The Dhaka Surrender: When a State Ignored Its People and Lost Half Its Country
A quiet but historic scene unfolded in Dhaka in front of Indian and Bangladeshi commanders on December 16, 1971, as...
Ashu Maan is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies. He was awarded the VCOAS Commendation card on Army Day 2025. He is currently pursuing his PhD from Amity University, Noida in Defence and Strategic Studies. He has previously worked with Institute of Chinese Studies. He has also contributed a chapter on “Denuclearization of North Korea” in the book titled Drifts and Dynamics: Russia’s Ukraine War and Northeast Asia. His research includes India-China territorial dispute, the Great Power Rivalry between the United States and China, and China’s Foreign Policy.
A quiet but historic scene unfolded in Dhaka in front of Indian and Bangladeshi commanders on December 16, 1971, as...
India’s theatreisation debate has brought renewed attention to a layer of the battlespace that most armies once treated as a...
Each December, memories of the 2001 Parliament attack return with a familiar weight. The assault was foiled by brave security personnel. Still,...
From hobby drones to armed loitering munitions, unmanned systems now rule the low sky. The rise of unmanned systems has...
Originally published at : https://tfipost.com/2025/12/how-raowa-turned-against-india-the-veteran-lobby-fueling-dangerous-narratives-in-bangladesh/ Founded in 1982 as a welfare body for retired Bangladeshi commissioned officers, the Retired Armed...
In the last few years, India’s security landscape has undergone a quiet transformation. The most contested part of the battlespace is no...
Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/26112025-pasni-to-pemba-how-fast-transit-dhows-from-pakistan-are-shortening-narcotics-delivery-times-oped/ If you study the dhows intercepted across the western Indian Ocean over the past five years,...
A slow but significant shift is underway in Africa’s security landscape. Instead of competing for bases or pushing for direct military deployment, China and Pakistan are...
Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/china-inside-shanghai-control-surveillance-dissent-public-gatherings-analysis-articleshow-lq389my China's Shanghai presents itself as a modern, confident metropolis: a city of glass towers, orderly streets and...
Originally published at : https://www.eurasiareview.com/24112025-the-global-impact-of-shanghai-style-repression-on-rights-advocacy-oped/ When residents in Shanghai attempted to express frustration during the 2022 demonstrations on Wulumuqi Road,...
When the International Monetary Fund released its Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report on Pakistan, it did more than publish another technical...
Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/22112025-chinas-push-to-become-a-peace-mediator-in-horn-of-africa-is-less-about-peace-and-more-about-power-analysis/ The Horn of Africa has rarely enjoyed a quiet decade, and China has closely monitored that...
Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/gwadar-port-cpec-dark-side-lax-checks-narcotics-concern-smuggling-fears-alert-articleshow-gc1340n China hails the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor as “clean” development, with Gwadar showcased as the flagship gateway. But the...
Originally published: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/framing-xinjiang-when-propaganda-becomes-the-destination-articleshow-duk0ig2 The sun climbs over Kashgar’s old city, gilding its restored facades and winding lanes. Influencers adjust their...
Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/the-algorithm-that-erases-you-how-china-perfected-real-time-censorship-articleshow-tat3ch0 In the digital era, censorship is no longer a deliberate act of deletion followed by notification;...
Originally published at : https://www.eurasiareview.com/14112025-songs-language-and-quiet-memory-how-uyghur-culture-survives-beijings-erasure-campaign-oped/ The most enduring expressions of Uyghur identity today do not come from public squares in...
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Originally published https://www.eurasiareview.com/10112025-how-east-turkistans-spirit-endures-beijings-attempted-erasure-oped/ Ninety-six years after the first East Turkistan Republic declared independence, its spirit endures — not in territory,...
The second half of October 2025 in China was marked with high-level political, military, bureaucratic and ambassadorial removals and reshuffling,...
Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-accountability-by-design-reforming-indias-defence-procurement-for-strategic-credibility-analysis/ Delays and cost overruns in Indian defence procurement are not just bureaucratic inefficiencies. They are symptoms...
Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/24102025-single-point-orders-joint-fight-how-june-2025-reform-reshapes-indias-theatre-command-reality-analysis/ With the CDS now empowered to issue Joint Instructions and Orders, the June 2025 reform ends...
China Fortnightly | Volume I | Issue No. 15 The first half of October 2025 in China reflected a phase...
Originally published https://www.eurasiareview.com/06102025-chinas-occupation-of-tibet-is-not-just-illegal-its-an-environmental-and-security-catastrophe-in-the-making-oped/ As 7 October marks seventy-five years since China’s invasion of Tibet, the consequences of that act of...
Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/05102025-inside-tibets-digital-prison-pla-and-police-merge-to-enforce-chinas-grip-analysis/ The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) controls Tibet through a combination of military force, comprehensive surveillance technology,...
The fortnight from 16 to 30 September 2025 reflected China’s continued consolidation of Party control and strategic signalling across domestic,...
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