Ashok K. Mehta

From Younghusband’s foray, the Simla Conference and their contentious legacy barbing Sino-Indian ties, this is a compendious, well-balanced account

Himalayan range, Valleys, Buddha statues: In Outlook this week, a diary from Bhutan.

A comprehensive study of Kashmir looks at its history, the conflict, the irretrievable tangle of interests and casts a gimlet eye on political bungling

A former major general's diary from Berlin trialogue between India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Resumption of the on-off dialogue process started in 1997 can be ruled out. This has become hostage to India insisting on stopping terrorism and Pakistan on starting talks on Kashmir first. The first window on dialogue will open after the 2019 elections.

And the Defence Planning Committee can’t really improve defence management

A country ravaged by 30 years of brutal war and savage terrorism is today fast becoming the tourist hub of South Asia...

Managing China through Pakistan, while keeping the border peaceful, is held up as India’s goal. That, and acquiring more military muscle.

Our Pak policy: neither big stick, nor soft dialogue

Parrikar and Doval talk, but terror demands action