Opinion

While presenting the budget for FY 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earmarked a record ₹7.85 lakh crore allocation for the county’s defence sector, post-Operation Sindoor. The increase in the defence outlay in the recent...

ABudget Shaped by Strategic Reality: When the Union Budget for 2026–27 was presented in Parliament, it carried strategic significance far beyond routine fiscal arithmetic. This was the first full defence budget after Operation Sindoor,...

Defence budgeting is not an annual financial ritual. It is a strategic signal. It communicates national intent to adversaries, reassurance to citizens and direction to the armed forces. The Defence Budget 2026, presented at...

In the wake of ‘Operation Sindoor’ following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the outlay for defence sector for fiscal 2026-27  saw a record allocation of about Rs 7.85 lakh crore  which was a sharp jump...

Defence Budgeting and the Changing Security Environment: India’s defence budget today must be read against the backdrop of a fundamentally altered strategic landscape. Persistent friction along the Line of Actual Control with China, an...

Amidst the wreckage of what is now a ruined Gaza, state actors are engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activities to restore peace in the beleaguered enclave. It is in that context that the...

The international order that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War was neither accidental nor idealistic. It was a conscious response to the catastrophic consequences of unrestrained power politics, designed to prevent...

On January 21, 2026, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) task force landed at Pituffik Air Base in Greenland for a joint exercise with clearance from the Danish Air Force. NORAD is a...

Some recent biased analyses alleging the persistence of caste in the Indian Army presents a deeply flawed understanding of military organisation, conflating historical legacy with contemporary policy and misrepresenting class-based formations as caste discrimination. These...

The blackout that plunged south-west Berlin into darkness in early January was not merely an infrastructure failure or an episodic security breach. It was a political act that compels democracies to address an unsettling and...

The proposed major trade deal between the European Union and India is taking place at a time when geopolitics, security, and economics are becoming more intertwined. This agreement is being viewed as more than...

Following the military operation in Venezuela on January 3, in which the US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump has been repeatedly talking about annexing Greenland. Trump’s continuing threats, not even...

For most of history, war was decided on battlefields. Armies marched on muscle and discipline. Fleets sailed on wind before they sailed on fuel. Oil mattered, but it was rarely spoken of as a...