China’s defence budget will boost Xi’s agenda
The 8.1% increase, or US$175 billion budget, is higher than in the previous two years. As anticipated and to...
Maldives turbulence impacts India’s strategic space
At a time of increasing competition for strategic space especially in the Indo-Pacific region, political uncertainty and social instability in...
Xi imprint on PLA delegates to the party’s 19th Congress
Chinese President and Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping’s imprint is clearly visible on the list of the 253 delegates selected...
Doklam ushers in uneasy phase in India-China ties
With the disengagement of military personnel at Doklam on 28 August 2017, tensions have temporarily receded, including in the region....
Xi Jinping all set to promote loyalists at 19th Party Congress
Since his appointment by the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 2012 as General Secretary of...
China supports Pak, defeats own counter terror effort
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones, is an old saying that wise people keep in mind....
China’s Communist Party is worried about rise of Buddhism
Indications over the past few months hint at a degree of nervousness in some quarters within the Chinese Communist Party’s...
PM Modi’s visit gives substance to India-Japan relations
India and Japan share a unique relationship that dates back over 1,400 years and where Buddhism has been a deep,...
India’s new strategic policy towards Pakistan is bold
The strike in the early hours of 30 September, by India’s special forces para-commandos on five-sevem launch pads between 0.5...
India will have to tackle Pakistan on its own
The attack on the Army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September, by terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed...
Tibet gets new Chinese party secretary
On 28 August 2016, soon after the annual conclave of senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders at the Beidaihe seaside...
‘China’s stance makes cooperation on counter terrorism difficult’
The increase in activities of international terrorist groups in areas of China’s specific interest like Afghanistan and Pakistan and their...
China, Taiwan assert claim over Taiping
At this juncture, when Taiwan is in the delicate transitional phase of transfer of power from the Kuomintang (KMT) to...
China decides on issue of Dalai reincarnation
China’s communist regime very recently moved to dispel any lingering doubts as to Beijing’s future course of action on the...
