Shankar Kumar

3 weeks ago | governancenow.com | Shankar Kumar

India, boiling in anger after the brutal killing of 26 tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists belonging to 'The Resistance Front' (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, is preparing for a major offensive against the perpetrators and their handlers across the border. A strong hint of this intent came from prime minister Narendra Modi during his speech at a rally in Madhubani, Bihar, on April 24.

3 weeks ago | raksha-anirveda.com | Shankar Kumar

Chinese President Xi Jinping has just concluded a five-day visit to three Southeast Asian -nations – Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia from April 14 to 18. It was the first overseas visit of the Chinese President this year, which was widely seen as a strategic move to show off Beijing’s clout in the region and countering US-led tariff that has caused upheavals in China and several other nations as well.

1 month ago | governancenow.com | Shankar Kumar

More than a week after the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, created a ripple in South Asia by asking China to expand its economic base in his country as it is “the only guardian of the ocean” for India’s seven landlocked northeastern states, New Delhi has decided to withdraw trans-shipment facility to Dhaka, preventing it to export cargo to any third country using Indian ports and airports.

1 month ago | raksha-anirveda.com | Shankar Kumar

It was in 2005 that defence related engagements between India and Sri Lanka began to take shape when the two countries carried out their first naval exercise ‘SLINEX’ in the Indian Ocean about 30 km off the coast of Colombo. Last year, the military personnel of the two neighbouring nations undertook the 10th edition of joint military exercise ‘Mitra Shakti’ at Sri Lanka’s Maduru Oya-based Army Training School.

1 month ago | raksha-anirveda.com | Shankar Kumar

Understanding the complexity of geopolitics in Asia is not easy. In the context of India-China relations, this complexity is awfully glaring. Despite a trust deficit, which widened further after the June 2020 Galwan Valley incident, both are inching forward to restart a new life. To this regard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that “the differences are natural.