Bhaskar Roy
China: Towards the 19th Party Congress
The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is scheduled to start on October 18. The date was announced well in advance, indicating everything has been set, including personnel…
Who in China Instigated Doklam Stand – off? And Why?
After over two month long military stand-off between the soldiers of India and China on the Doklam Plateau (claimed by Bhutan and also by China), disengaged almost simultaneously, both capitals…
The Doklam Standoff and Chinese Vitriol: Is there an Internal Problem?
The incessant vitriolic attacks on India from the Chinese official media, the foreign ministry and the defense ministry on the Doklam issue is becoming tiresome. The tirade has included browbeating,…
There is a method in China’s Doklam Stand
The basic issue is of making President Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” a success. This a hugely ambitious project that he has launched and he cannot fail. And at the moment,…
PM Modi’s Date with President Trump
Prime Minister Modi-President Donald Trump summit meeting is finally happening on June 26, in Washington, D.C. Some Indian commentators opined that this meeting should have happened earlier. On the…
Examining the Strategy behind China’s OBOR
On May 14, representatives of 110 countries would be gathered in Beijing in one of the biggest international summits, to listen and discuss China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative. …
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s India visit is critical for South Asia
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s forthcoming three-day visit to India (April 07-10), after two postponements, mainly because of the Indian government’s preoccupation with domestic issues, is expected to take the…
China’s Naval Base in Pakistan Revealed: China’s New Global Game
Talking to The Express Tribune (Nov 25, 2016) Pakistani naval officers revealed that Chinese naval ships would be deployed at the Gwadar Sea Port to safeguard the port and trade under the…
Are India and China Drifting Apart?
Indian and Chinese National Security Advisors (NSAs) Ajit Doval and State Councillor Yang Jiechi are scheduled to meet in Hyderabad, India in the first week of November to review bilateral…
Goa BRICS Summit brought Terrorism to the fore but blunted by China
At the 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit held (October 15 to 16) in Goa, India revealed that the world was far from reaching a consensus on…
Chinese President to Probe Bangladesh
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay an official visit to Bangladesh on October 14. Obviously the red carpet will be rolled out for him in Dhaka. The two…
China Saves Pakistani Terrorist Again
China announced (Oct 01) that it has extended by another three months the “technical hold” on India’s listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) chief, Masood Azhar as an international terrorist in the…
Pak Terror in Uri-What needs to be done?
The Pakistan-based terrorist strike on an Indian army camp in Uri, Kashmir in the early hours of September 18, has put enormous pressure on Prime Minister Modi to retaliate. Seventeen…
Pakistan’s Terrorism: A case of Dangerous Psychological Disorder?
Narendra Modi, a sharp critic of Pakistan when he was in the opposition, completely changed his approach when elected an Indian Prime Minister in 2014. The BJP won the elections…
Dhaka Carnage – A Wake up call for Realism
The siege of the Holey Artisan Café by a group of young Jihadis on July 1 evening was something waiting to happen. Twenty guests dining in this up-market restaurant in…
The Unending India-China Dance
India-China relations have come a long way since the 1962 border war, mostly in the positive direction. India has over 4000 Kilometre long border with China, but Beijing maintains it…
Bangladesh: Struggle to Reclaim 1971
On May 11, Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) Bangladesh Amir, Motiur Rehman Nizami was hanged to death. The sentence was carried out following the judgement of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Bangladesh, set…
Setback to India’s Pak Policy and the China Factor
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit practically scuttled the progress of the bilateral peace process when he indicated (April 07) in New Delhi that the talks between India and…
Indian Home Minister in China: What is the Takeaway?
Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to China (November 18 to 23) can be seen as a testing step to see China’s real commitment to earnestly combat terrorism in its entirety.…
Is Pak Power Centre Losing the Script?
When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed in New York for the annual UN General Assembly session, his body language lacked confidence and inspiration. He carried a restricted brief from…
Chinese Nuclear Submarine Surfaces in Colombo
India is being squeezed simultaneously from the land and the sea. We need to await the unveiling of the third dimension—air. Indian experts should be engaged in deciphering air. Would…
Reading China on Sino-Indian Border Issue
The Chinese communist leadership has perfected the act of saying things and giving signals, leaving it to the other side to decipher and understand Their internal speeches and documents are…
China’s New Himalayan Thrust
Recent views of some Indian experts studying China are persuading the strategic community that China is very likely to attack India in 2012. This view has apparently begun to influence…
China: a new kind of superpower in the making
“The USA can defend its close allies in the Asia-Pacific region. But India cannot depend on the USA to bail it out. Washington has its complex foreign policy objectives whether…
Can Pakistan’s Army be Restrained?
In an interview with the BBC last December, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Ms Hina Rabbani Khar admitted that the Pakistan army’s overwhelming power and influence over the civilian government was…
