Opinion

On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were murdered in coordinated attacks that brought down the Twin Towers, struck the Pentagon, and crashed a fourth airliner in Pennsylvania. The perpetrators belonged to al-Qaeda, an...

The official introduction of the RAKSHA document on defence diplomacy by India’s defence establishment marks a profound maturation in how the nation projects power, builds alliances, and conducts foreign policy. For decades, New Delhi’s...

Aday ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit scheduled for two days from September 12-13, a bilateral Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin,...

The Makkah Pact’s early significance lies less in the institutions it has already created than in the strategic questions it has raised. Is it a collective-defence arrangement, a platform for regional crisis management, an...

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...