Quad lacks moral authority in South China Sea
March 18, 2021
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends the virtual Quad meeting on March 12, 2021, with US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Sc...
BJP fostering misogyny and xenophobia in India
December 12, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Rahul Gandhi kisses the forehead of his mother, Sonia Gandhi, after taking charge as president of the Indian National Congress during a ceremony at...
Indian PM Modi’s love of appearing in army uniform
November 24, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
On November 13, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, with jawans (soldiers) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, w...
Costly competition: India playing into China’s hands
November 21, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
The Shandong, China's first domestically made aircraft carrier
Everything is going as China has wanted with its India strategy since April. The s...
India is nowhere in the world, denial won’t work
October 22, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Narendra Modi, PM India
The perceptions of Indian political leaders and top bureaucrats about their country’s position in the world appear...
India to lose more than it gains from the Quad
October 3, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
The foreign-ministerial meeting of the member states of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly known as the Quad, namely Australia, India, Japa...
India’s gamble on China policy looking like a bad bet
September 4, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
India’s China strategy has looked shaky over the last 10 months. It looks as though India has been facing severe anguish after it tried to tilt...
Indian Army’s professional credibility under question
August 18, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Chinese diplomats have been accusing Indian frontline troops of either violating the chain of command or being misused by their seniors.
They claim t...
Bangladesh’s snub another blow for India
July 28, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
One of India’s most-read and oldest English-language dailies, The Hindu, posted an article by fore...
Ladakh standoff pushes Modi’s popularity into free-fall
July 24, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Narendra Modi
Last Friday (July 17) evening, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar fired salvos of tweets at Rahul Gandhi, lea...
How Modi fell prey to ‘coconut’ strategy on China
June 26, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
“It is true that we have a border dispute with China. But in the last 40 years, not a single bullet has been fired because of it,” Indian...
India’s strategic illusions, delusion and hallucinations
June 8, 2020
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By: Bhim Bhurtel
Indian strategists have been suffering from illusion, delusion, and hallucination since their country’s independence from the British Empire. Th...
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