Opinion

On October 21, an Indian diplomat did something unusual in New York: he publicly corrected a United Nations Special Rapporteur on a matter of fact. Ben Saul, the UN's Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and...

France gave the modern world a language of liberty, equality and fraternity. Its revolution challenged inherited privilege, its republic placed citizenship above ancestry, and its secular institutions sought to create a common public space...

The central question facing the United States on North Korea is no longer simply how to persuade Kim Jong-un to abandon his nuclear weapons. After three decades of failed negotiations, it is whether Washington...

The case for a light tank was revived in 2017, during my tenure as Director General Mechanised Forces, and the 2020 standoff in eastern Ladakh made it urgent. The requirement was a 25-tonne-class, air-portable...

India’s military communications increasingly depend on space. Satellites connect ships, aircraft, troops and command centres across distances where terrestrial networks may be unavailable, damaged or vulnerable. In a conflict, that connectivity can shape how...

The 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, concluded successfully with the participation of 11 countries and 10 dialogue countries. However, the importance of the New Delhi Summit can be...

On October 9, speaking at the annual session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said the Ministry of Defence will seek a 35 per cent rise in the...

Adrone that performs well in a demonstration but loses navigation or its control link under enemy jamming is not a dependable combat capability. Along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), where altitude, terrain and...

The Whistle that No Longer Stops the Game: The most dangerous moment in any contest is not when the rules are broken, but when those responsible for enforcing them can no longer make the...

Victory or defeat in a modern-era war is not a measure of losses. In the Russia-Ukraine war ongoing since February 2022, Ukraine has suffered extensive devastation, but it is still standing upright. And Russia...

 “The Silicon battlefields of future conflicts will be hallmarked by infinite tenacity, reverberate with lethality of defence technologies, evidenced with invincibility and resilience” Modern warfare is increasingly determined by the ability to sense, process, communicate,...

The nature of warfare is changing, as seen in ongoing conflicts. In the Indian context, despite both its adversaries being nuclear powers, there is ample scope for prolonged conflicts under a nuclear umbrella. It...

Security planners are trained to think in terms of convergence: the moment when separate pressures, each manageable alone, arrive at the same time and stretch the state's attention, resources and legitimacy. India is in...