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April 28, 2024 | Cleo Paskal |

China watches as the U.S. fumbles around in central Pacific

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November 5, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

Seven ways China can benefit from the Israel-Hamas war

Serious aggression by China in Taiwan or elsewhere won’t be as shocking to those in the West given what’s going on.

May 19, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Anthony Bergin

Modi goes to PNG – why it matters to the region and Australia

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Papua New Guinea early next week and then go on to Australia, despite the cancellation of the Quad Leaders’ summit. Fortunately, Prime Minister Modi’s...

January 8, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

The State of US’ India policy

The United States sends mixed messages to India.On the one hand, Washington highlighted the importance of India’s rise and leadership in its Indo-Pacific Strategy, designated India a Major Defense Partner,...

December 31, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

From G-20 to the Pacific Islands, India offers new hope

One of the most important external examples of the potential for India’s realignment of global leadership will be PM Modi’s ground-breaking trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG), reported to take place in the first half of 2023.

July 30, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘Securing India against China should matter to the world’

‘One of the things it comes down to is the CCP attempting to get rid of any entity that could be a threat to them, and I think India right now is one of the biggest threats that they face,’ says Se Hoon Kim.

September 18, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

AUKUS is a big deal, for everyone

In India, the already entrenched and active French lobby in Delhi will likely use this to try drive a wedge between the US and India (something they already work on) in part to protect/promote their sales. The catastrophic US withdrawal from Afghanistan may also be used as an example of US ‘unreliability.’

July 3, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

‘China’s military budget much bigger than what it reveals’

‘China already has its 3,000 km range DF-17 maneuverable hypersonic missile to take out India’s S-400s.’

October 23, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Yes, Virginia, the Trump Administration Does Have a China Strategy

The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China’s concept of Comprehensive National Power.

September 13, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

How to burst CCP’s balloon

The thing that scares the CCP even more than a country pushing back on multiple fronts, is countries banding together to multiply their ability to push back.

September 2, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Protection from China’s Comprehensive National Power Requires Comprehensive National Defense

Those trying to describe China’s strategy often invoke the two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Art of War. But some more recent sources might be helpful as well – in particular documents looking at...

July 4, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Watch China’s actions, don’t listen to its words

Beijing’s parasitic model weakens the global economy, its traditional hosts are becoming poorer. Which is likely one of the reasons why Beijing is now so focused on leeching off of Africa, South America, and others. It’s also why being blocked from a market such as India could be a serious problem.

June 20, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China

High in the Himalayan mountains, Chinese soldiers ambushed Indian troops this week, resulting in a brutal battle on the Indian side of their shared border. Twenty Indians were killed, while China won’t...

June 4, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

China versus the world

While America staggers from coronavirus lockdown to riot curfew, China is pushing out at sea, on its borders, in its legal claims, and in the global economy. America and its allies have begun to realize...

May 29, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

COVID-19 in India

India is slowly emerging, after suffering severe economic damage, from its anti-virus lockdown. The country’s enormous economic and strategic potential as a U.S. partner and counterweight to China now...

May 13, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

The Strategic Implications of Indian Corruption

The massive network of corruption now being unraveled has major geopolitical and security implications that reach far beyond India.

August 8, 2019 | Cleo Paskal |

India Ends Special Status for Only Muslim-Majority Territory

The President of India issued an Order on Monday effectively repealing Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, a move supported by the Indian Parliament. The Order fundamentally changes the relationship...

November 16, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

For Economic Sanctions to Work, Trump Must Turn up the Heat on Iran

The Trump administration's strategy of maximum pressure on Iran took full effect on Nov. 5. It included the re-imposition of oil sanctions and designation of more than 700 Iranian entities...

January 27, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Skirmishes on the Indian front

What do you make of this month’s attacks on Pathankot Air Force Station and Bacha Khan University? My guess is you don’t know -- you’ve heard next to nothing about either....

February 16, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Is Iran Behind the Death of its Own Scientists?

The way attacks were conducted against the car of an Israeli diplomat’s wife in Delhi has contributed to an interesting, if disconcerting theory among pundits. Iran’s wave of attacks...