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Since the landscape of International politics is always changing, where the alliances and partnerships are also shifting with much frequency, a new emerging cooperation between Pakistan and Russia gains a huge attention as well as importance. Not only is this a significant development in itself where these two estranged states, since the Cold War, have now agreed to joined hands in military domain, but the timing of the military exercises is also quite noteworthy. It is the time when India, a long time trusted ally of Russia, is bent upon isolating Pakistan in the international community. Hence Russian tilt towards Pakistan despite India’s motives and concerns, carry immense implications for the states as well as for the regional political and strategic dynamics. At the same time India has always banked upon Russia’s unconditional support in almost all the regional and global matters vis a vis Pakistan and other states. Hence the prevalent concern in the official circles of New Delhi a...

Electronic media has never been stronger than it is now. At the same time, it is less willing to use that sort of power and influence because of its increasing commercialization. There was this tradition that the media culture we had inherited from early broadcasts was intended to be a public service. Unfortunately we have lost that, not simply in fact, but in ideal. When we observe our society and then switch on our TV, we observe a great contrast. We see two completely different worlds. When we turn on our TV, we see news bulletins, special reports and talk shows about unimportant and absurd issues, political melodramas are the most popular among those. We often see “breaking news” after every 10 to 15 minutes where a political leader has issued a statement about his opponents, a bull has been sold at a very high price, a celebrity has lost his wallet, a cat has jumped out of a window on the 3rd floor of a building or a semi-crazy person has eaten 20 sandwiches in one minute. Even if...

The deployment of BrahMos missile is bound to increase the competitiveness and rivalry between China–India relations and will have a negative impact on the stability of the region. The BrahMos is a new game piece in India’s tense relationship with China. China claims parts of Arunachal Pradesh as its own and both sides have contesting claims on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which is the de-facto border between the two countries. China has warned India that increasing troops presence and the move to deploy BrahMos cruise missiles in Arunachal Pradesh can escalate tensions on the border. Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has strongly reacted against this move of India. India deploying supersonic missiles on the border has exceeded its own needs for self-defense and poses a serious threat to China’s Tibet and Yunnan provinces. Military buildups along the Sino-Indian border have increased recently as last month India deployed nearly 100 tanks to the Ladakh ...

By now it is widely known that the CPEC is a collection of projects. It primarily aims at achieving strong trade links between China and Pakistan. This 46 billion dollars project will allow Pak-China relations to enter a new phase with added economic and strategic dimensions to it. All this development is closely monitored in Delhi with great unease. They have made no effort to conceal their unease and have openly voiced their displeasure by condemning the CPEC project. However, both China and Pakistan are fully dedicated to turn CPEC into reality against all odds. This is naturally an alarming situation for India which is finding it hard to curb its frustration anymore. As is evident from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at a conference, in which he resolutely disapproved the initiative of China-Pakistan economic corridor. In very vivid terms he warned that China should stop developing the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) or be prepared to face dire...