Asad Mirza

-The writer is a New Delhi-based senior commentator on international and strategic affairs, environmental issues, an interfaith practitioner, and a media consultant. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

IAF Capable to Take On Any Adversary: Air Chief AP Singh

New Delhi. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Friday (October 4) said that China is rapidly building infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), especially in the...

India Bats for a More Inclusive Quad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended the Quad Summit at President Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, 100 miles north...

Air Taxis Will Soon be a Reality in India: PM Modi

The 2nd Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation hosted delegates from 29 countries, ministers and policymakers, and 8 international organisations, including ICAO, which celebrated its 80 years of operations as part of the...

Modi Mediates Between Russia and Ukraine

Last week on Wednesday 21 August, 2024, PM Modi embarked on a significantly historic two-nation visit to Poland and Ukraine. The Prime Minister first landed in Poland, on August 21 and then he headed...

India: Will It Be An Inclusive Global Power?

Despite its potential, India's leadership role as the "Voice" of the Global South faces challenges, such as its own internal development issues, as it itself continues to grapple with poverty, inequality, and infrastructure deficiencies....

Emerging Scenario of a Middle East War

The killing of Hamas Politbureau Head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, apparently by a covert IED hidden two months ago and remotely detonated, does not portend well for peace in the region...

Modi 3.0 To Further Augment Past Achievements

The retention of ‘Big 4’ ministers - Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, and Nirmala Sitharaman - in the key portfolios of Defence, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Finance, by Prime Minister Modi has...

US-Japan Ups the Ante in the Pacific

The United States has announced that it will overhaul its military forces in Japan as the two countries move to deepen defence cooperation, Washington and Tokyo said Sunday, 28 July 2024. The announcement comes...

Defence Sector Gets Rs 6.21 Lakh Crore in Budget 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2024, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 announced that the Government has allocated Rs 6,21,940 crore for defence spending in the Union Budget 2024-25 – up...

Could India Match China Militarily by 2047?

Usually, a comparison is made between China and India, based on several factors such as proximity to each other, and both’s ambition to be seen as the regional power and ultimately a global super...

India Needs to Refocus on Its SAGAR Vision

India invited President of Maldives, Mohammad Muizzu; President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe; Vice President of Seychelles, Ahmed Afif, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina; Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth; Prime Minister...

Asia-Pacific Issues Dominate the Shangri-La Dialogue 2024

  The weekend talks at Shangri-La Dialogue were held as wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, and at a time of increasing tensions and competition for influence between the United States and China in the...

South Korea, China, Japan Vow to Ramp Up Cooperation at a Rare Summit

The recent Seoul summit brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Seoul for the countries' first trilateral talks in nearly five years,...
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