Book Review

In the annals of warfare and strategic thought, the book The Utility of Force stands out as a tour de force. The year 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of this groundbreaking work. The author,...

Homo Sapiens, or the Intelligent Man is the most advanced and intelligent species on the planet. Within 2,00,000 years, we human beings have managed to catapult to the top of the inter-species food cum...

History is perhaps the most contested discipline in the realm of social sciences. Every word, every letter, every feeling is contested and that too vigorously. The process of writing on history itself is even...

On 15 May 1999, I was at my bureau office at Ambadeep Building on Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi. It was a leisurely Saturday, and most offices were closed. With no remarkable political...

In “Heartbeats of a Tankman,” retired military officer Lt Gen Ashok Shivane (pen name: Ashok Tankman) unveils a captivating collection of poems that transcend the ordinary, delving into the profound world of a soldier’s experiences....

  In the current global discourse, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the central focus in academic, international relations, and financial circles. The discussions surrounding AI are characterised by its transformative potential and existential threats, making...

  New Delhi: The “Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2023” (IPRD-2023), the three-day annual apex-level regional strategic dialogue of the Indian Navy, commenced in New Delhi on November 15, 2023. Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Hon’ble Vice President of India...

  India, Bharat & Pakistan The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation Author: J Sai Deepak Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 607 |  Price: Rs. 799 Pax Indica which literally translates into peace and prosperity under Indian rule is in the vogue...

  Professional military education is a means to bridge the gap between combat as an instrument of warfare which must relate to war as an instrument of politics. Professional Military Education (PME) is defined in...

“We will form an army of poor, where every poor will be a soldier and we will win the war against poverty on behalf of their strength” —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India The term...

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja’s book ‘China-An Enigma’ provides in-depth, unique and interesting insights into China’s history, its rise and why it continuously remains an enigma. A summary and excerpts from the book: The Peoples’ Republic...

India and China have been neighbours for thousands of years but differences keep arising and this is probably due to several factors. But as Professor Kanti Bajpai says on the opening pages of his...

New Delhi: Unlike most books on foreign policy, this one “Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership” is off the routine and as the author Mohammed Zeeshan put it “I didn’t mean it to...