Imposing embargoes on trade with Russia and punishing those who ignore them by cutting off their international banking facilities will only force uninvolved nations into rival militarised camps. ...
China undoubtedly triggered the current confrontation but has acted the way it has because it believes India is no longer abiding by the agreements which allowed the bilateral relationship to pro...
Going forward, it is essential that each side understand its opponent. Victor Gao and Prem Shankar Jha A tragedy has been averted: Chinese troops that had entered the disputed areas that lie be...
From China’s point of view, India has reneged upon a fundamental, albeit tacit, premise of the 1993 Agreement: going back to the strategic cooperation on international issues that had existed a...
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What Pakistan has essentially done at Kartarpur is to ask for India’s help in ending its own impossible predicament. A view of the Sikh shrine in Kartarpur. Credit: PTI When opportunity comes...
Shujaat Bukhari’s killing was the most cold-blooded and meticulously planned assassination in recent years and was, beyond a shadow of doubt, instigated by Pakistan’s ISI. Photo edit: The Wir...
Today, the standoff has opened a route to the resolution of the long simmering boundary question. Can Modi turn the present draw into a victory for both India and China? Even before news that th...
When Delhi ignored Beijing’s quiet demarches to let sleeping dogs lie in Arunachal Pradesh, not only did the Vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin summon Ambassador Ashok Kantha to express his “s...
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China and India’s relationship had begun to warm after the two countries signed the Agreement for Peace and Tranquility in the Border Regions, in 1993. Not only did trade between them grow at a...
By drawing even closer to the United States and signing binding agreements, India is giving up years of carefully calibrated balance in its foreign policy. This is the first of a three-part serie...
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