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Sino-Indian Relations

China has all along been testing the limits of India’s tolerance and restraint and has once again given the Indian foreign ministry much home work for the next few months.

December 27, 2010

Naoto Kan’s Remarks strain Relations with South Korea

Kan’s statement about sending the SDF to the Korean peninsula to rescue Japanese citizens and people of Japanese origin in the event of an emergency has raised the spectre of a possible revival of Japanese militarism.

December 20, 2010

President Medvedev’s Visit to India: Fresh Directions for Indo-Russian Partnership in the 21st Century

India and Russia should look at a hi-tech partnership for the 21st century in new areas of the civilian economy.

December 20, 2010

The way ahead in Indo-Russian ties

Russia is one country that India cannot afford to sideline, as it is the only trusted partner with whom India has mutual compatibility and a close political, military and economic partnership for decades.

December 20, 2010

China threat propels a new defence thinking in Japan

Japan’s adoption of a new defence Guidelines to secure its southern “outlaying islands” closer to China suggests major shift in Japan’s Cold War security policy.

December 20, 2010

Maldives Intensifies Campaign to Tackle Climate Change

Fractious domestic politics and lack of consensus at the international level are stumbling blocks before Maldives’ campaign on climate change.

December 20, 2010

Football World Cup: Opportunities for Russia

With Russia hosting three major world sporting events in the next eight years, it is hoped that there would be a massive infusion of capital to boost the country’s infrastructure and upgrade the transport and tourism sectors.

December 15, 2010

Address Sensitive Issues and Build Mutual Trust during Premier Wen’s India Visit

Primer Wen’s visit should be devoted to enhance mutual trust and confidence but this should not be done by brushing longstanding problems under the carpet.

December 13, 2010

The advantages of ‘Cold Start Minor’

Workable options short of war, as ‘Cold Start Minor’ suggests, would serve as deterrent to informed by the logic of leaving something to chance.

December 13, 2010

Need to secure the Lakshadweep Islands

While India is augmenting the security of the Lakshadweep islands, implementation of the coastal security scheme on the ground has been slow.

December 13, 2010

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