Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 06/04/2019 - 08:35
Paper No. 6547 Dated 4-June-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Perceptional battles which today constitute the main ingredient of foreign policies of major Nations indicates that China is losing out to United States in the Indo Pacific Region in 2019 going by the ‘lonesome’ statement of intent asserted by China in response to assertion of forceful intent on upholding Indo Pacific security by United States at the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue commencing May 31 2019.
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, 05/21/2019 - 09:05
Paper No. 6543 Dated 21-May-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
China has decidedly moved up in adversarial crosshairs of the United States in 2019 when the geopolitical, geostrategic and geoeconomics dots are joined on the United States radars both globally and regionally in terms of Indo Pacific Security. United States President Trump seems to be moving towards a more robust strategy of checkmating China, short of containment.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 06:17
Paper No. 6538
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Geopolitically significant last week was China’s switch to lift its veto in United Nations blocking designation of Pak Terror Chief Masood Azhar after years of resistance. It marked of China no longer being impervious to geopolitical pressures. China had come under immense pressure led by United States and France.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 14:18
Paper No. 6533 Dated 29-April-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The Indian Ocean in 2019 emerges as yet another arena of ‘Great Power Games’ in which intersect powerful maritime ambitions of China on one hand and India and the Western Powers on the other hand. Implicit in ‘China Maritime Strategy 2015’ document articulating China’s global naval ambition is the centrality of Indian Ocean in China’s naval strategy.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 09:14
Paper No. 6530 Dated 23-April-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The Indian Republic to attain and sustain the status of a credible predominant military power in South Asia and to ascend the aspirational ladder of emerging as a Major Global Power needs a 2 million strong Indian Army. Any advocacy in political, strategic and military hierarchy circles to downsize the Indian Army from its present levels of 1.3 million is strategically imprudent and negates India’s national aspirations.
