Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in September 2022 at Samarkand, Uzbekistan resulted in China accepting withdrawal from Gorga-Hot Spring Area (PP-15) on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the…
By Maj Gen Ashok Kumar (Retd)…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)On 15 June 2020, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) backstabbed the Indian Army patrolling team during the Galwan Valley Clash. The whole nation was angry, but the flag-bearers of the India-China Friendship…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)The South China Sea is considered to be one of the busiest waterways in the world and is a significant gateway for trade and merchant shipping. The South China Sea…
By Gp Capt Arvind Pandey (Retd)In the New World Order, Indo-Pacific is emerging as a strategically integrated arena of competition and cooperation. The rise of China; beyond the South China Sea, across the Indian and…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)In September last year, when India assumed the rotational chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, it formally invited all the members to the Foreign Ministers' confabulations. Inevitably, the list of…
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali, SM (Retd)On 27 April 2023, on the sidelines of the SCO Defence Ministers Meeting, the Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in as clear and candid manner as can be told the…
By Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh SharmaChina, the second-largest economy in the world and one of Russia's closest political allies, is possibly the most important component of the political encirclement of Russia that the EU and…
The recently leaked U.S. intelligence documents have an aspect that is overlooked by many — the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF). The leaked top-secret documents reveal a report by…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)From 1st December 2022 to 1st September 2023 the G20 summit will be held by India. The G20, 2023 is India's opportunity to introduce the world to various topics that…
Backdrop When Joshua Kurlantzick coined the term ‘charm offensive’ for China in 2007, it simply referred to China’s use of soft power to improve its global status and image, as…
By Maj Gen (Dr) S B Asthana (Retd)China’s real interest in the mountains is not LAND, it is the WATER. China-India tensions in the Himalayas is shifting from confrontation and sabre-rattling over contested border territory to a…