Opinion

"Great leaders coming — Prime Minister of Pakistan coming and Field Marshal (Asim Munir) coming. Field Marshal of Pakistan is a great guy and so is the Prime Minister of Pakistan — both coming....

Bollywood movie, "Love and War," starring Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, and Vicky Kaushal, filmed at the Nal Air Force Station in Bikaner, featured the Indian Air Force's MiG-21 jets. The film shoot marked the...

Operation Sindoor underlined India’s ability to impose its will on the battlefield. Yet the weeks that followed have shown that the bigger war is not about missiles or drones. It is about autonomy. The...

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a strategic defence pact on September 18, 2025, which implies that both nations would come to each other’s help if attacked by any enemy. It also includes nuclear attack/threat....

By December 31, 2025, the first 100% indigenous AK-203 rifle—nicknamed Sher—crafted entirely with domestic components and manufacturing processes—is scheduled to roll off the Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) production line at Korwa, Amethi, in...

The Joint Military Space Doctrine, which was recently released in the Kolkata Combined Commanders Conference 2025, is a significant and strategic milestone in the formal institutionalisation of space as a critical operational domain within...

For more than a decade, the Syrian civil war ravaged the country, resulting in the deaths of over 600,000 people and the displacement of more than 12 million, creating one of the largest humanitarian...

An Israeli airstrike on August 28, 2025, killed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi, and its Army Chief of Staff, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari, along with several other senior officials...

United States President Donald Trump, on September 5, 2025 signed an executive order to rename the “Department of Defence” as the “Department of War,” reverting to a title it had held until after World...

Geo-politics has strange bed fellows. On September 17, 2025, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia formalised a major Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. Under this treaty, any aggression against either country will be considered aggression against both....

In the evolving landscape of global geopolitics, the resurgence of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral framework has emerged as a pivotal development, particularly against the backdrop of escalating US tariffs on India under the Trump administration....

In the realm of International Politics, security is regarded as the holy grail of state actors. The realist theory of international relations argues that in the international political arena, there is no overarching authority...

For decades, India has relied on multiple defence partners to safeguard its vast territory and diverse security challenges. Among these, Russia has historically been the most prominent, supplying advanced fighter aircraft, missile systems, and...