Opinion

In a major aviation development, US President Donald Trump has offered India two squadrons of the F-35 stealth fighter. This announcement has created a buzz in the aviation world, with many wondering if India...

The liberal theory in International Relations considers peace to be the sine-qua-non of the present world order. It emphasises peace as a prerequisite for promoting a rules-based international political order. However, such a theoretical...

By now the world should have strapped-up to witness a completely unpredictable and a more dictatorial American foreign policy, dictated by the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump. Coming soon after the preposterous...

President Donald Trump took a diplomatic U-turn by offering to sell F-35 fighter jets to India during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the United States, which he himself criticised due to...

Global Nuclear Power Play: The line between nuclear deterrence and conventional threshold is increasingly being revisited and becoming blurred in contemporary conflicts. In a world defined by VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) the...

Firm Ideas: The arrival of President Donald Trump in the White House has led to a spate of directives and decisions from the US administration, which has shaken the global geopolitics. The speed and...

The Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 (FY’26), presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2025, provides an outlay of ₹6,81,210.27 crore for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This represents an...

On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman delivered her eighth consecutive budget speech for the Financial Year (FY) 2025-26, which allocated Rs 6.81 lakh crore for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This fiscal year's...

Using Chinese-made components in Indian drones supplied by the private sector to the army has raised critical national security concerns. The recent hacking incidents at the Line of Control (LoC) and the Line of...

Armenia, located at the crossroads of West Asia and Eurasia, is one of the strategically most important countries in the Eurasian region. The geopolitics of Eurasia, still shaped to a certain extent by the...

Last week, before Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto undertook a four-day visit to India to be the Chief Guest at the country’s 76th Republic Day function, New Delhi had thrown a red-carpet welcome for Tharman...

The Union Budget for FY2025-26 has allocated Rs 6.8 lakh crore for India’s defence sector, marking a 9% increase from the previous year’s budget of Rs 6.22 lakh crore. Despite the substantial allocation, Finance...

The Union Budget is always anticipated with a great deal of enthusiasm and interest by the nation. The most important areas of the budget relate to taxes, both direct and indirect as it impacts...