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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.
    An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a check point during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    J&K's status: Don't repeat history's mistakes

    The weakness of India's neighbours, in contrast, stems from the repeated tweaking of their basic law by a succession of...

    13 Jun 2017 1:30 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    At Astana SCO, pitfalls to avoid

    The Chinese analyse and examine the future for upto 50-100 years, well beyond two future generations and over the...

    8 Jun 2017 1:51 AM IST

    China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Tackling China? See its history

    The Chinese never liked the presence of foreigner in their midst.

    29 May 2017 6:33 AM IST

    China succeeded in bringing together various countries together on one platform for the OBOR project President Xi Jinping with leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    OBOR & India: Is China serious?

    Sovereignty to them meant sovereignty for their own self and own state , and the rest did not matter.

    22 May 2017 12:47 AM IST

    Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Envoy games, Chinese style

    Start negotiation on a China-India treaty of good neighbourliness and friendly cooperation, declared the Chinese...

    15 May 2017 12:20 AM IST

    Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Dragon's mischief: Don't fall for it

    China's direct involvement in J&K as a third party has now badly damaged the scenario.

    9 May 2017 12:24 AM IST

    People and children at a candle light vigil in memory of the CRPF personnel, who were killed in the Sukma Naxal attack in Chattisgarh, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Naxalbari to Sukma: Will we ever learn?

    In the process, the neo-Communists redefined themselves with a role originating at Naxalbari.

    1 May 2017 1:13 AM IST

    File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    With Zia's boys' in charge, Jadhav's fate appears bleak

    There is almost no common ground in India-Pakistan relations today.

    24 April 2017 1:21 AM IST

    Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Raheel's IMAFT: A self-defeating idea?

    The question here is: where exactly has Raheel Sharif joined and what would be his role?

    18 April 2017 12:14 AM IST

    China flagOpinion
    Chinese advice: No use to India

    Foreigners and outsiders, even today, try to manipulate and influence large sections/groups of people.

    13 April 2017 3:29 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Out at sea: China's new power play

    Every nation is a land power, but few nations can be, or are, land-sea powers.

    6 April 2017 6:16 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Silk Road: China's new battleground

    Beijing's threat to Taiwan is a routine breakfast-lunch-tea-dinner syndrome.

    28 March 2017 4:37 AM IST

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