Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 12/11/2017 - 05:49
Paper No. 6326 Dated 11-Dec-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Pakistan Army having ruled over Pakistan for nearly half its existence since 1947 has no credits to distinguish itself in terms of Pakistan’s nation-building; the contrary is true in that despite its pretentions of being the “Glue that Holds Pakistan Together”, Pakistan as a nation in 2017 is unstuck and dysfunctional.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 05:48
Paper No. 6325 Dated 05-Dec-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Indo Pacific Asia as a geopolitical conception replacing the earlier concept of Asia Pacific has evolved markedly since 2008-2009 synchronous with China’s switch from exercise of ‘Soft Power’ to ‘Hard Power’ in Chinese strategic formulations in its Asian strategies which since then singularly are characterised by aggressive military brinkmanship.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 11/28/2017 - 05:34
Paper No. 6324 Dated 28-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Japan on the verge of 2018 is geopolitically a ‘Leading Power’ in Asia along with India, and both as important heavy counterweights to a militarily disruptive China need to fast-track their corresponding military build-ups. Japan needs to unshackle itself from its Pacifist Constitution to do so.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/20/2017 - 07:13
Paper No. 6322 Dated 20-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Contextual North East Asia security imperatives dictate in 2017 for South Korea to opt for a ‘Nixonian Moment’ of a serious and sustained political and strategic reachout to Japan and shed its historical mindsets on Japan and not follow China’s footsteps of an eternal damnation of Japan.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/13/2017 - 07:04
Paper No. 6319 Dated 13-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
US President Trump’s first tour of the Asia Pacific in November 2017, nearly a year after assuming office, raises two questions in terms of estimative analysis--- whether it was a strategic foray to a highly volatile region critical for US security or was it merely a diplomatic necessity, particularly in relation to China?
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/06/2017 - 07:25
Paper No. 6318 Dated 06-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Strange and ironical are geopolitical histories of a region where within two decades geopolitical alignments have spun on their heads. This happens to be the case of Afghanistan’s turbulent last two decades where a new and serious power tussle is underway between two Strategic Trilaterals.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 10/30/2017 - 07:21
Paper No. 6317 Dated 30-Oct-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila;
The major outcome of China’s 19th National People’s Congress (NPC) just concluded heralds a return of the “Personality Cult” with President Xi Jinping’s ruthless abolition of a ‘Collective Leadership’ and manoeuvring his elevation to China’s pantheon of Mao Tse Tung and Deng Xiao Peng.
