Suyash Desai

Suyash Desai is a research associate working on China’s defence and foreign policies at The Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru. He also writes a weekly newsletter on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army called ‘The PLA Insight’.

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Expert Explains | Changing pattern of Chinese mobilisation: National Defence Mobilisation Offices and Reserve Personnel LawSubscriber Only

June 29, 2023 20:09 IST

Learning from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, the PRC recently established NDMO and made major amendments to its Reserve Personnel Law.

Fri, Jun 30, 2023

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An Expert Explains: Taiwan, China, and the US — the big picture in the Indo-PacificSubscriber Only

August 03, 2022 22:00 IST

As China bristles at US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, where do the three countries stand on the Indo-Pacific checkerboard? How did they get there, and where are they headed?

Fri, Aug 05, 2022

An Expert Explains: Why China seems to be building three missile silosSubscriber Only

August 26, 2021 04:20 IST

Satellite pictures have revealed what appears to be an ongoing Chinese project to prepare vast new fields of missile silos that could possibly be used to launch nuclear weapons at China’s adversaries, including the United States and India. Why is China digging these silos?

Thu, Sep 02, 2021