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This Is How Immigration Fueled the Brexit Result ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Josh Siegel)

Image  credits- Wikimedia Commons / Chris Samson Source- The National Interest Author- Josh Siegel The vote by Britons on Thursday to leave the European Union doubled as a referendum on how the country views the issue of immigration. With immigration at an all-time high in Britain, voters concerned about related issues such as economic uncertainty and sovereignty decided to shed their national identity by voting to upend 43 years of life inside the European Union. The tension over immigration is similar to what’s playing out in the United States, but different in an important way, in that Britain, as a European Union member, has no control of its borders. That’s because as long as Britain is in the European Union, it has to allow anyone from the 28-member bloc to live and work there. According to experts, Britain has experienced the changing face of immigration over the years. Stephen Booth, the co-director of Open Europe, a nonpartisan think tank bas

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India as a major arms producer- The way towards the future

Brahmos Cruise Missile ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons /Hemant Photo79) India has one of the most powerful armies in the world. With an Army totaling more than 1.1 Million wit an equal number of reserves, a big air force and a navy, India has all the makings of a world class power. But India also holds the designation as the world's largest importer of weapon systems. In this article, I would like to analyse what went wrong for country like India that made it fail to develop indigenous capability in weapon systems and it remains the world's largest importer of weapon systems. The Past To get a correct picture, it is always better to revisit the past. Just after independence, a young nation faced it's first challenge in the form a of a Pakistani war on Kashmir. But this was much of a border war and the leaders of the time more concentrating on nation building paid little attention to the army. They had little or no strategic thinking and mostly decisions wer

China's Reckless South China Sea Strategy Won't Work ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Jacqueline Espenilla)

PLA operations in South China Sea ( Image credits- VOA) Source- The National Interest Author-  Jacqueline Espenilla The Arbitral Tribunal in the Philippines-China case will likely release its much-awaited judgment in the next few weeks. For the Philippines—a veritable David to China’s Goliath in terms of economic, political and military might—a favorable decision serves as the best form of “lawfare” and will be an international legal validation of its main submissions, which are solidly anchored in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provisions and general principles of international law. Unfortunately, victory in this case will likely not lead to closure for a country that has pinned so much hope on its outcome. The obvious problem is that China has refused to participate in the arbitral process, and has even gone so far as to denounce the whole thing as “illegal.” Even though the tribunal has neatly disposed of China’s arguments pertaining to jurisd

Is India tilting towards the US? ( Source- Russia & India Report / Author- VIKTOR LITOVKIN, IZVESTIA)

Image credits- Flickr / MEA India Official Source- Russia & India Report Author-  VIKTOR LITOVKIN ,   IZVESTIA The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has returned from the United States. Over the past two years, the Indian prime minister has visited the States four times, and has been called “a key partner in the field of defence”, which opens for New Delhi unlicensed access to a wide range of US dual-use technologies and will help to establish co-production of new weapons. Some media immediately made a categorical conclusion: “Russia’s strategic partner turns to the United States.” But does it? Of course not. The statements made by some analysts, that “Russia is losing the Indian market”, are nothing more than a manifestation of incompetence or, if you call a spade a spade, a means of unfair competition, as well as the continuation of an information war against our country. India is not a fidgety woman who turns in one direction and then in another

Pakistan's Crippling Strategic Isolation Is Its Own Fault ( Source- The National Interest / Authors- Aziz Amin Ahmadzai, Mona Naseer)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Al Jazeera Source- The National Interest Authors-  Aziz Amin Ahmadzai , Mona Naseer A sovereign state’s foreign policy changes with the times, and according to its domestic needs and external changes in global politics. Nations have national interests, and there are no permanent enemies and friendships in international politics. Neighboring states can be a boon or a bane, depending on the ability to recognize one’s long-term interests of sustainable peace on its borders. Pakistan’s recent relations with Afghanistan have been one such example, with Pakistan as a state unable to define its foreign policy and national interests beyond a Cold War paradigm. An India-centric foreign policy has stalled Pakistan’s foreign-policy evolution and tainted its worldview of international politics. Pakistan currently has strained and difficult relations with all its neighbors except China. Following the Kargil War in 1999 with India, Pakistan f

5 Common Myths about China's Power ( Source- The National Interest / Authors- Bonnie S. Glaser, Matthew P. Funaiole)

Image credits- VOA Source- The National Interest Authors-  Bonnie S. Glaser , Matthew P. Funaiole China’s transformation from an isolated, developing country into an economic juggernaut and emerging global actor is perhaps the most important power shift for twenty-first-century international politics. Its economy is now second largest in the world, while its military budget has ballooned from $20 billion in 1989 to $215 billion in 2015—an amount larger than the military budgets of Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom combined. Fear surrounding the consequences of China’s rise has engendered the spread of misinformation and hyperbole, much of which dominates public discussion of China in the United States. Several persistent “myths” about China overshadow its many problems, including its deeply ingrained corruption, slowing economic growth and aging population. These myths create an image of China as a dangerous usurper destined to displace the United States as t

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America and India: Aligned but not Allied ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Uma Parameswaran)

Credits- Flickr/ MEA India Source- The National Interest Author- Uma Purushothaman Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US last week imparted new energy into the Indo-US relationship with consolidation of relations in areas such as nuclear, defense, clean energy and counter terrorism. However, with no great breakthroughs announced, much was also left unsaid. First, let's look at what was accomplished. Defense ties were significantly augmented. The elevation by the US of India to a 'major defense partner' means that like US allies, India is now eligible to receive more advanced and sensitive technology, including dual use technology, from the US even though the defense relationship will remain primarily a commercial buyer-seller relationship. America’s refusal to export dual use technology to India has long been a sore point with Indian policy makers. Of all the areas in which the US and India have cooperated in the last decade, defense h

China's Bogus South China Sea 'Consensus' ( Source- The National Interest / Authors- Bhubhindar Singh, Shawn Ho, Henrick Z. Tsjeng)

Chinese trawlers in South China Sea ( Image credits- VOA) Source- The National Interest Authors-  Bhubhindar Singh , Shawn Ho,   Henrick Z. Tsjeng The recently concluded 15th Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore once again focused on the South China Sea disputes. At the Dialogue, Admiral Sun Jianguo, Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Department of China’s Central Military Commission, rebutted criticisms of China’s actions in the South China Sea and reiterated China’s legal right to ignore an upcoming judgement in a case filed by the Philippines at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. As many governments and analysts view ASEAN’s reaction to this upcoming judgement as a gauge of its unity, it is timely to evaluate if Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s announcement of a four point “consensus” reached with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos in late April this year – which contained supposed agreements between the four countries on approaches to manage the South China Sea d