Foreign Affairs

Beijing: China's act of flaring up the territorial disputes can be the means to 'punish' Bhutan for aligning with India as Beijing assumed that Thimphu's foreign policy for their country is influenced by New...

  The same wine in the new bottle; this can be rightly said in the context of the appointment of ex-ISI chief Asim Munir as the chief of the Pakistani army. Asim Munir, who is...

  New Delhi: With India planning to use the opportunity provided by the G-20 presidency to play the role of a “peacemaker for global good”, the growing concern in the US, the UK and Australia,...

  Tel Aviv: The Israeli intelligence is trying to confirm the Iranian declaration about it's success in developing a hypersonic ballistic missile. At the same time Israel is taking measures to be prepared for the...

  The military ties between the Pakistan army and Myanmar military junta are increasing rapidly. China, which considers India as its prospective challenger, is assisting Pakistan to strengthen defence cooperation with Myanmar. Pakistan, which considers...

  Gen. Asim Munir took over as Pakistan’s new army chief on November 29 when the country is passing through great political and economic commotion. It faces the risk of an economic amidst shrinking foreign...

Washington: In a boost to India, a top US official said that this country which has a unique strategic character, will not be an ally of the US, but another great power, asserting there...

New Delhi: The Biden-Harris administration does not view Sino-Indian confrontation “simply as a potential military escalation in the pain points that we look at, like South China Sea and Taiwan Straits,” said Richard M. Rossow,...

New Delhi: With the Sino-Indian standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh continuing and with both countries agreeing to withdraw troops from PP15 in Gogra Hot Springs on September 12,...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policy appears to have fuelled increased protests against him in the country making situation difficult for his administration. The level of anger and frustration among the Chinese...

  Tel Aviv: The Israeli ministry of defense and the Israeli air force are working to achieve greater cooperation with the US Space Command. One idea is to establish a component command under CENTCOM. Israel wants...

London: Britain’s Royal Navy has ordered what it says will be the largest and most complex unmanned submarine operated by a European navy in a deal aimed at strengthening Britain’s ability to protect undersea...

Melbourne: Japan’s prime minister has asked his Cabinet to secure enough funds to raise defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product in five years, continuing a recent trend of increasing the defence budget,...