Ideally, Asian societies need to be insulated from external conflicts so that they can at least buy some time to sort out their affairs. The policy of non-alignment was intended to serve that purpose. But it failed so much so that the third world has been a centre of Soviet-US … Read More
The nations of Asia are caught in a multi-faceted revolution and much of the current turmoil, conflict and instability in this vast and diverse continent flow from this fact. External intervention has only added to their difficulties. Japan is the one major exception. Its problems are very different from those … Read More
Reports from Washington leave little room for doubt that the Nixon Administration has become highly suspicious of Moscow’s intentions primarily because it believes that Soviet experts have helped the UAR to introduce additional Sam-2 and Sam-3 missiles into the standstill zone along the Suez canal in violation of the cease-fire … Read More
The Sino-Indian border conflict leading to the 1962 war is viewed in isolation from the world scene and the overall relations between the two countries. It is difficult to escape the conclusion that it was primarily the result of a power imbalance. While India’s case is much stronger on legal … Read More
By publishing a highly provocative partisan and distorted account of the Sino-Indian border dispute, Mr. Neville Maxwell has in some ways rendered a service to this country. In quoting extensively from what are supposed to be highly secret documents and by advertising the fact that they were made available … Read More
A secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs attended the Chinese National Day reception in New Delhi on Friday for the first time since 1962. This and other similar moves by the two sides show that there is a greater degree of civility in the relations between the two countries … Read More
