China’s Strategy

Israel’s balancing act that allowed it to reap America’s unconditional and, often, blind support, while slowly benefiting from China’s growing economic influence and political prestige, is already floundering. Thanks to the heated cold war between the US and Chinese economic superpowers, the Israeli strategy of playing both sides is unlikely…

There is a disturbance in the force. A return to great-power competition requires an understanding of the competition continuum. Generals want a new breed of officer that is able to generate global campaign plans and propose operations, activities, and investments that compete with and deter rivals while reassuring partners and…

George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week after a police officer used brutally excessive force to arrest him. It was the latest in a string of high-profile cases nationwide in which citizens, most of them African Americans, died from reckless police force. Once again, protests over police brutality turned…

War is both timeless and ever changing. While the basic nature of war is constant, the means and methods we use evolve continuously. Actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation’s computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption can be termed as cyber warfare. Strategic cyber-attacks…

George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week when a police officer used brutally excessive force to arrest him. It was the latest in a string of high-profile cases nationwide in which citizens, most of them African Americans, died from reckless police force. Once again, protests over police brutality turned…

China Power | Diplomacy | East Asia Amid U.S. retrenchment, China rises as an alternative for South America – even amid the pandemic. Colombia’s President Ivan Duque, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pose for journalists before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 31, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Andy…

Indian and Chinese troops have been involved in border skirmishes in Sikkim and Ladakh recently. (PTI image for representation) Tashi Namgyal Yakzee, the councillor of Durbuk based in Shyok village, says there is panic in villages across his constituency because of heavy troop movement at night. CNN-News18 Last Updated: May…

The threat of “war” and the context make it obvious that Xi Jinping demands both domestic and global attention. In Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro’s black comedy Wag the Dog, a war was fabricated to turn public attention away from a presidential sex scandal. So why are we talking…

Indian troops in Ladakh (File photo)   |  Photo Credit: IANS New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and three service chiefs on Tuesday and reviewed the ground situation in Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese trops are locked in a face-off.…

Home / India News / Government should come clear on Ladakh standoff with China: Rahul Gandhi Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged the government to come clean on the border standoff with China, saying there should be transparency on the issue.“What we would like to see is some…