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Beijing’s PLAN Tests XXL Uncrewed Submarines in South China Sea
China has clandestinely deployed the world's largest uncrewed submarines, known as XXLUUVs, to the South China Sea. These massive vessels, up to 42 meters long, are significantly bigger than Western equivalents and are capable of carrying torpedoes and anti-ship missiles. The deployment highlights the PLAN's commitment to controlling the underwater theatre with next-generation unmanned systems.
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Great Game Myanmar
In July 2025, Myanmar’s military junta lifted the emergency paving the way for elections. While preparations are on for the elections to be held within next six months (no date announced), opposition groups plan to boycott the elections. The junta declared a state of emergency in February 2021; deposing the civilian government headed by Aung…
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Regime Change in Nepal
Following civil unrest and violence in Nepal, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been sworn in as the country's first female Interim Prime Minister. Tasked with leading a transitional government and holding elections, her appointment comes after protests that resulted in deaths, the destruction of government records, and a mass jailbreak. The article raises concerns…
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Burning Nepal
The recent horrific episode in Nepal in which 28 protesting youth have been killed and some 400 injured has raised questions whether Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (a known Beijing puppet) is sanguine that he can act as ruthlessly as the Chinese regime. On September 4, 2025, Nepal banned 26 social media sites, including…
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Beyond the Tianjin SCO Summit
India's attendance at the 25th SCO Summit in Tianjin, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appears to be a response to new U.S. tariffs. While Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a "Global Governance Initiative" and Russia's Vladimir Putin blamed the West for the war in Ukraine, India's actions remain complex. The nation balanced its role…
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7 months of confusion – the even more perplexing US foreign policy
The inauguration of Donald Trump in January was expected around the world as the turning point for many of the American policies. While issues such as the ballooned government administration were clear domestic problems, a number of policies pertaining to foreign matters had to be addressed as the world was clearly changing.One of the main…
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BRICS nations band together against Washington’s tariff threats
Amid rising trade tensions with the US, a growing coalition of BRICS nations is banding together to counter Washington's tariff threats. This collective action comes as India and China, both targets of recent US tariffs, have signaled a thaw in their relationship, highlighting a fundamental shift in global economic and geopolitical dynamics.
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China-Nepal’s joint Military Drill in September 2025
China and Nepal are set to conduct their fifth joint military exercise, "Sagarmatha Friendship," in September 2025, focusing on counter-terrorism, disaster relief, and peacekeeping. Nepal's Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to visit China for a five-day official trip, which includes attending the SCO plus Summit and a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the…
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The Russia-India-China Troika
The Russia-India-China (RIC) troika was a Russian initiative from the 1990s to promote a multipolar world. While Russia and China are pushing for its revival, India remains non-committal. This is due to ongoing border tensions with China and a significant trade imbalance, despite India's recent moves to increase economic engagement with Beijing. This complex situation…
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Ceasefire between Thailand and Conflict after the deadly border clash
Malaysia, July 28, 2025 – A tentative ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, brokered in Malaysia, is currently in effect following a deadly border clash that claimed 43 lives and displaced over 300,000 people. Despite the agreement, tensions remain high as Thailand's acting Prime Minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, has accused Cambodian troops of violating the ceasefire, a…
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Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong rejects peace overtures made by South Korea
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has flatly rejected South Korea's recent peace offers. She called them a "foolish idea," emphasizing Pyongyang's refusal to engage in dialogue without significant changes in Seoul's approach. Her strong dismissal highlights the deep mistrust and dim prospects for immediate diplomatic progress between…
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Juggling the American Eagle and the Sino Dragon
• In an effort to counter India, Pakistan has deployed considerable effort to maintain relations with US and China. • Recently, Asim Munir dashed to Beijing while rescheduling his visit to Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
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Weaponizing Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth elements (REEs), having unique properties in electronics, magnets, and catalysts, are vital for a wide range of modern technologies driving economic and technological growth; their importance having increased with the transition to green energy. REEs are essential components in a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy, wind turbines,…
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India plays the Tibet card with telling effect
A May 2025 declaration by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, asserting the Gaden Phodrang Trust's sole authority over his reincarnation, has enraged the CCP. This was amplified by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu's July visit to Dharamsala for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday and the Dalai Lama's subsequent high-profile visit to Ladakh via an…
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2025 BRICS Summit
The 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6-7, saw leaders, including PM Modi, push for de-dollarization and a new trade currency. The New Development Bank (NDB) was also highlighted as a potential cross-border settlement hub, aiming to reshape global finance and politics.
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India-China Reset?
Sunsets don't get much better than this one over @GrandTetonNPS. #nature #sunset pic.twitter.com/YuKy2rcjyU— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) May 5, 2014 India-China agreeing to early meeting of the India-China experts level mechanism during the visit of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to Beijing in January 2025 was covered in these columns (https://www.thestrategicperspective.org/articles/guilt-pangs/). India wanted early…
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China ousts yet another High ranked officer on suspicion of corruption.
China has dismissed a top general from the nation’s top military body led by President Xi Jinping, owing to what is being referred to as series of purges in its defence establishment.Admiral Miao Hua, 69, who supervises the political loyalty in the armed forces, has been removed from the national Central Military Commission (CMC), according…
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Calls to Deport Chinese president Xi Jinping’s daughter from the US
MAGA activist, Laura Loomer has called to deport the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s daughter who lives in Massachusetts, protected by PLA guards. “Communists don’t belong in our country. She further added “I think I’m going to confront her on video and ask her about her father,"Given that US has announced a major crackdown on Chinese…
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Shilly-Shally Trump
The blow hot blow cold stratagem of US President Donald Trump is on full display. Trump withdrew from the environment-related Paris Accord and the Iran Nuclear Deal in his first presidency. But the volatility in his second tenure is limitless; throttling WHO, murdering WTO, wants Canada as 51st state, ownership of Panama Canal and Greenland,…
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Chinese villages in Western Bhutan
Wolf warrior diplomacy by China has been a topic of various media attention through the years. It was adopted as public diplomacy in the late 2010s and seems to encompass a number of foreign policy directives by Beijing. It has been outlined in the annual reports of the US Department of Defense to the Congress…
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India-China Special Representatives Meet on Boundary Issues
The Big Breaking News on December 19, 2024 was that Special Representatives (SRs) of India and China, NSA Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, had met on December 18 and arrived at a “six Point Consensus” on…
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China tests Harbin Z-21 Attack Chopper in Tibet but fails to impress experts
The Harbin Z-21 attack helicopter represents a significant development in China's military aviation capabilities, particularly in the context of its operations in high-altitude regions like Tibet.
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China’s Northeast Focus
The new governments of Nepal and Bangladesh have distanced themselves from India and have created closer ties with China. Beijing's foreign policy to have stronger positions around its biggest neighbor continues.
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No Martial Law! Strike down dictatorship!
Mass protests erupted outside the South Korean parliament, shortly after President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a Marshal law to purge anti state elements.
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Beijing demands joint Sino-Pak security reinforcement to bolster Chinese security in Pakistan
Pakistan has seen a surge of terrorist attacks in recent months. Despite the launch of the Operation Azm-e-Istehkam by the government of Pakistan in June 2024, Pakistan has failed to mollify China. The operation was launched as a response to the terror threats faced by the Chinese personnel and investments in Pakistan. However, the attacks…
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CPEC – an economic blunder or part of China’s expansion plans
Growth of its economy is the ultimate goal of any policymaker across the world. Growth makes the economy stronger, creates more efficient and content society producing more, which in turn allows for a larger military. The military, on the other hand, is used to produce something hardly measurable – security. That, in turn, has various…
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Huawei: China’s Long Reach Strategy
Almost everybody in the modern world has heard about the Huawei scandal and the ban of their products first in the US an then in other countries belonging or linked to the western civilization. Many assume right away that it is part of the political games between higher political elite across nations and the commercial…
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Huawei’s 5G Networks – Good Deal or Unacceptable Risk
Huawei has been in the international diplomatic crosshairs for the last few years because it has been considered dangerous for national security with its products. Huawei’s problems with the US were mostly on the grounds of espionage and exploitable backdoors. The main problem is that it was not an isolated incident for them specifically…
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China’s 2049 plan a big challenge before the world
China’s growth over the past decades has been observed and analysed by many in a way similar to the way Silicon Valley corporate unicorn stories are looked at – extremely positive, often defying theory and odds and given as an example for correct strategy. The reason is simple – everybody loves success and the consideration…
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Iran-China 25-year cooperation has major regional and global implications
The Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation Programme, signed in March in Tehran, was paid little attention by the mainstream media. The vague and broad text of the leaked draft agreement from the year prior and the absence of attention made it look like every other agreement for cultural cooperation between two countries. However, more careful analysis showed…
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