Opinion

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that global responses are needed to confront diseases that can spread around the world with stunning speed. It is no wonder, then, that the...

  The standoff on the Ladakh border between the Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues amid failing talks and casus belli measures being unleashed by the Chinese regime. While the union government and...

  Presenting the Union Budget for FY 2020-2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made no mention of defence. All she mentioned was "national security is a top priority for the government." She may repeat this while...

  ‘Never retreat, never explain, get it done and let them howl’- Benjamin Jowett Dragon seems to follow this in words and deeds. It has been more than 8 months since the deadly Galwan clash, but...

  US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, recently outlined the worldview of the incoming administration. In a televised interview, Sullivan claimed, Biden will have a “clear-eyed strategy” based on...

  ‘He who controls heartland, control the entire world,’ comments Halford Mackinder. This claim legitimises the Great Game 3.0 unfolding in Eurasia. Central Asia sits at its heart. The five states comprising the Central Asian...

  Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American naval officer, was a pioneering naval historian of the 19th century. Of the many books he authored, "Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783," published in the year 1890,...

  When the world’s largest democracy is pitted against the world’s largest autocracy, the clash will always be unpredictable. This is because each side has vastly divergent strategic thinking and different ways of dealing with...

  The human right activists claim that Pakistan’s powerful Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is involved in extra-judicial killings of political opponents especially Baloch freedom fighters, journalists, bloggers, and anyone raising voice against army or government...

  The world is shrinking at a fast pace due to rapid advancement in transportation technologies and infrastructure. For the strategists worried about national security, this heralds a set of opportunities as well as adds...

  The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh set up on September 11 indicates government’s resolve to fulfill the longstanding need of corporatising the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). Three government-appointed...

  Under the shade of increasing Chinese escalation across the Line of Actual Control (LAC), growing hostilities between the two countries and Chinese provocation to sabotage India’s security interests, New Delhi is working on different...

  On September 7, India successfully flight tested a hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV), becoming the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to do so. According to the Defence Research and Development Organisation...