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Abhijit Bhattacharyya
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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    Gilgit-Baltistan region. (Photo: AFP/File)Opinion
    Gilgit-Baltistan: Is India losing the plot?

    Pakistan continues with its old tricks for Kashmir is in its jugular veins.

    15 Jun 2018 4:54 AM IST

    The India Gate area is on high alert ahead of January 26.Opinion
    Why the nation's capital can never be a 'state'

    Delhi's transformation from capital city to state is sure to be a prelude to the breakup of India.

    6 Jun 2018 1:44 AM IST

    Archbishop of Delhi Anil Couto (Photo: Youtube screengrab)Opinion
    Church and State: There's a long history

    Archbishop of Delhi could be defended or rejected, depending on which angle you are looking at.

    29 May 2018 6:51 AM IST

    Himalayan glacier (Photo: AP)Opinion
    In search of a Himalayan solution

    Let the two nations agree to start with the natural boundary and then go on to the artificial border.

    22 May 2018 6:53 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
    See what's behind the Sino-Indian reset'

    China has regularly and repeatedly announced that its territorial claim is its sovereignty, hence it's non-negotiable.

    8 May 2018 12:50 AM IST

    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

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