Jaibans Singh The army chief, General Bikram Singh, has recently culminated an official visit to Nepal, a neighbouring country which has significant social and security relations with India. Seemingly, the visit was of a routine nature to conduct a long standing reciprocal military convention of conferring upon the new chief the rank of honorary General of the Nepal Army. The … [Read more...] about The Army Chiefs Nepal visit: a step in the right direction
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Pakistan: an isolated Jihadistan
S Ranjan Pakistan, at present, is facing one of the greatest political and diplomatic isolation in the international arena ever to have been afflicted on a nation. As things stood sometime back, in the whole of south Asia, Pakistan could not count upon even one single nation as its friend, except Saudi Arabia. China for instance has, for quite some time, been vocal on the … [Read more...] about Pakistan: an isolated Jihadistan
India should reinvent its China policy
Prabhakar Gupta Simple facts of the two fastest growing economies of the world amply show that the Chinese dragon is way ahead of the Indian elephant. The two Asian giants, share a 4,250-kilometre border and trade goods and services in excess of $60 billion every year. But when it comes to slights, perceived or otherwise, Beijing’s memory is elephantine. India has given … [Read more...] about India should reinvent its China policy