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India’s challenge is to avoid two-front war, but can Modi put politics aside for strategy? India must break out of strategic triangulation with China & Pakistan. Before that, it must decide if it’ll let domestic electoral interests limit its strategic options. Shekhar Gupta 20 February, 2021 8:15 am IST Text Size: A+ The disengagement at Pangong Tso has been completed in quick time. As new rounds of the corps commanders’ talks begin, you could a...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: India has always seen itself as a regional power and has wanted to dominate the Indian Ocean Region — this is how Beijing perceives New Delhi’s strategic ambitions, according to a recently translated document on China’s military strategy. The US-based China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) translated a 2013 document, which is a doctrine of China’s Academy of Military Sciences. The document traces the evolution of India’s strategic thought — as perceive...

Myanmar’s military coup — what led to it and the strategic stakes for India © Provided by The Print New Delhi: In a shocking turn of events, the Myanmar military Monday seized power in a coup and declared a state of emergency in the country for a year. Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained along with other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, as the military declared void their landslide victory at the polls. Pointing out the significance of Myanmar to India, ...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: A UK arbitration court has ordered debiting Rs 450 crore from the accounts of the Pakistan High Commission in London over non-payment of a penalty by the Islamabad-based National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to Britain’s foreign asset recovery firm Broadsheet LLC. In episode 662 of ‘Cut The Clutter’, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down the story involving bribery, corruption, intrigue, back-stabbing, deal-making and a mysterious death surr...

Why Hazaras in Pakistan have been victims of sectarianism & ethnic conflict © Provided by The Print New Delhi: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court Friday. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. The Hazara tribe of Pakistan, meanwhile, has been protesting against the massacre of 11 coal miners i...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: Diplomatic relations have been restored between Qatar and four Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, that imposed an embargo against the former in 2017. In episode 654 of ‘Cut The Clutter’, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at Qatar, a tiny Middle Eastern country, which at one point was the richest country in the world and is also very friendly with Iran. Gupta noted that Qatar houses the biggest US Air Force Base in the region, shares an oil fiel...

How India self-inflicted Vodafone & Cairn humiliation over ‘bad idea’ of retrospective tax © Provided by The Print New Delhi: On Thursday, oil explorer Cairn Energy won $1.2 billion in damages after an international arbitration tribunal ruled against India in a tax dispute case. The development came three months after a similar ruling in a case over tax avoidance by telecom giant Vodafone. In episode 647 of ‘Cut The Clutter‘, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discussed retros...

Why rich countries have highest Covid fatality rates and what Sweden got very wrong In episode 639 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses Swedens failed herd immunity and why Covid has been extremely fatal in rich countries. ThePrint Team 15 December, 2020 2:02 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: The first cases of Covid-19 began emerging in Wuhan, China, almost exactly a year ago. Today, what was first identified as a “mysterious infection” has infected a...