COMMENTARIES
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Converging Priorities: India, France and Germany in the Indo-Pacific
Siddharth Anil Nair · 06 Nov, 2020 · #5738 · Commentary
India’s
maritime security has been increasingly threatened by China over the past
decade. Beijing’s ‘nine-dash line’ claim
in the South China Sea (SCS), its false
claim of a historical "maritime silk road" to the Indian Ocean Region
(...
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India: How COVID-19 Accelerates Malnutrition in Women and Children
Akanksha Khullar & Kavya Sharma · 04 Nov, 2020 · #5737 · Commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain it have
had inevitable negative impacts. Rising unemployment, food supply disruption, a
downturn in international trade, etc, pose serious challenges to the already
precarious Indian food and nutrit...
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China in Africa: COVID-19 and the Politics of Largesse
Raj Lakshmi · 31 Oct, 2020 · #5736 · Commentary
China has recently announced multiple financial
initiatives with the purported aim of providing relief to debt-laden African
countries. The initiatives are in response to these countries calling for debt suspension to mitigate the pandemic’s a...
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East Asia Compass
A Cancelled China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit Means Advantage China
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 28 Oct, 2020 · #5735 · Commentary · Column
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide
Suga has reportedly said that it would be “impossible” for him to visit South
Korea to participate in the upcoming Trilateral Summit Meeting between China, Japan,
and South Korea this year unless “proper ...
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Strategic Space
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in India-China Nuclear Relations
Manpreet Sethi · 27 Oct, 2020 · #5734 · Commentary · Column
India-China nuclear
relations are unique and complex. China refuses to recognise India as a nuclear
weapons state (NWS), though there is no denying the reality of India’s nuclear
weapons. In fact, this has been accepted by the international c...
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The Strategist
China and the Korean War: A Cracked Mirror for the (Global) Times?
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar · 22 Oct, 2020 · #5733 · Commentary · Column
An
intriguing Global Times editorial was
published earlier in October to mark the PLA’s 70th anniversary of “victory” over US forces in Korea. The analysis,
rather economical with facts, suggests that will, strategic wisdom, t...
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Why Russia Opposes an Indo-Pacific Order
Siddharth Anil Nair · 12 Oct, 2020 · #5732 · Commentary
In
early August 2020, Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla proposed a trilateral
mechanism between India, Russia, and Japan on a telephone call with Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov. The proposal was tied to PM Modi and ...
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India’s Future-Oriented Strategy for a Post-Poll Myanmar
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan · 09 Oct, 2020 · #5731 · Commentary
Weeks before Myanmar elects its new parliament
and provincial assemblies on 8 November, India’s Army Chief, Gen MM Naravane,
and Foreign Secretary, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, paid a two-day visit to the
country (4-5 October). This was one of the...
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The Strategist
The Resurrection of Xi ‘Zedong’
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar · 30 Sep, 2020 · #5730 · Commentary · Column
In
1981, five years after Mao Zedong’s death, China adopted an official verdict on
his life. It called Mao a great revolutionary whose contributions outweighed
the cost of his mistakes (Zhisui Li).
Literature and history of later years have,...
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Explainer: Washington’s Move to Trigger UN Sanctions Against Iran
Sanaa Alvira · 29 Sep, 2020 · #5729 · Commentary
On
20 August, the US officially submitted a notification to the UN
Security Council (UNSC) that triggered a 30-day countdown to reimpose UN
sanctions on Iran. It cited significant violations of the Iran nuclear deal,
formally known as the Join...
