Strategic Affairs

China eyes geopolitical gains and the region seeks economic assistance

According to historian Srinath Raghavan, Mao ZeDong was purging the Chinese army after a revolt by Marshal Lin Biao.

As geopolitical rivals, China and India have competing interests in Sri Lanka with each seeking enhanced cooperation with Sri Lanka, says Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror

Getting the political and military support of the USSR ahead of the 1971 Bangladesh war, was a challenging task.

The vessel is on its way from the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China to Pakistan

This also accords with India's cultural traditions and interests, says Prof. Zhang Jiadong in Global Times

Falk, an emeritus professor of international law, had first-hand experience of war in Vietnam, which led him to question the lawfulness of US wars abroad.

Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa had talks with three Ministers and the National Security Advisor in New Delhi.

The conversation between Basil Rajapaksa and Ajit Doval on strategic issues was “extremely cordial”

The summit’s thrust will not be to push the case of democracy the world over as claimed, but to display America’s political line-up against China and Russia