Reading Time: < 1 minute Taliban’s Doha diplomacy leaves Afghanistan peace talks flagging | World news | guardian.co.uk. Why do all international ‘talks’ beat around the bush. If one goes by the history of mankind conflict seemed a way towards resolution. Leaves a question: Has … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Moving Forward to 2014
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Indeed it is a historic time for the Hindukush region. The Afghan Army takes control of the security within Afghanistan relieving the international forces to a supporting role. Thinking about this; is Karzai left with fighting with some real shadows? … Continue reading
Joker in the pack or … just Zero!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes China views India’s rise as a threat to its interests. It tries to down play its role by a street smart approach of entering Indian territory. It does not want to see India as an equal partner. Continue reading
Dumb charades or Chinese whispers
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Read about the fallacies of the developing world. How it gets exploited by the super powers. Continue reading
Is China really a threat?
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Reading Time: 5 minutes China and India have to live together their affairs will shape the future of the world’s power structure. alignment and re alignment is part of history. India has steadfastly sat on a fence and keeps its position sometimes to its advantage. This prompts China to flex its muscles by intrusion into India. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Catapult X-47B From Carrier Into History Books
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The war on terror has taken a new direction or rather an old one in a new form. Continue reading
Hope for Pakistan?
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Reading Time: 3 minutes With elections in Pakistan over, Nawaz sharif a third time PM will come to power. Will it change anything? The world is actually watching this state they hold somewhat responsible for terrorism around the world. The lot is with the fate of the Pakistani people. Will Sharif forge anything new? Continue reading
Afghanistan: the future is looking up …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The war in Afghanistan started with 9/11. At that time there was an uncomfortable feeling that this was going to be another protracted Vietnam. The US has changed its strategies many times and is still hopeful of a victory which … Continue reading
China’s Intrusion into India – fear or domination?
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Chinese intrusion into Indian territory is not new. Border issues are kept alive to serve a purpose. It is either a domination or fear that guides China to act in a pedestrian way. While it is of not much importance it is relevant to the current scene in India and China’s regionalism with Japan. Continue reading
Viva la General – adieu
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The saga of the date of birth of General Singh though a reality has been used to get a preferred general to the chiefs position. It is an action taken to remedy a previous favouritism. Can one wrong correct another or can this right correct an older wrong. This is a story of revenge or is it of righteousness. The nett result is that maybe a doubtful character is ending up as chief. This alas can not be proved as there is government bias over who can be chief. Continue reading
What is Good for Facebook is Good for America – Forbes
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reflecting on the article on Facebook being a game changer for US economy. Will it really be so. The jobs that Ford and GM created, will it be the same with Facebook? Is everyone really waiting to see the US economy change with the IPO. Continue reading
Viva la General 2
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The saga of he date of birth of the chief has taken another twist, with the PIL being thrown out by the supreme court. A chance has been lost to cleared the sullied image of the situation and justice appears not to be served. Continue reading
India to test China Killer missile – Sydney Morning Herald
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Sydney Morning Herald Article on India’s China-killer missile This is an interesting label to the Agni V. The arms race in the sub continent is not new and the causes for such a race has several perspectives. The threat to … Continue reading
The January night Raisina Hill was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without notifying Govt – Indian Express
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Click here: The Indian Express article This release of this outdated news heightens the rift between the Army and the Government. I hope it is not what I think it is … a bit of izzat taken a bit too far, … Continue reading
Viva la General
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Reading Time: 2 minutes General V K Singh will go down in history for being someone who will change the nation’s perception of the Armed Forces, hopefully for the better. There have been chiefs ‘disciplined’ by the bureaucracy and the politicians in the past. … Continue reading
No Gurkhas in overseas Armies?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes I cannot fathom why the Nepalese parliament would ban overseas recruitment of Gurkhas, unless it sees its nationals fighting against each other for two warring countries. In which case a conflict of interest with Nepal’s foreign policy is significant. This … Continue reading
Afghanistan: A survival match
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Hamid Karzai the President of Afghanistan has been in power through several elections to this day. There is a corresponding modern history of Afghanistan that kept brewing in the neighboring state of Pakistan. This is largely the story of the … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Struggle from the past … a brief history
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Reading Time: 2 minutes I have made this a three-part write up on Afghanistan. This is a brief history of the region. Afghanistan seems to have historical events repeating very quickly and that needs to be highlighted. I hope its future is not going … Continue reading
Iran and the US
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Iran has become a focal point for the US for many reasons, known or just not spoken. The politics of the region has little to do with the peaceful co existence of the countries of the region, simply because there … Continue reading
Julia Gillard vs Kevin Rudd
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Reading Time: < 1 minute It is unusual to have a Prime Minister sitting on the back benches. Most finish their terms and fade away into history. This will be the first time where the tie for premiership within the party will be like an … Continue reading
