Ambassador Prabhakar Menon writes: The volume under review provides the background to this tragedy by pointing to the factors as seen by both the Indian and the Chinese sides, which resulted in the two countries misinterpreting their motivations over a period of time, and blundering into an incendiary confrontation which China ended up using to its blatant advantage.
Miscellaneous - 70. page
North Korea Continues Its Nuclear Testing Spree
Dr Roshan Writes: North Korea claims that it has successfully conducted miniaturised hydrogen bomb test on Wednesday, 06 January, 2016 at P’unggye-yok, in the east of the country, near the town of Kilju.
A Just Wind Is Blowing
Maj Gen PJS Sandhu (Retd) writes: It is surprising that the said Committee consisted of all retired officers and there was no serving officer as its member. After all, it is the serving who have the responsibility to run the military machine.
Is India Amused at Washington’s concern over Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme?
Dr. Roshan Writes: The recent news regarding Washington’s concern over Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme is amusing to say the least. How many times in the past have they stated the obvious, but it seems that Pakistanis exactly know how to placate the Americans.
Japan-India Nuclear Deal: Strengthening Relations
Dr Roshan Writes: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India has been an eventful visit as far as Civil Nuclear deal is concerned.India has been engaging with Japan for quite some time to crack this issue.
UN General Assembly Approves Russian-Led Resolution Restricting Militarisation Of Space
Sanjay Kumar writes: The United Nations General Assembly on 08 Dec 2015 has approved a Russian-led resolution calling for nations to refrain from being the first to deploy weapons into outer space. Known as the “no first placement” (NFP) initiative, the proposed UN resolution was drafted by Russia in 2014 as an apparent bid to place further restrictions on the militarization of space which is largely prohibited by the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty.