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One border, one force – A concept whose time has arrived
About two years ago, on July, 18, 2011, www.defenceinfo.com had raised the issue of vesting operational control of ITBP with the Indian Army, along the Line of Actual Control. The article is reproduced in view of the recent incident. Jasbir Sarai Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was raised on October 24, 1962, under the CRPF Act. It was about thirty years …
by Guest Writer on May 9th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Chinese incursion: UPA can’t swat a fly
Rohit Srivastava The nation is currently agitated over the inability of the UPA Government to force the Chinese Army to retreat from Daulat Baig Oldie, a remote advanced landing ground (ALG) and old unused air strip which was recently reactivated. The ALGs are generally constructed where a land route is difficult to build and maintain and all-weather operations are not …
by Guest Writer on May 4th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Where is the national response to the Chinese incursion?
Jaibans Singh The recent incursion by troops of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China into Indian territory at Daulat Baig Oldie (DBO) has, quite surprisingly, not elicited the kind of national response that one would have looked forward to. What is more astonishing is that media is also quite “cool” towards the incident. There have been very less debates …
by Jaibans Singh on April 28th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Apply a single yardstick to intrusion and security in Jammu and Kashmir
Jaibans Singh A contingent of about 30 Chinese soldiers came 10-12 kms inside Indian territory at Burthe in Daulat Beg Oldie, Eastern Ladakh on April, 15. A faceoff has been going on ever since. The Indian government is attempting to diffuse the situation at diplomatic, political and military levels to avoid an adverse impact on relations between the neighbouring Asian …
by Jaibans Singh on April 25th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Chinese nuclear adventurism in support of Pakistan
Prabhakar Gupta “Beijing should not allow its ties with other countries to become an impediment to advancing Indo-China relations” – a very clear and direct message given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the new Chinese President Xi Jiping in their first meeting at Durban in the sidelines of the BRIC conclave. There is enough reason to believe that this …
by Prabhakar Gupta on April 22nd, 2013 Leave a comment »
China: the more things change, the more they remain the same
Jaibans Singh March, 05, 2013, heralded a leadership change in China after the customary decade long stint of the outgoing leadership. The change took place during a session of the Chinese Parliament in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A silver lining in the transition process was that despite its fair share of intrigue, rivalry, speculation etc, the …
by Jaibans Singh on March 13th, 2013 Leave a comment »
The time to look at China closely has arrived
Prabhakar Gupta China is positioning itself as a super power that will, in time, contest the unilateral power status of the United States. Such a posture has been extensively written about and speculated upon. The question that now arises is – How will China leverage this position if, as and when it attains the same. China’s growing belligerence in its …
by Prabhakar Gupta on January 21st, 2013 1 Comments »
India and China agree to resume joint military exercises
Defenceinfo Bureau Report India and China held the fifth annual defence dialogue (ADD) at Beijing on January, 14, 2013. The talks assume significance in view of the decision taken to resume joint military exercises and expand military exchanges. It may be recalled that militaries of the two nations had conducted joint anti-terrorism exercises in 2007 and 2008; the initiative was …
by Defence Info Bureau on January 18th, 2013 Leave a comment »
China: Will new leadership mean new ideas?
Jaibans Singh A comment made by the Indian Naval Chief about enhanced Indian geo-strategic involvement in the South China sea has, as expected, raised the heckles of the Chinese leadership. The stringent response by the Chinese foreign ministry has come at a time when there is increasing speculation about the effect that the eminent leadership change will have on the …
by Jaibans Singh on December 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
Indo-China War 1962: A history ignored
Jaibans Singh October, 20, 2012, will mark the 50th year of the Indo-China war. The current national preoccupation with corruption and incessant attention to other tomfoolery that keeps the modern Indian society busy has resulted in a miniscule level of attention to this historically very important event. Another reason for this important event being sidelined is the very obvious apathy …
by Jaibans Singh on October 18th, 2012 2 Comments »
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