The 1971 Indo-Pak war started after the Pakistani Air Force launched strikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971. For India, this was a two-front war as its forces were arrayed on the Western…
France joins anti-China coalition, sends nuclear submarine to…
Last week France put a nuclear submarine in the contested waters of the South China Sea, joining countries like the US, Australia, and Japan to confront the Chinese challenge in the Indo-Pacific region. French Defence…
Tibetans in crosshairs of Xi’s assault on minorities…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is relying on the United Front Work Department (UFWD)—a Mao-era contraption—to tighten his totalitarian grip on China’s society and economy. On September 16, Xi told the inaugural UFWD conference for private…
Suitable boy Bangladesh being wooed by India, China,…
In the last few weeks, India's eastern neighbor is being wooed by not just China but Pakistan also, even as India is mending its relations after last year's downswing owing to the controversy over the…
Myanmar moves closer to India as China threatens…
When Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar military, mentioned to journalists last month in faraway Russia that there should be stronger international cooperation to fight terrorism, many were taken aback by…
China enters Vietnam waters, bullying in South China…
Paracel Islands, located equidistant from the coasts of Vietnam and China in the South China Sea, witnessed considerable action this week. This Thursday, Vietnamese media reported that China is laying undersea cables in the islands…
Tibetan organization digs out rights violations by China…
Whatever China might do—attack neighbors, badmouth countries, sink fishermen's boats or even fly medicines across a world crippled by coronavirus—the stain of the pandemic refuses to leave Wuhan, and China. The more China tries to…
Internal politics and coronavirus trigger Chinese belligerence
Attack is the best form of defence. China believes in it and has rolled it off for the world to see. In the last few weeks, a belligerent China has threatened to take over Taiwan,…
CPEC pushes Pakistan into the dragon’s greedy mouth
Pakistani politicians wear the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on their sleeves with the same pride that its military generals wear medals on their chests. Politicians couldn’t deliver a viable democracy and the generals victory in…