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As Xi Jinping was getting ready to take over power from Hu Jintao, he was also bringing about another change [https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-big-bet-soft-power] to the entire geopolitical strategy that China was to follow. The focus on soft power. The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The Libya war is raging as we speak. The oil rich country is now in a big mess. And, it is becoming the main war theater in the Middle-East along with Syria. The way the geopolitical chess is being played, this promises to be another Afghanistan. Read Af-Pak historical account
I watched interaction of India’s Foreign Minister. Jaishankar at the Council for Foreign Relations held in New York with delight. India has always needed a representative who is suave, confident, incisive and yet aggressive. Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar is one such person. #JaishankarDemolishesPakistan [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=
Rema Rajeshwari and Dr Suneem Khan share an interesting perspective via their post ‘Fake News, the 21st century Insurgency [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/khaki-dairies/fake-news-the-21st-century-insurgency/] in their Khakhi Diaries blog on the Times of India. They talk about influence operations. It is a term for propaganda in the digital
One of the feature of the first term was his aggressive foreign tours. Many in the opposition criticized those tours without having any context of their importance. Let us understand one such trip. How Modi’s visit to Middle East turned around one of biggest geopolitical losses to China that
World is going through a big turmoil situation. And at the center of this turmoil is the situation in Europe. As Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, battles the full impact [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/theresa-may-leadership-vote.html] of the fissures and differences in the country
Republicans opponents initially started off an “oppositonal research” on Donald Trump by hiring an MI6 agent who had been in Russia in the 1990s and had strong connections there even now. After the GOP primaries, the funding of the effort was then taken up by Democrats. What that led to
Trump is unraveling and the meltdown has begun to accelerate.Time magazine [http://time.com/4447985/inside-donald-trump-meltdown/] has covered this as the main story now. 5 Reasons Why Trump Is a Danger to US and the World #TrumpTrain #HillaryClinton [https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%
London has a Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan. And, the Republican Party’s preumptive nominee Donald Trump in the US has called for a ban on all Muslims from coming to the US. So someone asked Trump as to what will happen if Khan comes calling to the US? An exception
The Indian space flight workhorse PSLV-C33 shot off on its 35th flight to launch India’s 7th navigational satellite – a 1425 kg IRNSS-1G satellite, part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The launch was into a sub geosynchronous transfer orbit with a perigree (nearest point to earth) of
When Retd General GD Bakshi broke down in a debate about pride and flying of the Indian Tricolor – many, including the author, weeped with him. The onslaught on him was relentless for defending the primacy and pride of the Indian Flag. Why Gen Bakshi's tears reflect the onslaught of coming
Kashmir issue has been a sticky issue for India and has been used by Pakistan to hit at India. But things have changed since the Modi government came. The skeletons are tumbling out from the closet and we are learning the truth. Let us get it all out clearly. [lwptoc
In mid-1980s, Abdul Qadeer (AQ) Khan – Pakistan’s infamous Nuclear scientist – provided the design for the P-1 (P stands for Pak) nuclear plant to Iran. A plant that contained 5,832 P1 centrifuges in 38 individual cascades, four sets of cascades would be producing enriched uranium in stages up to
China has a different policy against the countries which are or have been aggressors against it and different ones against which it has been an aggressor against. This tweet from Indian Defense Analyst, Brahma Chellaney shows that amply: > China seeks yet another apology from Japan for its past aggression but
There are many folks in India who get all mushy mushy when Pakistan raises the “Peace” card and starts negotiating Siachen. One place that they lost and its strategic. The way the argument is cloaked is always on the basis of high human principles – like lives being lost and the
Things are heating up between India and China. The latest incident – after many from China like actions regarding bureaucrats from Arunachal – is the Indian Advisory to Indian traders against doing business in Yiwu – near Shanghai. > Efforts were on to quietly shift them to Shanghai. But the controversy, which left an
Osama BinLadenOsama Bin Laden’s saga will turn out to be one issue that is going to define Pakistan and even its relationship to the world in the coming decades. Why? Because a lot of what is happening and what will happen in the future is because the veil over
Slowly and gradually and under the very nose of India, Nepal is becoming a vassal state of China. Maoists took over the country and reversed its status as a Hindu State. And now, there is serious talk in that Government of abandoning the special status treaty with India. Because, they
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