- Government claims ‘better coordination’ between India and China has led to peace at the border
Jugal R. Purohit – December 29, 2016 (quoting me)
Government data reveal that the Line of Actual Control that separates India and China has cooled down and transgressions from Chinese side into India has seen a sharp decline.
- India, China and the ‘long march of deep military reform’
December 21, 2016
Claude Arpi on how it is high time India undertakes military reforms, in which the role of the Indian Army is rebalanced with the Navy and the Air Force
- Bhutan’s Karma and the pursuit of happiness
November 15, 2016
Claude Arpi on how Bhutan managed to keep its independence while Tibet fell to China.
- Special force needed after India ignores border intrusions on the Chinese side
October 25, 2016
Claude Arpi on India’s need for a new border force.
- China ups the ante on Dalai Lama to avoid backlash of angry Tibetans
October 6, 2016
There is no doubt that in Beijing’s game plan, Gyaltsen Norbu is destined to play a central role. But whether it would be accepted by Tibetans remains to be seen, writes Claude Arpi.
- Rafale aircraft deal took 15 YEARS to finalise but it was worth the long wait
September 22, 2016
A French official had said once: ‘With India, you have to learn patience.’ He was right. It is shame that the process lasted 15 years and that the IAF had to wait all this time.
- India must not forget bitter partition lessons while tackling Kashmir
September 9, 2016
The joint patrols conducted by PLA frontier defence troops and the Pakistani Khunjerab Security Force ‘aiming to offer security guarantee to CPEC” are a serious concern for India, writes Claude Arpi.
- It was billed as a victory, but non-Indians saw India’s Rio Games as a defeat
August 25, 2016
The title of a recent article in a French daily was: “2016 Olympics: the Indian giant, the Olympic dwarf.”. This is how a non-Indian saw Sindhu’s silver medal. While back in India, everyone saw a great victory.
- It’s time to stand up to China over Ladakh
August 12, 2016
The people of Ladakh have for years asked for the reopening of the ancient Demchok-Tashigong route. Why is Beijing so reluctant to let people and goods flow again?
- Roads, railways, and airports: Why China’s building spree across Tibet is a worry for India
July 28, 2016
China plans to accelerate infrastructure construction from Chengdu to Lhasa (Tibet). All these projects have serious strategic implications for India, as they have military uses as well as civilian ones.
- Europe is a ‘process’, not the end and that is where the British got it wrong
July 15, 2016
Very few events have triggered such a flood of comments as the vote for Brexit in UK. It could be the last journey of an empire on which the sun used to never set.
- Despite a wave of tumultuous strikes and an exodus of talent, some facts suggest France is doing well
June 3, 2016
Despite a loss of talent and recent industrial strife, France is the world’s top tourist destination and still the country of choice for other powers in the provision of submarines and aircraft.
- The UN is wrong about Bhutan. It really is one of the happiest places on earth
May 6, 2016
With its 70 per cent forest cover, Bhutan has almost five million acres of protected land, rich in forests, pristine rivers and thriving wildlife. The question is: can it last?
- ‘We must go from words to deeds’: The world must unite and sign global climate deal says UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon
April 21, 2016
April 22 is World Earth Day. On the occasion, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon will request world leaders sign the Paris Agreement on climate change at the UN Headquarters in New York.
- Tibet is learning the tricks of democracy
April 4, 2016
The ballots have spoken. Lobsang Sangay, the incumbent Tibetan prime minister, has been re-elected as ‘Sikyong’ (Political Leader) to lead the Tibetan refugees during the next five years.
- India should follow China’s cues on infrastructure
March 16, 2016
While India as a nation tends to focus on philosophical issues, we could learn a lot from China’s plans to strengthen transport networks, thereby boosting the economy and tourism.
- Intolerance is rising in Jinping’s China
March 3, 2016
Members of the Communist Party of China were recently asked to ‘absorb’ the views of President Xi Jinping by learning from an article written long ago by Mao Zedong.
- India holds on to Siachen…because Pakistan showed the glacier area on its maps in 1975
February 18, 2016
India needs to holds on to Siachen, because in 1975, it was discovered that the US map showed Siachen glacier as part of Pakistan while had begun Islamabad sponsored mountaineering expeditions in the glacier.
- The Netaji files show up India’s secrecy rules
February 11, 2016
When PM Modi declassified 100 ‘top secret’ files on Netaji, the real ‘revelation’, which passed unnoticed by the news channels, was that the ‘top secret’ files contained nothing new.
- France and India join forces for smart cities and smarter relations
January 21, 2016
While terrorism and the Rafale deal will be on the agenda when France’s President Hollande visits India, he will also visit Chandigarh, selected by the Indian government to be a ‘smart city’.
- Return to the Stilwell Road: Reopening a mythical trade route
January 10, 2016
The Stilwell Road is the stuff of myth. Built by the Americans during World War II, it started from Ledo in the plains of Assam, and wound its way to China’s Yunnan province. Now, it is open again.
- Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness depends on ‘finding ways to grow economically in a carbon neutral way’
December 24, 2015
Bhutan’s four pillars of ‘Happiness’ are sustainable development, preservation, promotion of cultural values, and establishment of good governance.
- Blaming India and China for climate change helps no one
December 11, 2015
A Western journalist wrote in La Libre Belgique: “India claims the right to pollute.” This represents the view of many in the West, but this type of attitude can lead nowhere.
- France was attacked because, like India, she values the equality for all before the law
November 20, 2015
The motto of the city of Paris is Fluctuat nec mergitur (‘Tossed by the waves but not sunk’).. Perhaps such resilience is the only way to beat barbarism such as the attacks which killed 129.
- India loses its Nepal monopoly as China gets set to become country’s main commodities supplier
November 5, 2015
The fact remains that Nepal and China are getting closer by the day, at a time when the relations between Kathmandu and Delhi are frosty.
- Celebrate the Panscheel Agreement? It was one of India’s worst political disasters
Dr Sanat Kaul – July 1, 2014 (quoting me)
Vice-President Hamid Ansari paid a visit to Beijing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Panchsheel Agreement with China. It may be recalled that this Agreement has been the source of the greatest disaster of Indian Foreign Policy, for which we are still suffering.
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