ICS In The Media

Gautam Bambawale

China does not want to mend fences with India

‘We need to give some thought to how we can raise the economic costs to China for their military action in Eastern Ladakh. It may produce short term pain in India‘

Rediff.com
31 Mar 2022

Hemant Adlakha

War in Ukraine: Public Diplomacy ‘Argy-Bargy’ in Public, on China’s Weibo

‘Leaders from around the world have found a new social media platform in their political battlefield over the war in Ukraine‘

Indian Defence
24 Mar 2022

Gautam Bambawale

Why India must Keep China’s overtures at mending fences at Bay

‘Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is expected to visit New Delhi shortly. This is being seen by some as an overture by the Chinese to rebuild fences with India.‘

The Times Of India
22 Mar 2022

Hemant Adlakha

NATO and Ukraine War Crisis: Time to Write NATO Obituary(海孟德•阿德拉卡：早就该给北约写讣告了)

‘Thirty years ago, there were many voices from the United States and Western Europe questioning that since the Cold War was over, NATO would not come to an end with it.‘

Guancha
22 Mar 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Russian war on Ukraine is strafing China’s BRI

‘The new Biden administration, it is believed, inherited as Trumpian legacy twin China-specific policies of bipartisan consensus among the US political elite, among other things‘

Moderndiplomacy
17 Mar 2022

Happymon Jacob

A misfiring and its trail of poor strategic stability

‘The accidental firing of an Indian missile into Pakistan on March 9 calls for serious introspection by the two nuclear-armed adversaries about the perils of living‘

The Hindu
16 Mar 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Ukraine War crisis and Geopolitics

‘An explicitly anti-communist alliance created at the dawn of the Cold War, NATO evolved into the most ferociously powerful military alliance in world history. The Warsaw Pact was created in 1955‘

Indian Defence Review
10 Mar 2022

Rama V Baru

Ukraine War a Reminder of Multiple Concerns Staring Down Indian Medical Students Abroad

‘Commenting on the plight of Indian students stuck in Ukraine, mostly pursuing medical education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Our children today are going to small countries‘

The Wire
6 Mar 2022

Happymon Jacob

India and the Bangladesh Liberation War review: The question of grand strategy

‘The story of India’s military victory over Pakistan in Bangladesh is celebrated year after year as an example of India’s military power, the political decisiveness of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi‘

The Hindu
4 Mar 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Russian War on Ukraine: When will Xi say to Putin: Hey, you are on your own this

‘In politics, as in diplomacy, a leader is perceived as extraordinary if s/he is good at calculating risks. Speaking particularly of the rise of Xi Jinping as the top leader‘

Moderndiplomacy
4 Mar 2022