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Author Archives: Prakash Katoch

US President Donald Trump (R) talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they attend a working session during the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 8, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Michael Kappeler/Pool
Posted inIndia, South Asia

The confounding paradox of the India-US relationship

by Prakash Katoch June 20, 2019February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump’s unpredictability has been under scrutiny globally, and has drawn considerable attention from the American media. In some ways, he has managed to flummox watchers of an India-US relationship that had reinvented itself after the May 1998 nuclear tests by India. One recent hiccup in the bilateral relationship comes from the Trump […]

Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

No India-Pakistan peace talks in offing at SCO

by Prakash Katoch June 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of  DefExpo 2018 in Chennai, India, on April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters / P. Ravikumar
Posted inIndia, South Asia

New Indian govt must focus on defense holistically

by Prakash Katoch May 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

ISIS announces a ‘province’ in India

by Prakash Katoch May 13, 2019February 18, 2020
The Indian Army's Special Forces deployed in counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Politics over India’s military operations

by Prakash Katoch May 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. Photo: Reuters
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

India’s misplaced euphoria over Masood Azhar

by Prakash Katoch May 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Indian Army paratroopers in a joint exercise with the US military. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Unlike in Pakistan, Indian forces scrounge for funds

by Prakash Katoch April 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Kashmir traffic ban terrible strategy

by Prakash Katoch April 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Posted inIndia, South Asia

In India, ‘unity of mind’ is a utopian idea

by Prakash Katoch March 20, 2019February 18, 2020
India is well placed politically, geographically and economically to be an effective counterbalance to China's expansionist policies in South Asia. The author says that an Indian Marshall Plan would help countries in the region resist Beijing's hegemonic ambitions.Image: iStock
Posted inIndia, South Asia

The idea of an ‘undivided India’

by Prakash Katoch March 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistani deep state miscalculates on India

by Prakash Katoch March 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia

India needs sub-conventional capabilities

by Prakash Katoch February 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, South Asia

中國欲通過「深度聯盟」成為全球領導者

by Prakash Katoch January 22, 2019January 28, 2019
China's president Xi Jinping and Afghan chief executive officer Abdullah Abdullah met in Beijing last year. China is involved in joint counter-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan to prevent the spread of extremist ideas into western China. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Posted inChina

Despite slowing economy, China aims to be global leader through ‘deep coalitions’

by Prakash Katoch January 17, 2019January 18, 2019
Indian Army paratroopers in a joint exercise with the US military. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Bhutan, China, France, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Joint operations in the Indian military remain a chimera

by Prakash Katoch January 4, 2019January 4, 2019
This handout photograph released by India's Ministry of External Affairs on July 5, 2018, shows Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj meeting with Bhutan's then-prime minister Tshering Tobgay in New Delhi. Photo: AFP / Handout
Posted inBeijing, Bhutan, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Asia, World

China pushes for greater influence in Bhutan

by Prakash Katoch December 31, 2018
US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Colombian President Iv·n Duque after his speech at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Posted inAfghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, World

Is Donald Trump signaling adieu to allies?

by Prakash Katoch December 24, 2018
India flag with China flag. Image: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World, Wuhan

Did China ‘bowl India a googly’ on border talks?

by Prakash Katoch December 21, 2018
Imran Khan has been accused of bowing to religious extremists in Pakistan. Photo: AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan will not give up terrorism

by Prakash Katoch December 14, 2018
A file photo of a conference room used for meetings between Indian and Chinese military commanders  in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Posted inBangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Asia

India’s inactive approach to border infrastructure continues

by Prakash Katoch November 26, 2018

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