TopicCold War

Topic: Cold War

Missiles, malfunctions, nuke myths: Lessons for India, Pakistan from BrahMos mistake

+TFP Praveen Swami - 16 March, 2022

The models for protocols to mitigate nuclear-war risks exist. India and Pakistan must engage in a meaningful conversation needed to learn from the Mian Channu experience.

Europe is living through not just one, but three wars. Xi Jinping’s China will be key

Bill Emmott - 2 March, 2022

History is full of under-appreciated risks turning into devastating, world-changing outcomes. Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks like one.

Military equipment to WTO push – How US aided China’s extraordinary rise

Kanti Bajpai - 10 August, 2021

In an article in ‘A New Cold War’ edited by Sanjaya Baru and Rahul Sharma, Kanti Bajpai writes that the US’ fascination with China has been far greater than with India.

Imran Khan should know who ‘really’ messed up in Afghanistan

Pervez Hoodbhoy - 2 August, 2021

Little did US know that the mujahideen — who Reagan had so warmly welcomed to the White House — would develop a deadly ‘Delta variant’.

Why US-China cold war will have more than two sides

Pankaj Mishra - 5 April, 2021

There is no question that today, forced to choose between allying oneself to a democracy or an autocracy, most countries would again choose both. They can hardly act otherwise.

India, Japan, Anglosphere aping earlier Cold War conditions. Must end their wait for America

John C. Hulsman - 26 February, 2021

Daily, issue-by-issue and case-by-case, the threat of Chinese aggression becomes crystal clear.

India and US must know the new Cold War is a different beast – China isn’t USSR

Rajesh Rajagopalan - 16 February, 2021

In the last Cold War, India had a US, USSR and China card. That has changed now – it can no longer afford to be a prized ally standing aloof.

George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary of State who led America’s Cold War diplomacy, dies at 100

Laurence Arnold - 8 February, 2021

An Ivy League-educated economist, George Shultz moved seamlessly from academia to government to business, and served several roles under the Richard Nixon administration.

China’s economy and military can overtake US, but it still won’t become global superpower

Ashok Swain - 21 January, 2021

China has the money, the weapons and the might. But it can’t overthrow US from world hierarchy yet.

Stigmatise and shame nations that keep nukes if treaties are futile in banning them

Andreas Kluth - 26 September, 2020

Stigma could, in time, turn domestic opinion in China, sway public attitudes in Russia, India & elsewhere, or even bring the U.S. back to the arms-control negotiating table.

12 3 4 Page 1 of 4

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

India has interests on both sides of US-China divide. Cold War holds clues for path ahead

Lt General Prakash Menon - 5 July, 2022

India’s strategic balance is weighted towards the West and its economic balance is towards China. But it needs more to build a multipolar world order.