2017-07-09T20:57:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Have you ever heard the adage – “Empty vessels make the loudest noise”. You probably have and that is exactly what China is doing through its state sponsored media outlets. And the PLA in Chumbi Valley is sitting ducks for Indian artillery now. Read on to understand everything behind this stand-off. [...]
2017-07-05T08:47:04+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Fifty years ago, on the morning of 5 June, the Middle East was about to witness a tectonic shift. It all started at 8.10 am Egyptian time. Israeli jets fitted with rockets started taking off from their bases. Within a few minutes, more than 200 jets, 95 per cent of [...]
2017-07-04T16:27:18+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
Background:- You might have heard it before, how do you tackle a bully… STAND UP to it !!! Unfortunately, “bullying” has been China’s geopolitical policy. The bully is backed by a trillion dollar economic muscle which it got by being the “Sweat Shop” of the world and of course no [...]
2017-07-03T16:54:40+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
By standing firm with Bhutan and helping it militarily, India has displayed its resolve. Now it’s time to get down to some deft diplomacy. As the military standoff over Doka La (or Doklam plateau) between India and China spills over into its second month, it is important to understand both [...]
2017-06-22T13:46:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
In view of the present quandary in the world due to the ongoing crises in South Sudan and Syria, the humanitarian importance of the World Refugee Day, June 20, stands validated more than ever before. The observance of the World Refugee Day was started at the behest of the United [...]
2017-05-22T21:07:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Background – How to beat the “red ocean” (China) with “blue ocean diplomacy” has been a hotly debated topic across policy corridors in India , in Japan and in other Indian ocean littoral states, but a profound and sound strategy is yet to emerge. One of India’s responses to China’s [...]
2017-05-21T09:46:09+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
The article is based on a book by John Nixon’s – ‘Debriefing The President’ , it busts many myths around Saddam Hussein and a needless war. […]
2017-05-19T01:38:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
China’s just-completed conference touting its Belt and Road initiative certainly looked like a triumph, with Russian President Vladimir Putin playing the piano and Chinese leaders announcing a string of potential deals and massive financial pledges. […]
2017-05-07T17:38:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Bhutan’s announcement that it is unable to proceed with the Motor Vehicles Agreement with Bangladesh, India and Nepal is a road block, and not a dead end, for the regional sub-grouping India had planned for ease of access among the four countries. […]
2017-04-03T12:11:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
This editorial is written from a book to give you an analysis of the geopolitics. The book being – Andrew Bacevich’s America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History […]
