China and India scaled back operations in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) region of the contested Galawan Valley on Monday. Three weeks ago, the valley was the site of the bloodiest altercation between China and India since the 1970s,…
Three more noteworthy developments occurred across the Pacific this past week. No fireworks yet, but it seems like China is setting up as many powder kegs as it can. America is of course busy dealing with its own home front,…
Continuing decades of pressure on India’s borders, China has recently upped the ante on the high plateau of Ladakh, a remote part of the disputed Kashmir region that is mostly Shiite Muslim and Buddhist, now under direct control from New…
Religious liberty is the foundation of freedom of conscience. Belief about the transcendent underlies support for any political, social, or economic order. Regimes that bar people from responding to a profound and powerful spiritual call will interfere with any and…
President Trump has just received a hero’s welcome from the people of the Republic of India. And with Trump’s affinity for direct negotiation at the chief executive level, the colorful pageantry of dancers, camels, and Mahatma Gandhi’s spinning wheel accorded…
In recent days, India has seen much violent protest and communal unrest in view of reaction to the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act adopted on December 11 by its Parliament. Designed to offer citizenship for religious minorities fleeing persecution…
Receiving limited attention in mainstream media is India’s recently expressed desire to hit the “refresh” button in its relations with the United States. As recently reported in USNI News, a publication of the U.S. Naval Institute, the Minister of External…
On August 9, the Financial Times (FT) published an article by British journalist Gideon Rachman titled, “What happens when the world cannot rely on the US?” Rachman has served as the chief foreign affairs commentator of FT since 2006. In this rather…
As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate over the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistani officials are again threatening armed conflict, saying they will “go to any extent” to protect Kashmiri independence. On Monday, the Indian government unilaterally revoked Article 370, which…
