Opinion

Bangladesh faces its worst turbulence in recent times. Street violence surges through its core, spilling past quota fights into something rawer, more directed. In quiet briefings and guarded conversations, Indian security officials increasingly trace...

A Drifting Bangladesh: The unrest that spilled onto Bangladesh’s streets in December should not be mistaken for a passing diplomatic spat. That description understates what actually occurred. The targeting of Indian diplomatic missions, the explicit...

Bangladesh occupies a unique and often underappreciated place in India’s strategic imagination. With a 4,096-kilometre-long border — the longest India shares with any country — Bangladesh is not just a neighbour but a determinant...

Russian-Indian military-technical cooperation constitutes a key component of President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy towards India and a vital element of the broader framework of Russian-Indian relations. At the level of official documents, this collaboration...

The recent Sydney Bondi Beach attack, where two gunmen carried out mass shootings on the beach, specifically targeting the Jewish community. However, what was concerning about this terror attack was the ISIS influence. According...

The recent appointment of ‘Field Marshal’ Asim Munir as the Chief of Defence Forces of the Pakistani army has sent shockwaves across the democratic world. In a democracy, it is expected that the armed forces...

At 1300h on November 26, 2025, Indian meteorological satellites reported a depression forming up at the southeast coast of Sri Lanka in the Bay of Bengal. The depression was continuously monitored by the Indian...

cognitive warfare, the deliberate targeting of human perception and decision-making through disinformation, AI-driven influence and psychological operations, has emerged as a critical domain of modern conflict. Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2025, Anshuman...

Prime Minister Narender Damodardas Modi’s embrace of President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin at the airport, on December 4, 2025, during the latter’s state visit to New Delhi, marked an inflection point in India-Russia relations and...

"Explosions are still a viable tool of war, but implosions are the new defeat mechanisms,” said Gen Raheel Sharif, former Chief of Staff of Pakistan Army, in a seminar on Security, in Karachi, in...

India's maritime resurgence in the past decade reflects a deep strategic recognition that the 21st century’s connectivity architecture will be shaped at sea. The Indian Ocean already functions as one of the most dynamic...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the USA on November 18 changed the status of Saudi Arabia from being a pariah state, as referred to by the former US President Joe Biden...

Over the past two decades, Russia has steadily built one of the world’s most layered, integrated, and technologically diverse air-defence systems. The S-300 series laid the foundation; the S-400 Triumf expanded range and multi-target...