuclear weapon; from one whose power lay in its non-use and which had enjoyed thus far, an admittedly, puerile yet tolerable and stable relationshi ...
  • India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: Strengthening the Risk Reduction Measures
    Salma Malik.    ·   06 May, 2013    ·    #3918    ·    Commentary    
    It is inherent in the nature of India and Pakistan that all problems and issues become intertwined and the simplest can affect the most complicated and vice versa. The latest, and now widely trending, issue in this spat is the death at the hands of ...
  • Intrusion in Ladakh: Why China had better stand down?
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary.    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3916    ·    Commentary    
    Beijing's recent manoeuvres on its land borders with India reveal a deeper malaise in the heart of Chinese decision-making. The more China imposes the ‘hide your strength-bide your time' maxim on itself, the more anxious it grows to a ...
  • North Korea and East Asia: An Evolving Art of War
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary.    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3915    ·    Commentary    
    The prize question of the season in Northeast Asia– when will Kim Jong-un pull the trigger? South Korea seems to be keeping its cool for an unnaturally long time; China does not appear compelled to choose sides; the US has not backed down fro ...
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