Dr Raj Kumar Sharma writes: Reality is that India has shown intent and taken steps to improve relations with Beijing. But China has stonewalled such efforts by regularly targeting India’s core concerns.
Suicide Bombing at Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan : There are No Good Terrorists
Anurag Dwivedi writes: The highly condemnable terror attack on its embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic is a good opportunity for China to review its stand on treating some terrorists as bad and others as good — there are no good or bad terrorists – there are just terrorists.
India, US Sign Military Logistics Pact
Bhatnagar writes: The signing of LEMOA between India, an emerging power and US signals emergence of a ‘Strategic Partnership’ which has portends of changing the regional geostrategic landscape.
China’s Double Talk on Terrorism
Roshan writes: China’s recent comment on Baluchistan stating –“China will have “to get involved” if any Indian “plot” disrupts the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in restive Balochistan[i], “ is an immature statement befitting a nation aspiring to be a regional power and not a global power.
Rising Powers and Peacebuilding Workshop
Lt Gen Chander Prakash (Retd) Writes: Current approaches to peace building are West dominated and ignore local context. New actors such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa and Turkey are emerging on the global scene as new donors.
North Korea’s Missile Test
M H Rajesh writes: In a sign of complacency, many analysts had dismissed an earlier photograph of Kim Jong Un himself next to a missile popping out water as a handiwork of image manipulation.