Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 03/03/2014 - 09:15
Paper No. 5657 Dated 03-Mar-2014
By Dr. Subhash Kapila
United States by manipulating ongoing domestic political dynamics in Ukraine seems to be intent on re-playing the old Cold War global chess-board with Russia by strategic destabilisation of a resurgent Russia’s peripheries.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 01/30/2014 - 06:10
Paper No. 5639 Dated 30-Jan-2014
By Dr. Subhash Kapila
Asian security and stability is nowhere more impacted than by the power- play and balance of power in North East Asian strategic quadrilateral comprising Russia, Japan, China and the United States and this is a strategic reality that has prevailed ever since 1945 when the United States and Russia emerged as superpowers.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 09:13
Paper No. 5628 Dated 02-Jan-2013
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Introductory Observations
Russia’s “Great Power Aspirations” and China’s “Chinese Dream” (euphemism for China’s bid for global power status on par with United States) inherently carry the seed of an inevitable geopolitical clash of interests.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 12/20/2013 - 05:29
Paper No. 5620 Dated 20-Dec-2013
Dr Subhash Kapila
Russia’s Strategic Pivot to Asia Pacific declared a year back seems to be fleshed out with remarkable alacrity. In the last month or so Russia has made strategic and political reach-outs to Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 08:28
Paper No. 5591 Dated 4-Nov-2013
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Introductory Observations
Russia and Japan in a historical political and strategic reach-out held their 2+2 meeting in Tokyo of their respective Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers on November 2, 2013, not only to discuss political issues but also a strategic dialogue to enhance defence and security cooperation.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 09/19/2013 - 07:07
Paper No. 5564 Dated 19-Sept-2013
Guest Column by Kumar David
The dramatic topic a few weeks ago was whether Obama would strike Syria but the next surprising development was that the US and Russia were close to agreeing on a UN Security Council resolution to strip Syria of its chemical weapons and use force under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter if Syria fails to obey; a 180 degrees turn by both.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 09/17/2013 - 07:25
Paper No. 5561 Dated 17-Sept-2013
By Dr. Subhash Kapila
Russia’s Strategic Pivot to Asia Pacific as declared by President Putin in September 2012 at the APEC Meeting in Vladivostok was analysed by me in SAAG Paper no 5452 dated 08 April 2013. It was pointed out then that “Russia’s strategic pivot to Asia Pacific undoubtedly will prove a strategic game-changer both in terms of its timing and its underlying intent”.
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