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WILL CHINA ESCALATE THE LADAKH SITUATION
- May 12, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: China, India
No CommentsWILL CHINA ESCALATE THE LADAKH SITUATION.I had a very long and interesting discussion on the current covid situation in a geopolitical context with Aadi Achint.
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Ladakh didn’t work out for China. It will now drive a wedge between Quad partners
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: China
In the contemporary global geopolitical landscape, China has evoked more fear than hope. It has displayed an impressive capacity for political organisation to pursue its objectives. After nearly three decades of resting hopes on a China that will be a responsible power in the international system, there is now an increased consensus among most Western and Asian powers that a collective approach is necessary to tackle it.
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Seventh Fleet move a reminder that Quad must remain a group of equals, not a US-led posse
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: China, India, Indian Ocean Region
The US Navy’s Seventh Fleet statement of 7 April 2021, after the freedom of navigation operation off Maldives in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone or the EEZ, even if legally valid, and watered down later by the Pentagon Spokesman, was unwarranted and seems indifferent to the sensitive phase in India-US relations.
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India-China border talks: 11th round of talks remained inconclusive
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
- Category: China
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Chinese Communist Party has goals. India needs to have its own, not just respond to aggression
- March 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: China, India, Strategic Affairs
China is yet to respond to the Quad’s joint statement. But one thing is clear, India’s national security strategy must change.
There are glaring dissimilarities in India’s foreign policy stances towards China post the military disengagement in Doklam 2017 and the ongoing one in Ladakh. -
House defence panel must ask 4 key questions — from lower expenditure to pension bill
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence can bring much needed clarity on India’s national security that Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget didn’t answer.
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Defence allocation: Shrinking budget, rising threats
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
FEB 09 2021, 23:31 IST UPDATED: FEB 09 2021, 23:45 IST
Indian Army. Credit: PTI Photo
The realities of the defence budget seem to be blowing in the political wind and, despite claims to the contrary, the allotment for 2021-22 could at best be described as ‘more of the same’. -
LAC Row: Strategic options, post-Ladakh
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
The disengagement process in Ladakh is hopefully the concluding scene of another military episode in India-China relations.
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Guiding the strategic rudder
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
Political guidance for India’s strategic rudder is being tested by China’s Great Power ambitions. In Ladakh, disengagement and de-escalation remain on ice. An eyeball to eyeball confrontation continues, one that is pregnant with possibilities of sudden eruptions that could dwarf the Galwan incident in terms of force exchange and casualties.
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Voting Technology: Time for electoral reforms
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
The possibility of improving the quality of leadership is the redeeming feature of democracy. Declining standards in political probity, the unrepresentative character of the elected legislatures, corrupt practices like electoral bonds are major concerns and call for reform of the electoral system.
