Siachen recollections
ACCORDING to a Hindustan Times story of Jan 13, Indian chief of army staff Gen M.M. Naravane, addressing a press conference in New Delhi on the previous day, stated that India was “not…
Babar’s children to the rescue
PRIME Minister Modi’s supporters have some hateful names for Indian Muslims. ‘Mian Musharraf’ (after the former Pakistan dictator) and ‘termites’, conjured by his home minister, found short-lived traction. That the…
Misreading the Indian mind
Sun Tzu laid down a fundamental principle of strategy in the following words: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred…
Win Pak-India nuke war?
That Pakistan may first use nuclear weapons in a future war with India was announced last week by Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry. Coming just two days before Prime Minister Nawaz…
India and China in wary dance as Xi visits South Asia
China's president will kick off his first South Asia tour with a visit to Beijing's latest investment in Sri Lanka, a $1.4-billion port city development to include a marina and…
Region or subcontinent?
In his press conference on January 3, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of his regret that because of Musharraf’s unexpected ouster from power, the promise of a “breakthrough” in…
The road to nuclear parity
At its annual plenary meeting held on June 13 and 14 in Prague, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) again failed to take a decision on the question of admitting India…
A nuclear warning from India
In a wide-ranging speech on India’s nuclear weapons’ programme and the country’s nuclear doctrine, Shyam Saran, chairman of India’s National Security Advisory Board, declared in New Delhi on April 24…
Shooting in the dark
Indian and Pakistani armies have slammed each other for violating the Line of Control this week. Pakistan said Indian troops killed one of its soldiers in the Haji Pir sector…
