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35 Years After Indian Troops Saved Maldivian Govt, ‘China-Pumped’ Male Asks Indian Military To Leave
On November 3, 1988, the predawn silence in Male, the capital of the remote Indian Ocean Archipelago Maldives, was broken by the sound of...
Europe
Germany Offers ‘Bigger’ 214 Version Of HDW-Class Submarines To Indian Navy To Counter Pakistan, China
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG has offered India the bigger 214 version of HDW-class submarines. Conventional diesel submarines are on offer for a $4.8 billion deal...
Expert Reviews
India’s Role In ASEAN DMM Plus Grows; To Co-Chair Counter-Terror Working Group To ‘Secure’ Indo-Pacific
OPED by Ambassador Gurjit Singh (Retired)
The Xi-Biden Summit finally occurred on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in San Francisco. This tended to ease...
Asia Pacific
Bangladesh Becomes 2nd Country To Benefit From Japan’s Defense Aid Program; Set To Acquire Naval Patrol Boats – Reports
Bangladesh will soon receive naval patrol boats through Japanese funding, becoming the second beneficiary of Tokyo’s new defense aid program to counter China’s growing...
Asia Pacific
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis: How China’s Vicious ‘Debt Trap’ Under $25 Billion CPEC Loan Has Ruined Its Economy
Pakistan is a country of economic ruin. It is awaiting a monumental financial default without long overdue structural reforms sought by global creditors such...
