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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Twists and Turns in US -China Trade War

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Can Trump’s Offer for Summit lead to better Deal with Iran than JCPoA 2015?

The announcement of President Trump last week expressing his willingness to hold a summit with Iran with ‘no preconditions’, after a chain of threatening...

China’s ‘Debt Trap’ for Pakistan: Dilutes FATF Ruling

Under normal circumstances, a one billion dollar loan between two sovereign countries would have gone unnoticed by global community, but what makes China’s one...

Kim and Moon for a Nuclear Free Korea: Too good to be true?

Every event of Korean leaders’ summit on 27 April 2018 has been covered extensively by the media highlighting their pledge to end their six...

US Boils the Syrian Cauldron: A Dangerous Move

The US, UK and France launched strikes against targets at three sites in Syria in the early hours of 14 April 2018. All forms...

Post 19th Congress of CPC: Where does Xi Jinping leads China to?

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