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About the AuthorAbhijit Bhattacharyya
The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    Both the First and the Second World Wars, in terms of their human tragedy, stands as the best example till today. (Representational Image/ AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | War and peace in Europe: Arms sellers real...

    War is a good time to create wealth and ensure healthy balance sheets

    9 March 2022 3:30 AM IST

    A large chunk of urban India remains clueless about our border regions. (Representational Image/AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stand firm at Siachen: No question of glacier...

    In the light of the suggestions by Gen. M.M. Naravane and a former foreign secretary, let us revisit the entire question...

    9 Feb 2022 1:23 AM IST

    Indian Army tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Tso lake region, in Ladakh along the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | From Pangong to Delhi... Dragon’s dagger...

    More hostility should be anticipated, not just of the military kind at the border

    14 Jan 2022 1:32 AM IST

    People hold candles as they pay tribute to late Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who was killed along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Amid IAF tragedy, a look back at air safety...

    Without passing comment or being judgmental, let’s examine some cases of flight safety failures around the world and...

    15 Dec 2021 2:09 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Fire in water: China in big Indian Ocean push

    CPC has moved on to its mega snow-to-sea drive after completing its land, trade, commerce, banking and telecom...

    2 Dec 2021 11:36 PM IST

    India has developed the required shipbuilding skills, undoubtedly, but this needs to be combined with timely delivery for the Indian Navys operational preparedness. Representational Image (PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stealth ships to give fillip to Indian Navy's...

    The West has been forced to do an about-turn

    15 Nov 2021 1:34 AM IST

    The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Is the Dragon's national neurosis at a new...

    Today, a fearful and apprehensive world awaits its fate at the hands of the CPC

    22 Oct 2021 2:42 AM IST

    This is the second such agreement that the Indian Air Force has signed for buying okayed airframes that will help one of the most potent aircraft fleets to continue for longer in service. (ANI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Celebrate the IAF@89, it's time for desi touch

    Indian policy or strategy certainly can no longer bank on the 22-day or 14-day wars of 1965 and 1971

    6 Oct 2021 12:50 AM IST

    Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (Representational Photo:AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Terrorists to state's men': Will UN go...

    Put simply, the Taliban members of the new Afghan 'state' have blood on their hands

    15 Sept 2021 2:57 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Taiwan, Tibet to Taliban: Chinese mischief...

    The concept of -'trust, faith and confidence-' in India-China ties have all but evaporated

    25 Aug 2021 12:57 AM IST

    Clearly, the various bans and other edicts by the Indian government to keep out Chinese-made products in the aftermath of the Galwan attack in June 2020 had no practical effect in the marketplace. Representational Image.Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India needs to tackle China the way that it...

    Blind or not, Indians appear supinely negligent to the Chinese threat

    26 July 2021 2:53 AM IST

    News.Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | CPC: Party is the state and state is the party

    Today, the CPC has all but forgotten the revolution and transformed itself into the establishment in the People’s...

    1 July 2021 12:37 AM IST

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