Only an India fully prepared to counter and defeat aggression can deter China from initiating a military conflict on the Sino-Indian border.

The more power China has accumulated, the more it has attempted to achieve its foreign policy objectives with bluff, bluster and bullying.

China is exploiting states' economic reliance on it to compel their support for its foreign policy objectives.

The Sino-Indian crisis has underscored the centrality of propaganda in China's foreign policy.

By waging stealth wars to accomplish political and military objectives, China is turning into a principle source of strategic instability in Asia.

To counter Chinese expansionism, India needs a new containment strategy, one by which the country bares its teeth.

Western powers should resist the temptation to intervene and instead work systematically to discredit the ideology of Islamist extremism.

For Putin, the sanctions represent war by other means and a justification for him to make his next moves to countervail American power.

According to a Chinese proverb, "To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm." The further Xi carries China's "one belt, one road" initiative, the more likely it is to bite him.

Donald Trump's embrace of a country he long excoriated for its role in sponsoring terrorism reflects the fact that Saudi Arabia is a cash cow for American defense, energy and manufacturing companies.