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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    James Mattis apologised to Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera after a string of accidents including the emergency landing of an American military helicopter in Okinawa on Monday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Of US, Russia & India's arms bazar

    India needs to be able to take its own sovereign decisions on what it considers best for its national security.

    3 May 2018 12:51 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Emperor Xi's global OBOR dream

    These are vast resource-rich territories with rickety infrastructure, poor transport, communications and connectivity.

    20 April 2018 12:50 AM IST

    President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)Opinion
    Trade war with China: What led Trump to act

    China has virtually penetrated Western aviation technology so deep that it's doubtful if the US will be able to take any...

    10 April 2018 6:20 AM IST

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    India-China trade: Deficit rising,close the gap before it's too late

    The most alarming fact is that the value of Indian exports either stagnated or declined.

    29 March 2018 1:40 AM IST

    It is the cost involved that is creating a problem for Indias aircraft (civil and combat) acquisition programme for the last four decades. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The perils of fighter price fixing

    Huge delays and the resulting rising costs have marred the modernisation programme and timely replenishment of inventory...

    21 March 2018 2:06 AM IST

    All over the world, a countrys own national interest shapes its foreign policy, so why is there a role reversal in the case of India? Are we back to the Jawaharlal Nehru era of eyeing China with rose-tinted glasses?Opinion
    Appeasing Beijing over Tibet: Delhi sends neighbours the wrong signal

    High-profile dignitaries from Jordan and Vietnam were in India recently for bilateral talks.

    13 March 2018 6:37 AM IST

    Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said, China, Nepal and India are each others important neighbouring countries. The three parties should step up sound interaction for win win outcomes.Opinion
    Tortuous talks in turbulent times

    The word mutual could easily have been inserted somewhere, but it wasn't. It was a unilateral; condescending;...

    7 March 2018 3:16 AM IST

    It also follows two complaints by Qatar to the United Nations about Emirati military aircraft allegedly violating its international airspace amid the diplomatic crisis. (Photo: Representational | AFP)Opinion
    The price of aircraft & the price of power

    The non-manufacturing users and importers are always at the receiving end, except during the times when there is glut in...

    23 Feb 2018 2:09 AM IST

    Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Maldives: India's new front with China

    The situation in the Maldives today is a clear warning on the future scenario in India's northeastern frontier.

    14 Feb 2018 1:09 AM IST

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Dialogue in Beijing with his Afghanistan and Pakistan counterparts Salahuddin Rabbani and Khawaja Muhammad Asif respectively. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Han-style diplomacy: What China says, and what it may really mean

    From security to expansion, France sought a guarantee from both current contracting and past confronting parties.

    8 Feb 2018 2:16 AM IST

    Apart from the Indian defence and security experts including retired military officials, a Chinese professor, Guo Xetang who is the director of centre for South Asia and Indian Ocean Studies will also be present on the first day of the seminar. (Representational image)Opinion
    The great Chinese (fire)wall: What India needs to do now

    Yes, prima facie, China does reserve the sovereign right to determine what it considers to be in its national interest.

    1 Feb 2018 6:18 AM IST

    (Representational image)Opinion
    Behind China's push: Land, water, fuel issues

    Doklam and the Sino-Indian frontier are irritants and eyesores to Chinese leaders.

    23 Jan 2018 1:45 AM IST

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