The recent speculations about the state of affairs in China are thought-provoking. Stagflation and sluggish economic growth, US sanctions on the sale of high-tech equipment to China, a floundering real estate sector, ‘friend-shoring’ of...
The last three years have seen considerable push being given to indigenous production by the government with some bold policy initiatives, the foremost of which was the phased embargo on the import of more...
The sabre rattling by China on the Taiwan Strait following the visit of speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei has escalated tensions in the region. In the past few months, there have been regular incidents...
The Ukraine-Russia war may well be a watershed in international relations signalling the emergence of new paradigms and alignments in the world. Putin’s cold-blooded pursuit of aggression as a means of achieving political ends...
The recent approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security of the Tata-Airbus project for the acquisition of the C-295 light transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) opens a new era in defence...
China’s belligerence, its hegemonistic behaviour in the Asian neighbourhood and its strategy to establish a ring of military bases in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) call for a well-coordinated and determined response from India’s...