New Delhi, India — India has directed all its state governments to put in place a results-oriented counterintelligence mechanism to avert growing terror strikes.The anti-terror strategy that India has formulated so far lacks a nationwide actionable counterintelligence mec

Seoul, South Korea — Face-to-face negotiations with Taliban kidnappers have greatly helped South Korea resolve the six-week hostage crisis in Afghanistan, but the direct deal has posed a challenge to Seoul's commitment to the international anti-terrorism coalition.South Kor

Manipal, India — Military strategists in India raise their blood pressure levels by pointing to China's "encirclement" of the country through an archipelago of military and intelligence assets around the periphery of the world's only billion-plus democracy. The reality, h

Hong Kong, China — China is running into problems in its military technology dealings with Russia. The country has postponed high-level military talks on defense technology and stopped all new military contracts until Russia delivers an overdue shipment of aircraft, accordi

Washington, DC, United States — For the past several days, Western analysts have been fixated on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's massive Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist drill.The exercise, held Aug. 8-17, was the SCO's largest joint exercise in its six-year history, with arm

Manila, Philippines — Every time the Philippine Congress is about to begin deliberations on the approval of the national budget, the military is suspiciously engaged in a fierce battle with rebels. Maybe it's just coincidence or maybe it is calculated to justify funding suppor

Hong Kong, China — China is bent on the simultaneous development of both an aircraft carrier and a strategic nuclear submarine, or SSBN. Discussions over which should take priority are over, as a higher military budget allocation has speeded up the People's Liberation Army

New Delhi, India — An Indian government-backed expert group has asked the government to prepare a 20-year defense plan that will make defense management more efficient. "India requires a holistic and integrated defense perspective plan for 20 years through a process of in

New Delhi, India — Faced with growing internal security problems, India is contemplating a strategy to counter terrorism and insurgency, giving primacy of place to political dialogue and the democratic process. "The federal government in conjunction with the state adminis

Hong Kong, China — The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding joint military exercises this week in Russia, with all six member nations participating for the first time. However, judging from the number of soldiers taking part, the significance of the maneuvers is mor

Toronto, Canada — Between 1988 and 1990, when Benazir Bhutto was in power in Pakistan, the dreaded Inter-Service Intelligence dusted off an earlier plan to snatch Kashmir from India by force. A huge number of religious fanatics that had fought against the Soviets in Afghan

Hong Kong, China — China is flexing its military muscle by exhibiting a model and photos of its new DF31A intercontinental ballistic missile and type 093 nuclear attack submarine, or SSN, at the People's Liberation Army's 80th Anniversary exhibition held in Beijing. Also on

Manila, Philippines — Various groups are apprehensive over the composition of the Philippines' new Anti-terrorism Council. Most of the members of this council are accused of being architects of repressive policies of the government.

Washington, DC, United States — There is an old rule among intelligence analysts that rather than focus on individual events in the vast floods of data, they should look for patterns. With that in mind, consider the number of recent events regarding China.

Manipal, India — India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has several times publicly complimented his country on "not having a single member of al-Qaida despite having the second largest Muslim population in the world." India, with 156 million Muslims, is beaten only by Indo

United Nations, United States — China's top envoy at the United Nations says his country is against additional measures being taken against Iran for not complying with previous Security Council sanctions, but that doesn't mean there couldn't be more.Ambassador Wang Gang-ya, who is pre

WASHINGTON, United States — "Asian" in British police parlance almost invariably means Pakistanis or Pakistani Britons. Of late, Bangladeshi Britons have been added to the roster of terror suspects.

Sapporo, Japan — The annual summit of the presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will take place this coming August in Kyrgyzstan. The SCO groups together Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Manipal, India — In 1971, following the Indian army's defeat of Pakistan in Bangladesh and the capture of 93,000 prisoners of war, an opportunity was given to the Pakistani politicians to roll back the army's control over civilian life by curbing its powers and making it

Seoul, South Korea — The chief U.S. nuclear envoy is confident North Korea's nuclear reactor would be closed and "disabled" this year, but many analysts remain skeptical about whether the defiant country will give up nuclear weapons.Pyongyang has developed nuclear weapons a

Toronto, Canada — With China's rapid development, militarily as well as economically, it is apparent that the country will come into conflict with the United States, probably sooner rather than later. Economically, China has made tremendous progress in the last 20 years, b

Beijing, China — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said measures taken over the weekend marked a pivotal point in restarting six-party negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programs, but he admitted it will take imaginative diplomacy for the pro

Beijing, China — One of the topics on the agenda at a meeting of top law enforcement officials from the U.S. and China that began Thursday is an offer by the FBI to provide assistance on security matters for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.The offer was made by Tho

Beijing, China — China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday reiterated the country's apprehension over U.S. and Japanese efforts to promote deployment of a missile defense system in Asia, issuing a warning for both nations to act with caution.The comments came after remarks made

Manipal, India — A millenium ago, when Muslim armies began succeeding in defeating their Hindu rivals, such victories came despite the latter's greater opulence. A contributory factor was caste.

Washington, DC, United States — With more than $1,200 billion in U.S. dollars, T-bills and securities in its piggy bank, China has been losing money as the value of the dollar has fallen against the euro.This helps explain that startling announcement last week that China is planning t

MANIPAL, India — Terrorists must be fought on both the military and monetary fronts. As long as funds continue to flow into their hands, terrorists will continue to survive assaults on them, to recruit new zealots and rebuild their infrastructure.

Beijing, China — A key distinction between the armed forces of the United States and those of China is how each perceives the importance and operational role of non-commissioned officers in their respective command and control structures. In the fourth century B.C.

Beijing, China — The sensitive topic of Taiwan was discussed during the visit to Beijing of Admiral Timothy J. Keating, Commander of the U.S.

Washington, DC, United States — The black-market nuclear network established by the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, A.Q. Khan, broken up in 2004, may be dormant but could resume operations in the future, according to a just-released report by the London-based International Institu

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea's hope of being taken off an international blacklist was dashed when the United States reiterated its belief that the communist country is a sponsor of terrorism. In its annual Country Reports on Terrorism, released Monday, the State Departmen

Seoul, South Korea — Alarmed by Japan's move to acquire U.S. F-22 stealth fighters, South Korea has hinted it would also seek to procure the future generation fighter jets to cope with any possible security jitters.

Manipal, India — Conventional wisdom, as expressed by oped pundits, has it that George W. Bush is the first U.S.

Beijing, China — China and Russia are supreme practitioners of realpolitik. They have made impressive displays of their close bilateral ties and common purpose toward the outside world.

Washington, DC, United States — Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 classic, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Beijing, China — Issues of transparency and Taiwan top the agenda as senior officials from the Chinese and U.S. armed forces meet in Beijing to enhance ties and strengthen mutual understanding.Chairman of the U.S.

Beijing, China — China's Premier Wen Jiabao said that the country's massive size and bitter lessons of history have driven its military policies, and that its recent test of an anti-satellite weapon did not pose a threat to any country. Wen made the comments at a

Beijing, China — Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang responded to Vice President Richard Cheney's remarks about China during his recent Asia trip with an earthy metaphor about home invasion, and a barbed eight-point statement outlining China's diplomatic philosophy.

Seoul, South Korea — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency embarked on a two-day tour of North Korea Tuesday in a litmus test for implementing a landmark deal on ending the communist country's nuclear weapons programs.During the visit, Mohammed El-Baradei, head of th

New Delhi, India — India, Japan and the United States are to hold joint naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean, a marked increase in the range and extent of India's fast-changing strategic re-alignment toward the West.The exercises are to be held around Japan's Yokosuka nav

Manipal, India — India has been at the business end of jihadi-funded insurgency since 1981, the year in which Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) began to organize a "Khalistan" movement that would in a couple of years launch a terror campaign in India's Punjab S

New York, NY, United States — Talks between U.S. and North Korean diplomats in New York this week, on top of the Feb.

Mahe, Seychelles — Despite the closing of the U.S. Embassy in the Seychelles in 1996, the islands remained "the most hospitable and secure port/place" in the Western Indian Ocean to receive American military and naval personnel operating in the Middle East for rest and recr

Mahe, Seychelles — Britain and France fought over the Seychelles Islands in the 19th century, not for their natural beauty but because of the strategic location on the important trading route to the East Indies. Today, more than ever before, the Seychelles archipelago is ca

Washington, DC, United States — If Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a get-tougher message to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf over terrorist sanctuaries, the White House isn't saying.Spokesman Tony Snow, asked Monday about a verbal prod reported by The New York Times, would onl

Washington, DC, United States — Bigger may not necessarily be better when it comes to military might, but size certainly does matter when national pride is concerned. It should come as no surprise that the latest source of tension between China and Japan is a spat over how big Chinese m

Manila, Philippines — A ban against Filipino workers in Nigeria will remain in effect despite the recent freeing of 24 Filipino nationals held hostage for weeks by militants, officials in Manila said.The travel ban remains in effect, according to Philippines Press Secretary

Washington, United States — The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for the upgrading of Pakistan's P-3C Orion surveillance planes.The Foreign Military Sale contract received by Lockheed is worth $186.5 million and will enhance the Pakistani navy's capabilities in

Washington, DC, United States — China is making geopolitical hay while the sun isn't shining for America.