Maj Gen GG Dwivedi
Baghdadi’s Elimination: ISIS Down but Not Out
The elimination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the brutal founder of ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ (ISIS), on October 27 is a significant achievement for the American counter-terrorism campaign. President…
Xi’s Belt-Road Initiative: Recalibration, Strategic Imperatives
The second Belt-Road Forum (BRF) was held in Beijing from 25-27 April 2019. The three-day event was organized to promote the ‘Belt-Road Initiative’ (BRI) – President Xi Jinping’s multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure…
The Balakot Strategic Shift – Needed a ‘Counter Proxy War’ Doctrine
26 February 2019 marked a turning point in India’s fight against terrorism. The events of that day signified a strategic shift in the Indian approach from ‘Counter Terrorism’ operations inside…
Singapore Summit: North East Asia Set for Strategic Realignment
Given that for the last six and half decades, the opposing sides have been technically at war on the Korean Peninsula, besides President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un trading…
Historic Summit at Panmunjom
Kim Jong-un’s historic meeting with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in across the ‘Military Demarcation Line’ (MDL) on April 27, 2018 will go down as a watershed moment in the destiny…
Emperor Ascends Dragon Throne – Unfolds ‘China Dream’ Decoding Xi’s Grand Design
When President Xi Jinping succeeded Mr Hu Jintao in 2012 as Fifth Generational leader, it was assumed that he will abide by the constitutional provision of two ‘five terms’. He…
Xi Sets China on a New Long March
In Chinese tradition, dynastic bloodline has never been the criterion to determine the line of succession. It is the capable ministers and victorious generals who were bestowed the ‘mandate of…
Renewed Mandate from Heaven: Xi Unfolds Grand Strategy for China’s Long March
According to Chinese traditional belief, it is the ‘mandate of heaven’ (tianming) that selects an individual to rule. A Confucian idea to facilitate the dynastic cycle, it implied that while good…
Lull at Doklam: Time for a Holistic Strategic Review
The recent standoff at Doklam had raised genuine concerns about the situation escalating, given that the opposing troops stood ‘eye ball to eye ball’ for over 10 weeks. While the…
The People’s Liberation Army at Ninety – Poised for a ‘Great Leap’
On 31 July 1997, the Central Hall of the China World Hotel in Beijing was all decked up to host a banquet dinner to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the…
Doklam, China’s Strategic Calculus and India’s Policy Options
It is almost two months since Indian and Chinese soldiers became locked in a standoff at Doklam in the Sikkim Sector. The faceoff was triggered when a team of the…
China’s Dam Building Spree in Tibet: Strategic Implications and India’s Options
Recent reports have pointed to China blocking the Xiabuqu tributary of the Yarlung Zangpo River (Tibetan name for Brahmaputra) for a dam project. The 195-km long Xiabuqu originates at Bainang…
Calibrated Responses: The Way Forward for Defeating Proxy War
The pre-dawn fidayeen strike by Jaish- e-Mohammed terrorists on the Army administrative base in Uri on 18 September, which resulted in 18 fatalities, stands out as one of the most…
