Japan and geopolitics under PM Noda: bilateral naval exercise with India and global initiatives Olivier LeCourt and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In late 2011 it became apparent that the government of Japan was intent on spreading its international influence. Indeed, it could be argued that the current government is more open to influencing [...]
Modernization of the Armed Forces of China is based on Geopolitics Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times China continues to grow rapidly in the economic field and for many nations China is a stabilizing factor in a changing world. This applies to the ongoing development of many powerful economic sectors in [...]
Japan bows down to America and reduces Iran oil imports: China remains neutral Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United States put pressure on China and Japan to introduce sanctions on Iran’s oil industry and sadly Japan showed its weakness once more. However, China showed its independence by remaining neutral. After [...]
U.S. Should Encourage Strong Japan-India Relations Jeffrey Meyer The Foundry The Heritage Foundation India is steadily emerging to be one of the world’s top economic players but still faces development challenges and infrastructure bottlenecks that hinder growth. Heritage’s Lisa Curtis has been arguing that the U.S. needs to acknowledge India’s growing global role and the [...]
Saigon 1975, Kabul 2012: Will Pakistan Be Ultimate Beneficiary? B.Raman The situation in Kabul should pose increasing concerns not only to the US and Afghanistan, but also India. The steady weakening of the security situation in the Afghan capital a year before the US Presidential elections is reminiscent of the weakening of the security situation [...]
Buddhist history in Pakistan: art of manipulation in a major media outlet in US Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The article called “Museum exhibit highlights Pakistan’s Buddhist roots” by Emanuella Grinberg (CNN) was a very interesting title and I expected some real enlightenment. Instead, it was little more than a propaganda stunt or written [...]
Geopolitics and the Modernization of the Armed Forces of China Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times China continues to grow rapidly in the economic field and for many nations China is a stabilizing factor in a changing world. This applies to the ongoing development of many powerful economic sectors in order to modernize and develop [...]
India- Iran oil impasse K Subramanian Chennai Centre for China Studies When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided in December last year to disband the Asian Currency Union (ACU), which provided a smooth window to pay for the supply of oil from Iran, it would not have been prepared for [...]
The China Challenge: A Strategic Vision for U.S.–India Relations By Lisa Curtis and Dean Cheng The Heritage Foundation Abstract: The U.S. should pursue robust strategic and military engagement with India in order to encourage a stable balance of power in Asia that prevents China from dominating the region and surrounding seas. The U.S. and India [...]
Mumbai: Erosion of Faith In Security B.RAMAN, Camp Vizag The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh’s reported decision to visit Mumbai in the wake of the new series of orchestrated and timed explosions on July 13 reflects his embarrassment and concern over the blasts. 2.The embarrassment arises from the continuing deficiencies in our counter-terrorism capability even after the [...]
Terror Returns to Mumbai in Three Explosions By IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism Three near-simultaneous explosions hit the Indian financial capital of Mumbai during rush-hour Wednesday evening. The blasts went off within minutes of each other,
How China views emerging India? B R Deepak Chennai Centre for China Studies There has been a debate about India in Chinese print and electronic media for quite some time, recently Chen Yanwei filed a cover page story in Renwu Zhoukan (Personalities Weekly), and Ren Yan who was chief correspondent of the People’s Daily in [...]
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