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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    An Indian policeman looks out from a tent at an isolation ward set up for COVID-19 suspects in Jammu, March 11, 2020. (AP)Opinion
    The rising China virus threat: For India, a spell of self-isolation is...

    India should never get involved wholeheartedly in the business of globalisation, which has turned out to be a bit of a...

    17 March 2020 9:18 PM IST

    This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Health authorities are preparing for a possible pandemic as they work to contain a respiratory illness in China thats caused by a new virus. (AP)Opinion
    China’s coronavirus epidemic: For India, a challenge and wake-up...

    At a time of China’s national distress, foreigners should also sympathise with the People’s Republic and think of...

    15 Feb 2020 1:29 AM IST

    Today, however, Chinese laboratories faced a big blow owing to the coronavirus leakage .Opinion
    China virus: A prelude to chem and bio warfare?

    The declining populace of 130 million Russians are no match for China’s upswinging economy of 1.4 billion people.

    3 Feb 2020 6:17 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Heating up the Himalayan border: What really is Beijing’s gameplan?

    Strangely though, no sooner did Mr Xi leave Kathmandu October 13, strange things began to occur.

    15 Jan 2020 5:07 AM IST

    Huawei, a Shenzen-based private telecom firm founded by a former Chinese military technologist, Ren Zhengfei, has been in the eye of a storm as Sino-US trade relations worsen.Opinion
    Huawei in India: The Chinese, finally, get their way

    Indians need to understand the intrinsic multi-dimensional long-term strategy of the Communist Party government in...

    3 Jan 2020 2:08 AM IST

    First, India is the largest country-of-origin of global migrants, with 17.5 million living abroad, followed by Mexicos 11.8 million and 10.7 million Chinese. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)Opinion
    Indians are the biggest migrants in the world

    There are three main factors which make individuals leave their homes and hearth.

    24 Dec 2019 4:29 AM IST

    It was reported that there are perceptions that the movie insulted Ahmad Shah Abdali, prompting sharp reactions from many Afghan citizens .Opinion
    Why does Panipat the movie make Afghans see red? It’s simply history

    In Europe, Hitler remains a hated and reviled character, and all signs and symbols connected with the Nazis are abhorred...

    5 Dec 2019 12:48 AM IST

    India, which has raised some tariffs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has long been the main holdout on an RCEP deal due to strong domestic opposition from several quarters over fears of Chinese goods flooding the country.Opinion
    After RCEP, what’s the road ahead?

    An astonishingly ambitious plan of action without doubt, RCEP invariably had to have its bumps.

    15 Nov 2019 12:41 AM IST

    World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Why India should not become a part of RCEP

    In reality, India’s foreign trade deficit woes continue unabated even today, thus leading to the desperation for quick...

    31 Oct 2019 12:58 AM IST

    From Wuhan to Chennai: Xi’s long journeyOpinion
    From Wuhan to Chennai: Xi’s long journey

    From the Chinese point of view, it’s a win-win situation.

    15 Oct 2019 12:27 AM IST

    As IAF turns 87, merge HAL with itOpinion
    As IAF turns 87, merge HAL with it

    Indians have failed the IAF, thereby pushing the country into a state of despair, in the face of a multi-dimensional...

    8 Oct 2019 1:45 AM IST

    As China, at 70, hits back at the West, India needs to watch outOpinion
    As China, at 70, hits back at the West, India needs to watch out

    It is important to check China’s contemporary economic and financial standing.

    30 Sept 2019 12:22 AM IST

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