Managing the Borders

as long as the territorial dispute is not resolved, China remains India’s foremost military threat. The ministry of external affairs must make all out efforts to seek an early resolution of the dispute and not be lulled by Deng Xiao Ping’s gratuitous advice to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi that it is a dispute left over from history and should be left to future generations to resolve. This strategy of postponing dispute resolution may suit China, but it certainly does not suit India.

Chinese Intrusion in Ladakh: Terrain model exposes Dragons War Preparedness

Chinese perspective of raising tensions in Ladakh is not shaped by any altruistic motives of improving its positions on the border or lay claims to new areas. It is a well planned strategic response aimed at coercion to prevent India from improving its overall strategic posture in the region.

Analysing China’s Defence White Paper

Major conclusion that emerges is China is embarked on building all round comprehensive military capabilities to emerge as the dominant military power in Asia with ability to challenge even the US in its core areas of interest. The manner of its engagement in international peace keeping and anti piracy operations highlights its global ambitions as a responsible stake holder.

The 1962 War : Fighting in the Namkachu Region

What strikes me is that even though we experienced a setback in the war, we are fortunate to have soldiers of such calibre fighting for India. These men never held it against their country that she had nothing much to offer in terms of clothing, food, or equipment, but still expected great performances from them.

I found, in 1962, an army of soldiers willing to make the greatest possible sacrifices for their country, just for love and dedication to their land.

Budgeting India’s Military Modernisation with Myopia

Restructuring and modernising the armed forces will require political courage, military astuteness, a non parochial approach and a singularity of purpose. With India’s defence budget now pegged at less than 2.0 per cent of the GDP, the funds available for modernisation of the armed forces are grossly inadequate.

Why Indo US Relations Pass Through Beijing

In a recent seminar on Indo US relations the author asked the panel if warmth in Indo US relations was a direct fallout of America’s desire to contain China, the answer was a muddled NO NO. Incidently the next day Times of India carried this story titled ‘US partnering with India to contain China’ claiming that ahead of [...]

The Week That Was – 19 December

Wen Jiabao’s Visit “China and India are partners for cooperation, not rivals in competition,” he  said. “There  is enough space in the world for the development of both China and India and there are enough areas for us to cooperate.” Key events in Sino-Indian relations CNN China succeeds in blasting new tunnel across Arunachal to [...]

No Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai

Ravi Shanker Kapoor Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his recent meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Hanoi, raised the issue of stapled visas that Beijing gives to Kashmiris. “The Prime Minister raised the issue of all difficult questions and showing sensitivity to each other… The Prime Minister spoke of the need to show [...]