India’s Karakoram Conundrum: A Legacy of the Great Game
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The Karakoram Range lies on the northernmost borders of Pakistan and India, further extending into the western border of China. The range...
Taiwan: The Question Of One China – Part I
Taiwan has been one of the core issues that exhibit’s China’s insecurities towards its One China policy. Beijing has consistently hammered this point domestically...
How important is Gwadar port for China?
China’s hydrocarbon use has more than doubled in the past two decades and will double again in the next decade.
In 2000, China’s total energy...
China Transferred Ballistic Missile Technology to Pakistan
Pakistan’s security establishment was early to realize the strategic importance of ballistic missiles. In February 1989, a few months before India tested its Agni...
Beijing’s Proclamations on Regional Security
Beijing’s stated overall approach to regional security relations might be summarized as follows:
Increased attention to its peripheral environment, primarily because China needs regional...
India-China Reset: Is This The Right Time?
Once again we are witnessing high level engagement between India and China. This is an important development after repeated Line of Actual Control (LAC)...
Tibet – Self-Immolations and Aftermath
With the most recent self-immolation on March 24, 2013, there have been 111 Tibetans confirmed to have self-immolated in different Tibetan areas since February...
The Global Armed Conflicts
The World has been constantly at war for centuries now - from the Crusades to Islamic Invasions in India to the American Civil War...
Xinjiang – China’s Uighur Problem
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) or East Turkestan is the western autonomous province of China. It accounts for one-sixth of China’s landmass with a...
China in Africa – Messiah or Monster
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China’s incredible journey of colonizing Africa took off post 2009, when it overtook the United States as Africa’s biggest trading partner. BRICS...