Opinion

  The Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent is at the Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai to participate in the biennial Dubai Air Show, scheduled from November 13 to November 17, 2023. Light Combat Aircraft...

  War, as an instrument of human action, is as old as humanity itself. It stands as an enduring expression of both human rage and desire—the desire to achieve martyrdom for a cause, to attain...

  With Israel in the process of expanding ground operations in Gaza, Tel Aviv’s aerial bombardment has allegedly destroyed 150 underground targets and eliminated the chief of Hamas’ aerial operations. This, despite Iran’s repeated warnings...

  In the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflict in West Asia, the world’s attention is abruptly drawn to a pivotal geopolitical development: Russia’s announcement of withdrawal from a significant arms control treaty. This decision, amid...

  Japan is a pacifist nation-state despite some recent changes. Thus, it can be safely assumed that defence is not so much a priority for the island country. In fact, Japan does not officially have...

  Introduction: The emerging frontier for potential combat between nations is seemingly the oceanic floor. Powerful nations are scrambling for dominance in this field. Essentially, the term “Seabed Warfare” refers to operations incorporating the sea floor, targeting...

  Researchers all over the world today are tirelessly working to develop a new form of warfare known as cognitive warfare, which aims to target and manipulate the human mind. The human brain, the most...

  As the conflict between the Israeli government and Hamas enters the 30th day, as per the official figures released on 5th November by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and United Nations Office...

  International politics, according to the realist perspective is in a state of perennial tumult, thanks to the absence of a ‘Leviathan’, to quote Thomas Hobbes. This idea applies to almost all geopolitical regions of...

  The 21st century marks an era of complex geopolitics with paradigm shifts in the traditional understanding of war and peace. Wars in the 20th Century were fought to ensure peace. Wars in the 21st...

  On October 15, 2023, the ferry service between India and Sri Lanka was resumed after a gap of 40 years. From the early 1900s to 1982, the Indo-Ceylon Express ran between Chennai and Colombo...

  Azerbaijan and Armenia are at odds over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was inhabited primarily by Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, which were inhabited primarily by Azerbaijanis until 1990. Artsakh claims...

  The tools, methods and perceptions of war may have changed, but war itself has not changed. As UK-based strategist and author Colin Gray says, “Some confused theorists would have us believe that war can...