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RA: What are the IAF’s key modernisation priorities to address emerging threats in the neighborhood and Indo-Pacific region, and how do you plan to balance indigenous development with international acquisitions? Given the evolving geopolitical...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has formally proposed the acquisition of 114 Rafale fighter jets under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, estimated to cost approximately ₹2 lakh crore (US $ 22 billion). This move,...

On September 14, 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the Defence Procurement Manual 2025 (DPM 2025) to “expedite revenue procurement for the Services, enable domestic industry with simple processes, promote innovation & support enterprise,”...

At the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Vladivostok, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Russia’s Pivot to Asia. It was in response to Asia’s growing economic importance, Moscow’s growth constraints with its traditional...

The last decade has seen several bold initiatives by the government for achieving self-reliance in defence. These include embargoes on imports of key equipment and components, earmarking funds for procurement from domestic sources, easing...

On April 22, 2025, a few Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists armed with automatic machine guns descended on holidaymakers in Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, killing twenty-six civilians, including mostly Hindu tourists, a Christian tourist, and a...

The global leadership landscape is in transition. While the United States is dealing with internal divisions and a reduced appetite for global responsibility, China’s growing power has led to distrust in many regions, especially...

India today stands at a pivotal strategic crossroads—encircled by converging threats and evolving battlefronts. The prospect of future wars being fought on multiple fronts is no longer hypothetical; it is a looming reality, sharpened...

Aprofound vacuum in international leadership has emerged as the world grapples with pervasive conflicts, climate stress, and the breakdown of trust in global institutions. As the old Western-led order loses moral authority and the...

Change is the order of life. German philosopher Hegel, who created the theory of dialectics, highlighted that change is of paramount importance for the creation of both the thesis and the antithesis, with the...

in the rapidly evolving 21st-century global order, the question of leadership is more complex and contested than ever before. The post-World War II international system, shaped by US-led liberal hegemony, is in a state...

The bilateral and particularly the defence ties between India and Europe are two dimensional. Firstly, India must maintain relations with European Union, representing 28 countries, and secondly bilaterally with bigger EU members and non-EU...

In February 2023, a Chinese high-altitude balloon shot down by the United States Air Force (USAF) B-21 (Raider) aircraft near North Carolina brought the spotlight onto the hitherto little-known near-space region. The region between...