Pranay K Shome

–The writer is currently working as a Research Associate at Defence Research and Studies (dras.in) and is a columnist. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

On A Razor’s Edge

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  The United States of America recently carried out a precision drone strike which killed the leader of the dreaded terror organisation Al-Qaeda’s Emir Ayman Al Zawahiri. This is considered as one of the biggest...

Future of West Asia and India Relations

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  In foreign affairs conducting diplomacy is said to be doing the art of the possible. It denotes that through negotiations and mutual consultations even the toughest of problems can be solved. In that context...

Maturing of India’s Defence Diplomacy

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  Diplomacy is as old as the ancient Roman Empire. However, with the evolution of international political structure and the evolution of human cognition, the nature of diplomacy has undergone myriad paradigmatic changes. Diplomacy in...

China’s Interference in South East Asia: A Turning point in Geopolitics

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  Guided by the vision of reviving the glory of the , China under President Xi Jinping has been on an assertive and belligerent course. Under Xi, China has jettisoned the policy of peaceful coexistence...

Curbing China’s Belligerence in the Indo-Pacific

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  “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”, said Napoleon Bonaparte, the great French military leader and statesman. The idea of the Indo-Pacific is in vogue now, with almost every great power,...

Indo-Israel Defence Cooperation: An Insight into the Future Roadmap

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Three decades could be a short time for human life, but in international relations and military science, it is like ages. This is all the more evident in the relationship between India and Israel...

Gateway to Peace in the Middle East

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  A watershed moment in the geopolitics of the Middle East was achieved when the Abraham Accord was signed between Israel and four other Arab states - Bahrain, the UAE, Sudan and Morocco - under the...

Sri Lanka Crisis Must Not Spin Out of Control

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  Sri Lanka is on the edge. Faced with an unprecedented economic crisis perceived to be the worst in the island nation’s history, Sri Lanka has been wracked by months of popular protests against the...

Dealing with the Devil Requires Caution

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  Realism - a school of thought in international relations - articulates that for the purpose of fulfilling one’s national interests dealing with the most terrible of regimes is essential. That is exactly what seems...

Tackling New Terrorism in the Valley

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Kashmir is on the boil again. This time a spate of killings has rattled the security and state dispensation. Concerns have emerged over the new hybrid mode of terrorism in the valley which has...

Playing a Balancing Game: Quad Countries Must Jump the Trade Barrier for the Sake of Taiwan

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  US president’s remark that the US will intervene militarily in case Taiwan is attacked is encouraging but the million-dollar question is: Will the other Quad countries follow suit? The Russo-Ukraine war, which enters its third...

Combating the Dragon’s Intransigence

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India and China are two of the oldest civilisations in the world with rich culture, heritage and history. Ties between the two countries date back to ancient times. It was believed that since China...

India’s Contemporary Security Concerns in South Asia

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  "You can change friends, not neighbours” was famously said by former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Security is one of the most important issues which affected and continues to affect the course...
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