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India’s failure against PLA in Ladakh in 2020 was due to political indecision, says Ex-Army Chief Gen. Naravane
By P.K. Balachandran/Counterpoint Colombo, February 5 -In his yet unpublished book entitled Four Stars of Destiny, India’s former army chief, Gen. M.M.Naravane blames the highest echelons of the country’s political leadership for the setbacks suffered by the Indian army in the Ladakh sector of...
Trump’s threat to annex Canada flows from the Monroe Doctrine.
As the author of the Monroe Doctrine, President James Monroe, did in 1823, Donald Trump is now citing an external threat to justify US dominance over Canada and the whole of the Western Hemisphere
The multiple objectives of Trump’s Greenland gamble
Donald Trump’s objectives in Greenland are to shed America’s long-standing responsibility for the defence of Europe exercised through NATO, politically de-link the US from Europe, become the sole gatekeeper of the Northern Sea Route, being eyed by rivals Russia and China, and secure the sole...
Wise counsel for makers of Bangladesh’s foreign policy
National interest should be pursued without needlessly antagonising any power as all powers are required for peace, stability and progress
Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
Why Trump has set his sights on Greenland
Trump needs Greenland to stem Russo-Chinese ambitions in the Artic
Greenland, Trump and the fault lines of power
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 15 – Recent public remarks by US President Donald Trump once again brought Greenland into global headlines as a territory of strategic interest to the United States. Although widely treated as rhetorical provocation, these comments echoed Trump’s explicit...
Security considerations in Trump’s demand for Greenland
By P. K. Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, January 13 – US President Donald Trump has said that the US will take over Greenland whether the Greenlanders and the Danes, who have sovereignty over the island, like it or not. Trump’s case is that American control over...
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