Opinion

US Options for Kharg Island, A Key Iranian Oil Complex

Asad Mirza -
Kharg Island is a small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf. It lies about 30 Km from the Iranian mainland. Its area is 25 sq.km., 8 km in length, and 4.5...

Russian-Ukraine Entanglement: Dissecting the Roots

Lt Gen (Dr) S K Gadeock -
The potential triggers that could have contributed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine are mostly based on historical context and geopolitical factors. The geopolitical positioning and the geostrategic location of nations in the international...

Raising the Cost of the Game: How Iran is Trying to Wear Down the US and Israel

Maj Gen Sanjeev Dogra -
In almost every war between unequal powers, the weaker side rarely aims for a clean battlefield ‘win’. It aims to make the war so expensive, so politically corrosive, and so globally disruptive that the...

An Asymmetric War in Terms of Costs

Asad Mirza -
During the ongoing Iran War interception rates have been impressive. A successful shoot-down that requires a high-end interceptor, however, can be a Pyrrhic victory. The defender burns through scarce and expensive munitions while the...

Beyond HAL: Is India Entering a New Aerospace Industrial Era

Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry -
The Inflection Point: In the history of nations, there are moments when decisions taken in committee rooms quietly redraw the contours of strategic power. India may be living through one such moment. The reported...

Russian-Ukraine Entanglement: Prospects of Détente

Lt Gen (Dr) S K Gadeock -
Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has indubitably led to one of the bloodiest conflicts in Europe since the Second World War. Ukraine, a former Soviet Republic, has had inveterate cultural, economic,...

Larger Implications of Iran Crisis

Col Rajinder Singh -
The ongoing Iran–Israel war impels one to take notice of the fragility of the West Asian nations (tiny tots—with no natural defence) but rich in petrodollars. They do not have adequate manpower and not...

Caught in a Strategic Quagmire

Srijan Sharma -
The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei represents a watershed moment in modern espionage. While initial reports from Western intelligence circles hail the strike as a "backdoor success" and a masterpiece of cooperation...

How Operation Epic Fury Could Strangle China’s Weapons Exports and Strengthen Russia

Rakesh Krishnan Simha -
In the volatile geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, Operation Epic Fury has reshaped power dynamics far beyond Tehran's borders. While ostensibly a preemptive strike to neutralise an escalating Iranian threat, the operation has...

Artificial Intelligence and CBRN Security: A Double-Edged Frontier

Col Ram Athavale -
The complex Human mind has evolved to think, understand and create many things that have made life easier and better. Be it technology, science, healthcare, art or sports, humans are today at the crossover...

Iran War: India’s Cold Calculations or a Strategic Dilemma?

Shankar Kumar -
Evolving situation in the Middle East is seriously grim and there is a possibility that the US-Israel versus Iran war, which has intensified, will drag on for days or weeks, taking a huge toll...

Toward a Devastating Aftermath

Col Rajinder Singh -
In the aftermath of Ayatollah Khamenei’s death, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) retaliatory targeting of US assets in Muslim countries across the Middle East (West Asia) may create deep fissures among the 56...

Gulf War – 3.0: No Victor; No Vanquished

Col Rajinder Singh -
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, has been assassinated in a deadly air strike under “Operation Roar of the Lion.” Ayatollah Khamenei has gone, but his departure leaves deep scars on the...
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