Gen. Shashi Asthana

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The author is a veteran Infantry General with 40 years experience in international fields and UN. A globally acknowledged strategic & military writer/analyst; he is currently the Chief Instructor of USI of India, the oldest Indian Think-tank in India.

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Beyond ‘Wait and Watch’ in Afghanistan: Global Implications

Taliban supported by Pakistan took over Afghanistan by force, amidst  an embarrassing, botched withdrawal of US and allies, posing a façade of negotiated takeover....

Why Strategies of Stakeholders in Afghanistan Failing Against Taliban?

Taliban is increasingly gaining ground in Afghanistan, on daily basis, for considerable period. US may have declared ending its military mission in Afghanistan as...

How is Israel-Hamas Ceasefire different this time?

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of deadly hostilities is a welcomed step for the innocent people suffering casualties in the...

Quad Summit 2021: Why is China Rattled?

Quad’s call for a free, open, inclusive, healthy, Indo-Pacific region during Summit has rattled China.Quad’s determination for collective response to COVID-19 pandemic in terms...

Strategic Inferences from Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict 2020, post Ceasefire

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire deal to end the war for control of Nagorno-Karabakh enclave last month,after a series of Azerbaijani victories in...

Why Resolution of Border Issues/ Standoffs between China and India is so Complicated?

As the tug of war in Galwan Valley continues, the adventurism of China in Ladakh and few other places along at Line of Actual...

Why CPC’s Rhetoric of Uniting Taiwan by Force doesn’t make Strategic Sense for China?

In a  survey carried out from April 21 to May 28 of this year in Taiwan, 75.3 percent people in Taiwan consider themselves "Taiwanese,"...

COVID-19 added new Dimension to Ongoing ‘Undeclared Third World War’

The outbreak of COVID-19 has demonstrated the destructive potential of virus as a weapon of mass destruction. It has added a new dimension to...

BRI to Health Silk Route: How COVID-19 is Changing Global Strategic Equations?

The beginning of 2020 brought a wild card entry into global strategic equations in the form of Coronavirus Pandemic, with Wuhan being the initial epicentre in...

Can Quad be Effective against Incremental Encroachment of China in Indo-Pacific Region?

The ‘Incremental Encroachment Strategy’ of China exhibited in South China Sea (SCS) is a serious concern not only to the countries directly affected by losing their...

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