Interviews & Media

This section brings together interviews, media appearances, published conversations, and expert commentary delivered across national and international platforms. It reflects engagement with policymakers, academics, journalists, and global audiences on strategic, security, and geopolitical issues.

Scope includes:
Interviews, television and digital media appearances, quoted commentary, panel discussions, podcasts, and public-facing analytical conversations.

Interview of Major General S B Asthana on Doklam Issue by Diplomacy and Beyond Plus

Sharing an interview of mine by Diplomacy & Beyond published on December 12, 2017 on the Doklam standoff between India and China. The standoff was a litmus test for India in terms of how resolutely it could stand up against a belligerent China…

Interview Maj Gen S B Asthana by SCMP on 06 Dec 2017,on forthcoming Chinese & Russian Foreign Minister’s visit to India.

I am sharing my Interview taken by  Mr Shi Jiangtao, China Correspondent, South China Morning Post (SCMP) on 06 December 2017 in Question Answer form. It also includes questions pertaining to the forthcoming visit of Chinese Councillor Mr Yang Jiechi. SCMP:…

Interview with Indian Major General Asthana about India, China, Pakistan and Counter jihad, by Global Review (Germany)

I am sharing with friends my interview with Global Review ( Germany). The interviewer is Von Ralf Ostener. The Interview has been taken in English and published in German language. Although I am attaching the URL below, but there are…

Doklam Standoff Resolution: Interview of Maj Gen S B Asthana by SCMP

(Views of Major General S B Asthana,SM,VSM, (Veteran), Questioned by Jiangtao Shi of South China Morning Post on 29 August 2017.  Question 1 (SCMP) Are you surprised that the over 70-day military standoff ended all of a sudden just days…