For the first time since 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not attend the SCO summit meeting, held July 3-4 in Kazakhstan, ostensibly due to the ongoing parliamentary session. However, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was there to articulate India’s position and interests.
Srikanth Kondapalli China’s recent aggression in every direction in its neighbourhood is leading to a storm building up for itself. Its massive and intrusive military build-up and exercises across the Taiwan Straits, South China Sea and on the borders with…
Despite stating that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, China has made it an art to coerce countries that receive aid from it. Previously, China demanded deference from other countries to the “One China” policy with regard to Taiwan, Tibet and on its South China Sea disputes with South-East Asian nations.
Muizzu will do well to learn from Sri Lanka’s experience of China’s predatory policies and understand that antagonising India is not going to serve Maldives well.
Srikanth Kondapalli On April 19, the PLA Strategic Support Force was disbanded and three new forces were formed, viz, Information Support Force, Aerospace Force, and Cyberspace Force, with the already established Joint Logistics Support Force forming the ‘fourth arm.’ The…
Srikanth Kondapalli China has been raising irredentist claims on territories and resources of its neighbors on one pretext or another in order to finally grab them. China’s leadership is following what its communist party founder Mao Zedong used to say…