2017-08-16T13:01:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR|
Amid the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam area in the Sikkim sector, national security adviser Ajit Doval’s visit to China has come and gone. Nothing much has changed on the ground. […]
2017-07-28T15:52:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR, Geography|
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a comprehensive UN legal policy document demarcating areas of the sea under the jurisdiction of member states as well as legal clauses for human maritime activity in a comprehensive manner. […]
2017-07-21T10:20:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR|
The “Malabar” naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal came to an end earlier this week with a close formation drill involving Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the US flat-top Nimitz, and Japan’s new helicopter carrier, the JS Izumo. […]
2017-07-15T14:00:07+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR|
The biggest foreign policy crisis of the year is India’s chance to comprehensively revamp its China policy. […]
2017-07-09T20:57:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 [...]
