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As it stands, what is India’s position in the future global order?
Any country's hope of exploiting China-US geopolitical competition to achieve "rising amid chaos" may never be realized
Pathfinder Foundation Participates in 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China
Colombo, October 13 – Admiral Dr Jayanath Colombage, a distinguished fellow of the Pathfinder Foundation, took part in the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, held in Beijing, China, representing the Pathfinder Foundation and Sri Lanka. This year’s forum was held under the main theme of “Upholding...
The security perspective – violence in Ladakh
Perceived security threats from neighbouring Pakistan and China led to the abrogation of Art 370 of the Indian constitution that had given autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir (J and K) including Ladakh. And continued primacy given to the security factor has blocked the restoration of...
Trump’s demand for Bagram airbase in Afghanistan – geopolitical rationale
US thinks that the changing geopolitical situation in West and Central Asia necessitates a renewed hold on Afghanistan
India and China recognise each other’s “strategic autonomy”
By P. K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, September 14 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping who met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on August 31, agreed to respect each other’s core interests, exercise strategic...
India’s role in China’s resistance to Japanese aggression
By P.K.Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, September 7 – On September 3, China held a mammoth military parade displaying its armed might to commemorate the 80th.anniversary of its victory over Japanese aggressors in 1945. The Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong and the Nationalists (Kuomintang) led...
Need to take forward Modi-Xi understandings reached at Tianjin
After the success of Modi’s China visit comes the hard part of following up. Two consequential issues playing along are the border talks and the India-US poker game over tariffs.
Significance of the September 3 grand military parade in Beijing
Commemorating China’s victory over Japan in the 1931-1945 war, the parade is an assertion of Chinese nationalism in a period when the world is still hostile to it
Modi-Xi meet: Can the PM pull off a Vajpayee moment with China at the SCO?
At the SCO summit in Tianjin, India faces a familiar dilemma — peace through compromise, or leverage through pressure. New Delhi will need to think beyond border talks and embrace a multi-dimensional strategy
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