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Engaging and managing the dragon is a tough proposition

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
As President Trump prepares for his visit to China and East Asia, Jeffrey Bader, Kevin Rudd and Graham Allison offer different perspectives on China.
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Engaging the dragon: Xi Jinping’s China wants to be respected without being respectful

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
China’s strategic momentum is truly startling, and it is only a matter of time before the US draws a ‘new normal’ to define its relationship with it.
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India’s military must push to raise its intellectual capital

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
The moot point is whether our senior military leadership really wants to influence strategy and policy, or are they happy in their operational cocoons.
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Challenges to a credible national security doctrine

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
As the Prime Minister calls for development of intellectual capital within the armed forces, it is time for a credible National Security Doctrine.
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If India starts now, it can finally have a National Security Doctrine by 2022

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
The widespread international image of India as a ‘soft state’ must be dispelled by the creation of a national security doctrine.
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It’s time for India to formulate a national security doctrine

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
Having a national security doctrine helps avoid ambiguity about dealing with a crisis and to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
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Opinion

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Tina Das -
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

Why Modi’s Israel visit has become the stage for a Knesset vs Judiciary battle

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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