Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 05:17
Paper No. 6218 Dated 03-Feb-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
South China Sea conflict escalation in2017 hovers as a distinct possibility with the maximalist positons taken by China and the new US Trump Administration in opposing China’s claims.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 10/25/2016 - 05:14
Paper No. 6187 Dated 25-Oct-2016
By Dr Subhash Kapila
More than the United States it is Vietnam that stands perceptibly betrayed this week on South China Sea dispute solidarity against China, with new Philippines President Duterte declaring his strategic and political illogical tilt to China.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 09/08/2016 - 05:56
Paper No. 6167 Dated 08-Sept-2016
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Perceptionaly, United States mythification of China as a potential Superpower seems to have lasted as long as China confined itself to use of ‘Soft Power’ strategies to gain influence in Asia Pacific. The switch to ‘Hard Power’ under President Xi Jinping from 2012 signalled the end of America’s ‘China Dream’.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 08/23/2016 - 05:33
Paper No. 6163 Dated 23-Aug-2016
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis’ scheduled visit to Vietnam is significantly well-timed strategically and politically besides reinforcing the time-honoured Vietnam-India Strategic Partnership and making-up for the lack of an Indian Prime Ministerial visit during last 15 years.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 10:55
Paper No. 6159 Dated 12- Aug-2016
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Against the backdrop of Indian Prime Minister’s forthcoming visits to Vietnam and Laos in early September 2016 on his way to attend the G-20 Meet in China, the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister to New Delhi on August 12 does not seem a regular dialogue, hence significant
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 10:49
Paper No. 6158 Dated 12 Aug 2016
By Bhaskar Roy
China continued to exert quiet but sustained pressures on India on the South China Sea issue. Beijing wants New Delhi to endorse its position on UN the International Tribunal award on the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 05:46
Paper No. 6152 Dated 21-Jul-2016
Guest Column by Commodore RS Vasan IN (Retd)
There have been some reports from New Delhi to indicate that China’s Officiating Ambassador to India made a quid-pro-quo suggestion to India seeking its support for its South China Sea (SCS) claims based on historicity to resolve the outstanding border disputes.
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