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Abhijit Bhattacharyya
About the AuthorAbhijit Bhattacharyya
The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    In the war within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)Opinion
    As IAF turns 87, merge HAL with it

    Indians have failed the IAF, thereby pushing the country into a state of despair, in the face of a multi-dimensional...

    8 Oct 2019 1:25 AM IST

    China has suffered a spate of industrial accidents in recent months. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    As China, at 70, hits back at the West, India needs to watch out

    It is important to check China's contemporary economic and financial standing.

    30 Sept 2019 12:11 AM IST

    Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)Opinion
    Don't send our troops into Afghan 'valley of death'

    History is replete with instances of foreign armies entering Kabul vertically, and ending their journey horizontally to...

    17 Sept 2019 1:24 AM IST

    Kashmiri children play gully cricket in a shut-down market in central Srinagar.Opinion
    Hari Singh's 1939 constitution in J&K marked a first in South Asia

    Incidentally, 81 years later, on the same day, August 5, 2019, J&K state was bifurcated into two Union territories by...

    5 Sept 2019 12:59 AM IST

    Hua ChunyingOpinion
    Crocodile tears in dragon's eyes? Show China Tibet, J&K '47 maps

    Understandably, both Pakistan's and China's common interest in J&K originates from the enemy's enemy†theory.

    21 Aug 2019 1:19 AM IST

    President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    What's really behind Trump's offer' on Kashmir? A long-term US...

    India is a good business location for high-profile American individuals who institutionally represent their country too.

    2 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Kailash MansarovarOpinion
    A battle over culture? India, China & heritage of Kailash Mansarovar

    Having traversed across the mighty Himalayas for several years, up to 20,000 ft, several points occur to this columnist.

    19 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Madras High Court (Photo: File)Opinion
    India's rising corruption: Can we shake off this 'national neurosis'?

    There could be many ways to define corruption: it's a subject like an ocean!

    27 Jun 2019 12:30 AM IST

    It was spotted by a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force, at a height of around 12,000 feet. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    The growing Lockheed mystery: Why is US in a rush to push F-21 to...

    The F-21 seems to be an offshoot of the single-engine F-16 multi-role fighter.

    20 Jun 2019 2:47 AM IST

    Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu said, We recognise Doklam is a disputed area between Bhutan and China and the two countries are engaged in border talks. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    It's time for India, Japan to tango

    Japanese technology does provide the basic desired level of confidence.

    3 Jun 2019 1:24 AM IST

    Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    It's economics, really! What lay behind China's switch over Masood...

    There thus emerge myriad factors and multiple actors for China, from which to make a compelling choice.

    8 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Luo Zhaohui was delivering a keynote address on Beyond Wuhan: How Far and Fast can China-India Relations Go at an event organised by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Why China is desperate for India to join BRI

    China has got a real taste of profits from the Indian market.

    25 April 2019 1:14 AM IST

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