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Dec 1, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Laxman Kumar Behera |Upamanyu Basu |Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed
Last month, India and China reached an agreement to disengage from their military standoff on the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh and conduct coordinated patrols along friction points. Despite this disengagement, however, India needs to invest in its comprehensive national power and defense preparedness to deal with the long-term threat from Beijing’s military modernization and regional influence.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Upamanyu Basu |Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed |Amna Saqib
On September 12, India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, to discuss tensions along the disputed India-China border, also called the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The meeting highlighted the stark difference between New Delhi and Beijing in terms of the urgency that they each accord to the resolution of the border dispute.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
telanganatoday.com | Upamanyu Basu
Published Date - 7 October 2024, 11:59 PM
By Upamanyu BasuPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Kyiv has brought attention to India’s balancing act, particularly in light of his earlier engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin with a “bear hug” diplomatic exchange.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed |Upamanyu Basu |Amna Saqib
On 23 August, 2024, a small Indian drone was spotted across the Line of Control in the airspace over Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a reminder of the ever-present tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. While Pakistan claims it shot down the drone, India asserts that the drone inadvertently strayed due to a malfunction. This episode, though, is emblematic of a larger and more concerning trend—the rapid militarization of drone technology in South Asia.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Pooja Bhatt |Upamanyu Basu
The 2020 Ladakh crisis between India and China, which began four years ago this spring, has had a larger impact on the relationship than expected. One of the notable trends in its aftermath is that India-China competition is no longer limited to the continental border but has a significant maritime dimension as well.
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May 1, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Upamanyu Basu
While terming the Iranian attack as "symbolic”, China has its own self-interest to maintain in West Asia. The recent tension between Iran and Israel is making China balance a tight spot in the Gulf. The 14 April attack on Israel has been the first military attack on the country despite decades of shadow conflict between the two countries since 1979’s Islamic revolution.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Christopher Clary |Upamanyu Basu |Zohaib Altaf |Nimrah Javed
Pakistan is almost entirely absent from India’s strategic discourse in the contemporary moment. Indian interlocutors mention this absence occasionally—either with modest lament or more often with some pride, depending on their strategic worldview. Virtually no Indian strategic analyst believes Pakistan is on “India’s level” in world politics.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
thequint.com | Upamanyu Basu
Many in the elite circles of Chinese diplomats do not view this invasion from a moral point of view. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been invited to a peace summit to be hosted by Ukraine. In a recent interview with Reuters, the diplomatic adviser to President Zelenskyy, Ihor Zhovka, remarked, “We are definitely inviting China to participate in the summit, at the highest level. at the level of the President of the People's Republic of China’'.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
southasianvoices.org | Muhammad Faisal |Huma Rehman |Upamanyu Basu
The recent tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Pakistan indicate a consolidation of Pakistan’s crisis response policy. In recent years, the 2019 Pulwama-Balakot crisis was the first time that Pakistan resorted to the use of force in response to India’s attack inside Pakistan. After that strike, Pakistani policymakers suggested that Pakistan would not be the first to attack any country, especially India, but would respond in kind to an attack.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
reporteasia.com | Upamanyu Basu |Paul Jiménez Rabanelli |Guido Garófalo
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), uno de los principales actores en la industria de semiconductores, está evaluando la posibilidad de implementar un incremento de precios del 3-6% para su fabricación por procesos avanzados a partir del próximo año. Esta decisión refleja la sólida posición de TSMC en el mercado de semiconductores y su capacidad para adaptarse a las dinámicas condiciones del mercado.
