Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 04:52
Paper No. 6719 Dated 29-Dec-2020
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Perceptionaly, in 2020, analysing by contemporary trends of Russia positioned in a virtual military alliance with China, it loses its worth to Indian foreign policy as a ‘Strategic Asset’. Russia ceases to be even an existential counterweight for India against China’s contemporary military adventurism.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 23:34
Paper No. 6535 . Dated 24-Jan-2020
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Japan and India while adhering to diplomatic niceties may under-play or de-emphasise the ‘China Threat’ as detrimental to Asian Security and to respective national security interests of Japan and India but undeniably the strategic reality is that it was their convergent strategic perspectives on ‘China Threat’ which strongly binds them in 2020 in Special Strategic Partnership.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 04:02
Paper No. 6544 Dated 27-May-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
US President Trump’s ongoing visit to Japan (May 25-28 2019) takes place when Japan singularly stands out contextually as US bulwark against vexatious geopolitical overhang of challenges posed to US by China, North Korea and South Korea which raises questions whether United States can afford ruffling Japan on trade issues particularly.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 03:45
Paper No. 6416 . Dated 25-Mar-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Strategic myopia of the United States on the verge of the third decade of the 21s Century and wherein lie United States hardest strategic choices in 2019 is the inability to recognise that its global strategies and especially those on Indo Pacific security need to be crafted to deal with the ‘China Threat’ and not with the ‘Russia Threat’ persisting as Cold War hangover.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 12/15/2018 - 23:58
Paper No. 6471 . Dated 16-Dec-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Japan facing comprehensive threats from a militaristic China and its nuclear proxy North Korea has finally woken up from its Peace Constitution Article 9 slumber realising that the ‘China Threat’ to Japan’s National Security is real and embarked on review of reinforcing its deterrent capabilities both in terms of military hardware and operational doctrines.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 15:27
Paper No. 6460 Dated 17-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s invitation to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to visit China in end-October 2018 may be significant in terms of China’s shift to reset relations with Japan due to prevailing geopolitical pressures but it certainly does not herald ‘game-changer’ long term perspective in established US-led security architecture in East Asia.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 11/04/2018 - 12:50
Paper No 6455 Dated 4-Nov-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China’s shadows hovered ominously over the Japan-India Summit 2018 even though not explicitly mentioned by name as Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Indian PM Narendra Modi confabulated at Tokyo on October 29 2018 for their annual dialogue. This is borne out by the contents of the Joint Japan-India Vision Statement 2018 and the summations enshrined.
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