Bhutan India Security Relations: Conflicting Cooperation
Source: The Bhutan Journal ABSTRACT Bhutan-India relations are shaped by the changing geopolitical need and conflicting security arrangements in the Himalayas. Unique geographical location, connecting two major rising powers with opposite political philosophies and international attention in Asia in the new century puts Bhutan is more critical position. The...
Dying peace
In 1991 when USSR disintegrated at the end of the Cold War, the US had told the new Russia and China that you are on the wrong side of the world, the wrong side of history. Liberal democracy is winning and that’s the future of the world. Only 30...
Conspiracies and counter conspiracies in Bhutan
Bhutan made the first high-profile arrests on 16 February 2021 in decades – that too on charges of overthrowing the chief of the Royal Bhutan Army. The nature and process of arrest speak volumes about impunity. A team of Royal Bhutan Police arrested Kuenley Tshering, in what is seen...
Australia: calf crushed in a bullfight
The latest and sudden change of tone of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pointing to the greater belief on Australian policies and politics are influenced by US politics and individuals there. His statement reverberates Australia simply runs behind the US to accomplish their interest. For the last four...
COVID19, emergency power and civil liberties
Coronavirus has not only destabilised our health system but economy too. Experts and politicians are rambling around the prospects of economy when we pass this virus era. Far beyond this, there is more disturbing image of possibility of decline of democracy and civil liberties that we enjoyed. The failure...
Climate Change Impact in Bhutan
Source: The Bhutan Journal Abstract The Himalayas is serious victim of climate change. The consequences of the change will be the hardest for the people there. The residents in the downstream will be no less affected. And melting ice and decreasing ice reserves indicate a disastrous future for those...