Opinion

A Conflict That Continues to Challenge the Indian State: More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the state remains trapped in a cycle of mistrust, displacement and political uncertainty. Despite the deployment...

By the category of usage, wargames can be classified into primarily training and analytical games. Objectives of the former is not scientifically precise prediction of battlefield outcomes, but professional military education and cultivation of...

When India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed on June 1, 2026, that critical minerals and rare earths had figured in the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar’s President U Min Aung Hlaing,...

Every few years, a fresh estimate of India's nuclear arsenal emerges, and the debate follows a familiar pattern. Commentators compare stockpiles, television studios display graphics, and analysts begin calculating who has more warheads than...

“The primary cardinal attributes of LEADERSHIP are PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE.” — Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, 1971 Indo-Pak War Militaries have used wargames to rehearse operational procedures, cultivate judgment, enhance adaptability, improve predictability, and...

For decades, the Aerospace Composites Division (ACD) at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) Bangalore Complex has been quietly fabricating the carbon-fibre skins, honeycomb panels and structural assemblies that go into nearly every Indian aircraft —...

“As far as India is concerned, China has a malevolent eye towards us.” — Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lok Sabha Debates, May 8, 1959 In 431 BCE, the Greek general and historian Thucydides wrote in his...

As the closure of strait of Hormuz and the naval blockade led to disruptions in energy supply chains and the subsequent rise in oil prices in April 2026, an unassuming element on the periodic...

For the first time ever, India has kept some of its nuclear weapons in a "deployed" condition. This important news comes from SIPRI, a well-known research institute based in Sweden that keeps a close...

the strategic realities of two-front border management and rapid out-of-theatre deployment have forced the Indian Air Force (IAF) to radically accelerate its heavy logistical lift capabilities. Facing an aging inventory of Soviet-era Antonov An-32s...

The conflict that began as a series of sharp, asymmetric naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf has reached its grim centennial. Over the past 100 days, the United States and Iran have engaged in...

The international theatre of technology diplomacy witnessed a historic expansion as the Government of India’s Ministry of Education formally commenced the Bharat Innovates 2026 initiative. To be held from June 14 to 16, 2026, at...

In October 2025, when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released Lt Gen Raj Shukla's book on the subject, he framed civil-military fusion not merely as integration but as a "strategic enabler" that fosters innovation, preserves talent,...