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India’s Long-Range Hypersonic Missile Capability: A Brahmastra Against China

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 21, 2024

The long-range hypersonic missile test on November 16, 2024 by India, marks a major milestone in its strategic defence capabilities and its credible deterrence, particularly against China. This breakthrough places India in an elite group...

Crimson-GeH Encircles India

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - November 20, 2024

W estern propaganda about China’s failing economy is similar to the Russian economic collapse predicted since February 2022. Russia emerged stronger and so will China. China’s exports to the Global South and BRICS countries in...

Will China Face a Tougher Time Under Trump?

Shankar Kumar - November 20, 2024

While there is a commotion in the West following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval of change in the country’s nuclear doctrine, allowing armed forces to use atomic weapons in response to Ukraine’s deployment of...

Trump 2.0: The End Game in Ukraine, Way Forward for NATO and New Delhi’s View

Major Rocco ‘Roc’ P. Santurri III - November 20, 2024

The period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only – A...

A New Era in US Defence and Security Policy: Can Hegseth and Noem Tango for India-US Bonhomie?

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 19, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security indicates a new direction in American defence and security arrangements. Hegseth has...

A Tech Policy Planning Guide for India – Beyond the First 100 Days

RA Editorial Desk - November 18, 2024

The Carnegie India report provides an independent look at how to get the most out of India’s current technology ecosystem, and the measures that may need to be adopted or re-considered to build a...

Interests of Afghan People are Paramount Today

Neelapu Shanti - November 16, 2024

Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan without the mandate of the people in 2021, has placed the people of the country in a subservient position subjected to oppression at the hands of the Taliban...

Deep Waters: A New Dawn For Bilateral Relations Between Germany and India?

Natalia Freyton - November 15, 2024

Despite the tumultuous international geopolitical situation, a new defence partnership between Germany and India has emerged. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent visit to New Delhi emphasised the will of both nations to develop their...

The Epic Disruption Called Donald Trump

Pranay K Shome - November 12, 2024

Aristotle said change is unsettling. Any change, be it temporary or long-lasting, is bound to disrupt the usual nature of how society operates, resulting in overall upheaval with adverse consequences. One of the many...

North Korea’s Power Play: A Dangerous Shift and the Rise of a New Anti-Western Bloc

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 10, 2024

As the conflicts the world over continue to intensify; North Korea launching a missile on October 30, 2024, demonstrated to the world that Pyongyang is willing to assert its presence and powerplay in the...

Trump’s Triumph and India’s Ideations: Priorities and Expectations in a Changing World

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 7, 2024

President Donald Trump's historic victory makes him the second president ever to return to the White House for a second time after a gap of a four-year term. Before him, the only President to...

India’s Impetus to Defence Ties with Europe

Dr Mathew Simon - November 7, 2024

Within one week, India received Spanish and German delegations and signed a slew of important agreements and outcomes ranging from matters of economy and technology to defence and security in the Indo-Pacific region. India’s...

Spain Emerging as India’s Strategic Partner

Niranjan Marjani - November 5, 2024

Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez’s visit to India marked an important milestone in the India-Spain relations. Sánchez along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the final assembly line of the C295 military transport aircraft at...