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The writer is an alumnus of the National Defence College, and the author of China in India.

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Behind China's push: Land, water, fuel issues

Doklam and the Sino-Indian frontier are irritants and eyesores to Chinese leaders.

23 Jan 2018 1:45 AM IST

Indian Army. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Wars in India: Looking back at history

The Mahabharat was a civil war and no Indian really celebrates it. The Ramayan, on other hand, was a war.

15 Jan 2018 12:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: File/AP)

China threat: Trap, penetrate, destroy

Things are vastly different today, thanks to the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations and bilateral proposals.

11 Jan 2018 1:46 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

Watch out for Land of Morning Warning'

Japan is universally known as the Land of the Rising Sun and the Korean peninsula as the Land of Morning Calm.

5 Jan 2018 12:10 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

What's behind Moscow's new advisory to New Delhi over Beijing's OBOR?

The South China Sea is not Chinese, there are several claimant littoral maritime states.

22 Dec 2017 1:06 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Wang's thoughts': Beijing has clearly, brazenly spelt out its overseas...

It should be noted Wang showed a lot of warmth on his arrival and gave a warning on his departure.

15 Dec 2017 3:28 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

India vs China at sea: Why subs are critical

India has 14 imported subs as compared to 54 indigenous and 12 imported subs of the PLA Navy.

4 Dec 2017 12:25 AM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and president of opposition National Conference (NC), Farooq Abdullah (Photo: PTI)

J&K status: Farooq's line might be wrong, but look at other blunders

It reveals the psyche of self-demeaning and self-defeating sections of the leadership, either suffering from an...

23 Nov 2017 2:02 AM IST

Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and some Bangladeshi sympathizers walk across a makeshift bridge continuing their journey in to camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Migrants, refugees... Just look at our history!

India has repeatedly been invaded over ages. In the last 1,000 years alone, as many as 40 major invasions occurred.

13 Nov 2017 12:23 AM IST

Maharaja Hari Singh (Photo: Google)

Give the interlocutor a chance

One would, nevertheless, have condoned or ignored Pakistani malevolence had the violence ceased today.

1 Nov 2017 3:28 AM IST

Seven Navy sailors were missing and at least two, including the captain, were injured after the U.S. destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan before dawn Saturday, the US Navy and Japanese coast guard reported. (Photo: AP)

Japan: Indian Navy's best partner?

Abe's dream to transform his country's self-defence forces into a full-fledged military that can play a proper role in...

25 Oct 2017 12:48 AM IST

On the afternoon on August 28th, India has pulled back all the trespassing personnel, equipment to the Indian side of the boundary, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. (Photo: File)

Some questions that Beijing needs to answer

China often tends to forget it is a people's republic and still in name a Communist nation, though of course it is all...

12 Oct 2017 12:12 AM IST