Kashmir — need for diplomatic engineering on August 19, 2019There are no easy answers to the Kashmir dilemma. This is because all independence movements have a strange and complicated relationship with the principle of sovereignty. This strange and complicated relationship stems from the two conflicting feelings that it creates – loss and victory. To be able to gain independence, a separatist movement must succeed […]
Time to exercise strategic patience on August 19, 2019There is this cardinal rule in diplomacy that, “before trying to bend a foreign government to your will you must calculate its strength and weaknesses dispassionately”. Our strength – the centre of gravity of our national power lies in our armed forces and no matter how hard the Indians tried to hit our weaknesses and […]