Opinion

India’s emerging space companies took centre stage at Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX) 2026, presenting technologies aimed at improving satellite imaging, secure communications, Earth observation and access to space. The event brought together startups, established...

Information scarcity no longer constrains the modern battlefield. Instead, today's defence forces face the opposite challenge — an overwhelming abundance of data generated by satellites, unmanned aerial systems, radar networks, electro-optical sensors, communication intercepts,...

On August 28, 2026, India signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance with Washington for the FGM-148 Javelin, the American fire-and-forget anti-tank missile that has become almost as famous for its battlefield record in...

The 26th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on August 31 and September 1, 2026, unfolded against a backdrop of profound geopolitical transformation. The summit, which coincided with the organisation's...

The formalisation of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement between New Delhi and Washington for the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system represents a defining moment in contemporary geopolitics. This deal is not...

For decades, India’s strategic posture was defined by a critical paradox: a nation capable of deploying advanced nuclear assets while remaining one of the world's largest importers of conventional military hardware. The inauguration of the...

There is a particular kind of institutional courage in an organisation choosing to stop doing the thing that made it famous. That is effectively what is unfolding at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...

The most consequential weapon Iran has gained from the war may not be a nuclear weapon. It is geography. The Strait of Hormuz gives Tehran a strategic leverage that is disproportionate to its economic...

The 38th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, submitted pursuant to UN Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), has delivered an uncomfortable reminder. Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is no longer...

For much of this year, the J-10CE story out of Dhaka carried a familiar hedge word attached to it, i.e. reportedly. Reportedly considering. Reportedly in talks. Reportedly up to 24 aircraft. That hedge disappeared...

The greatest advantage a nation can possess in an uncertain world is not an alliance. It is choice. The world India entered at independence was a world of blocs. The world India entered after...

The Mecca Pact among Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia has been in the limelight since it was inked. It was announced as a pact akin to Article 5 of NATO, wherein an attack on...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was built to fight terrorism, yet its consensus structure gives Pakistan and China a permanent veto over naming cross-border threats. India remains in the bloc not to seek institutional...