South Asia Security Monitor: No. 300
Afghanistan secures access to major seaport in Iran;
India, Tajikistan agree to strategic partnership;
China, India resume military exercises
Afghanistan secures access to major seaport in Iran;
India, Tajikistan agree to strategic partnership;
China, India resume military exercises
Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. The event will be met with little fanfare in India, where China’s surprise invasion still evokes feelings of outrage and betrayal. But the episode may be worth remembering for another reason, as the first occasion when India shed its nonaligned scruples and formed a tactical military alliance with the United States.
China boasts of new ICBM, the DF-41;
Speculation Hu will seek “
clean transfer”
in CMC
The European Commission investigates Gazprom;
Putin's popularity declining?
Russia finally joins the WTO;
Gazprom's Arctic efforts stalled