Prof KN Pandita Writes: During past two months, former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha twice led a delegation of Delhi-based organization named “Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation” to Kashmir. This group of “intellectuals”, working on Kashmir for more than a decade, includes some top ex-bureaucrats, diplomats, senior army and civil servants, including a former Army Chief, a former RAW Chief and a former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and others, all high profile personalities
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Some Snippets on CPEC
MH Rajesh writes: The CPEC has more energy than corridor, with over three quarters of investments in power plants. Three quarters of these power plants use coal and shuns furnace oil, its legacy fuel for power generation. Hence when world is walking away from coal, Pakistan walks back into coal, adding to environmental woes.
US Defense Secretary Lauds Pak Army Role In Fight Against Terrorism
Zubin Bhatnagar writes: US Secretary of Defense, James Mattis has commended the role Pakistan Army has played in battling the scourge of terrorism…..Is it a reflection of Pak’s indispensability in US war against terrorism in Afghanistan or a failure of India’s diplomacy?
Is China Destabilising Security Environment in Asia?
Roshan Writes: Reports of China test firing its DF- 5C with 10 – Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles, or (MIRVs) show a subtle shift in China’s nuclear strategy. The deception and the clandestine nature of China’s build-up of nuclear assets, confirms that China cannot be taken on face value.
UAV Swarms : Sidestepping the Technology Trap
Anurag Dwivedi: Writes: The recent US demonstration of Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) has led to a flurry of articles on what future warfare will look like and why India must urgently follow suit to develop similar technology.
Leadership Changes in Chinese Navy
MH Rajesh Writes: A year after the restructuring Military Regions into Theatre Commands, the Chinese Armed Forces has proved they can be fast in transformations. The rationale of these transformations was to make PLA more joint and assume a global role for which maritime forces were an important tool of statecraft. So far its Military Regions were commanded by its Army Officers.