Canberra, 31 March 2023 THE CONCEPT OF AIR DENIAL In the last decade of the 20th century, three successful air campaigns were conducted by the Air Forces of Western countries, led by the USA—the Gulf War of 1991, the campaign in Bosnia in 1995 and then the Kosovo crisis in 1998–99. These three campaigns entrenched […]
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Whispering Thoughts – On This and That (No: 1)
March 29, 2023 
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April 2023 THE STATE OF THE WORLD APOCALYPSE NOW? The world is in turmoil as I write this. The so-called ‘Third World’, arrogantly named so by the Western countries, are not passive observers anymore, having transformed themselves into positive players with definitive voices in world affairs. The USA, self-proclaimed ‘force for good’, is being […]
Continue readingThe Post Covid-19 World Order: Not Business as Usual
April 27, 2020 0 Comments
Canberra, 16 April 2020 Even before the Corona virus devastated many of the countries of the world, political thinkers had started to debate whether or not the world order that had held fast for the past five or six decades was changing. Further, there was also discussion regarding the inevitability of such a change taking […]
Continue readingRussia’s Return to the World Stage: The Primakov Doctrine
November 6, 2019 0 Comments
Canberra, 6 November 2019 International power balance is primarily based on claiming ascendancy on the world stage, which in turn is driven by political imperatives, the prime mover in all initiatives towards claiming power. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia assumed the mantle of Soviet power, but struggled to prove itself as a […]
Continue readingIndia-China Relations: Complex and Out-of-Step
August 8, 2017 0 Comments
Canberra, 8 August 2017 On 15 May 2015, India and China came out with a joint statement acknowledging the simultaneous re-emergence of both the nations as major regional powers. This event was termed as heralding the beginning of the Asian Century in international geo-politics. The bilateral relationship between India and China influences and has repercussions […]
Continue readingThe Philippines – A New President Takes Over
October 4, 2016 0 Comments
Singapore, 04 October 2016 President Rodrigo Duterte took office as the President of the Philippines on 30 June 2016 after winning a landslide election victory. On the face of it, it would seem that he hit the ground running, putting in place vigorous programs to solve issues that he had identified during the election campaign. […]
Continue readingAfghanistan – A Long Way from Anywhere
September 20, 2016 1 Comment
Canberra, 20 September 2016 Afghanistan has been teetering at the edge of a precipice ever since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001. The situation has become further precarious, if such a thing is possible at all, after the current President Ashraf Ghani took over the reins of government two years back. The embattled […]
Continue readingPatience and Denial: China’s Dual Strategies
March 1, 2016 0 Comments
Canberra, 1 March 2106 While the world has been busy and preoccupied with the conflict in the Middle-East, the refugee problem that it has spawned, finding a solution to the intransigent Syrian issue and coming to terms with the rise and rise of militant Islam, the South China Sea has percolated to becoming an […]
Continue readingThe Pilgrims Progress: Russia in the Middle-East
February 9, 2016 0 Comments
Canberra, 8 February 2016 For nearly four years of the Civil War, Russia was content with providing traditional support through the provision of arms and logistics to its client-state Syria, while the Assad regime battled for its very existence. Therefore, the direct military intervention in September 2015 can be considered a revolutionary act by […]
Continue readingTHE IMPROBABILITY OF PEACE IN SYRIA
August 25, 2015 1 Comment
Canberra, 25 August 2015 The regime of President Bashar al-Assad now effectively controls only about one-sixth of the territory of original Syria and its control is diminishing on a daily basis because it is losing territory to insurgents and facing a manpower shortage in the military. Till recently the regime continued to hold the core […]
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