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

UK’s £300 Billion Defence Gamble, An Opportunity for India

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Aresignation two years in the making: Starmer's fall was less an event than a slow puncture. Labour's landslide 2024 victory gave way, within eighteen months, to collapsing approval ratings, a dismal set of local...

General Upendra Dwivedi Rewired the Indian Army for the Age of Autonomous War

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When General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff on June 30, 2024, the Indian Army was an institution in transition - strong in tradition, capable in combat, yet...

The Precarious US-Iran Ceasefire

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When US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the Islamabad Memorandum on June 17, 2026 - Trump at the Palace of Versailles following the G7 summit, Pezeshkian in Tehran - the...

Force Multiplier on the Frontline: Redefining the Military Engineer

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Featuring an authoritative foreword by former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal NC Suri, the book moves past standard military historiography. It reframes the role of the military engineer not as a...

Israeli Aggression Sabotages the US-Iran Peace Breakthrough

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In the arc of modern Middle Eastern diplomacy, peace has always been the most perishable of commodities. That uncomfortable truth was on full display on Friday, June 19, 2026, when planned implementation talks between...

India Space Congress 2026: Masterplan Revealed for Sovereign Mega-Satellite Constellations

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Speaking at the high-energy India Space Congress (ISC) 2026 in New Delhi, space industry leaders declared that historic regulatory overhauls have successfully transformed the country's space sector. Pioneering technologist and President of the SatCom...

Meprolight Bullish on Its India Presence

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Raksha Anirveda (RA): Golan, kindly provide a little history of Meprolight and its vision for the future. Golan Kalimi (GK): Meprolight was founded in 1990 as a division of the SK Group, the company emerged...

The Fragile US-Iran Peace Accord and the Geopolitical Reordering of the Middle East

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The announcement of the comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in mid-June 2026 - slated for a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, June 19 - caps one of the most erratic diplomatic cycles...

India’s Medium Transport Aircraft Procurement Becomes a Three-Way Geopolitical Clash

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the strategic realities of two-front border management and rapid out-of-theatre deployment have forced the Indian Air Force (IAF) to radically accelerate its heavy logistical lift capabilities. Facing an aging inventory of Soviet-era Antonov An-32s...

Israel’s Defiance of Trump Complicate the 100-Day US-Iran War

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The conflict that began as a series of sharp, asymmetric naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf has reached its grim centennial. Over the past 100 days, the United States and Iran have engaged in...

Bharat Innovates 2026 Spotlights India’s Strategic Deep-Tech Champions in France

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The international theatre of technology diplomacy witnessed a historic expansion as the Government of India’s Ministry of Education formally commenced the Bharat Innovates 2026 initiative. To be held from June 14 to 16, 2026, at...

India’s BRAHMOS Diplomacy Reshapes Southeast Asia’s Strategic Balance

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As India edges closer to major BRAHMOS missile agreements with Vietnam and Indonesia, New Delhi’s defence exports are rapidly evolving from commercial transactions into instruments of strategic influence. The proposed deals, reportedly worth nearly...

Brinkmanship in the Gulf: Trump Postpones Strikes Amid Stalled Iran Peace Proposals

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In a dramatic shift that has come to characterise Washington’s volatile foreign policy, President Donald Trump announced the indefinite postponement of a highly classified, sweeping military strike against Iran. The operation, which was scheduled...
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