Napoleon Bonaparte’s prophetic cliché “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world”, made in 1814, has at last arrived before mankind. Xi Jinping himself used a version of the quote in a March 2014 speech in France (200 years later): “The lion that is China has awoken, but it is a…

(………….Continued) Security Trajectory – Great Power Politics The Arctic has risen on the world’s strategic agenda because the U.S. and Russia are already in the region, and because China has been progressively expanding its presence there. Both USA and NATO have been lambasting both Russian and Chinese actions in the region, which represented a clear…

As Francis Fukuyama wrote, “major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Arctic Ocean/Sea of the 21st century. Commonly viewed as a “territory of dialogue,” the Arctic has, over the past three decades, won a reputation as a “zone of peace”. However, few places have been the source…

As Francis Fukuyama has written, “major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Arctic Ocean/Sea of the 21st century. Commonly viewed as a “territory of dialogue,” the Arctic has, over the past three decades, won a reputation as a “zone of peace”. However, few places have been the…

Brig (Retd.) G.B. Reddi It is deeply disturbing to watch the political discourse in the country being reduced to sensational claims, sweeping allegations and arguments that appear to substitute suspicion for evidence. More disturbing is when such narratives are projected on national television as though they constitute facts. The latest controversy surrounding the Special Intensive…

Brig (retd) G.B. Reddi Delhi certainly claims the dubious distinction of being the “Capital of Rapes”. None of the people of Delhi should suffer from any illusions on this count. Apportioning the blame to the “Law and Order” machinery is the common refrain after every rape. “CASTRATION” punishment followed by “Bulldozer” justice can only redress…

At times, one really does not know whether to laugh or worry when listening to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy speak about history. For a man occupying the highest elected office in a State whose very identity is inseparable from the traumatic events of 1947–48, a little more familiarity with history would surely not…

Today’s warfare is “High Tech” warfare. Its outcomes are dependent on qualitative superiority in the full spectrum of warfare; but not based on 3:1 quantitative/numerical armed forces superiority of bygone days. Compelling imperative is to understand the many faces of “High Tech Warfare”, if one wants to sustain enduring peace. For peace promotes progress, prosperity…

High-sounding platitudes have been invoked by both Xi Jinping and Modi in the statements issued after the bi-lateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. The two leaders expressed commitment to a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable resolution of the boundary question proceeding from the political perspective of their overall bilateral relations and the…