Opinion

Reclaiming Strategic Depth

Guns have fallen silent along the Afghanistan–Pakistan (Af-Pak) border after a series of deadly clashes between the Taliban and Pakistani forces. However, the ceasefire currently maintaining this fragile calm remains tenuous. The conflict has...

Budapest Summit Cancelled: Can Diplomacy Survive Its Own Paralysis?

The cancelled summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest has since become synonymous with something bigger in its failure to maintain diplomacy in a world that now appears at ease, trading threats...

India: A Rising Power that Hesitates to Mediate

India, the third largest buyer of crude oil in the world, after China and the US, is likely to feel the impact of a potential surge in global oil prices following the Trump administration’s...

Explained: India’s Realistic Long-Term Strategy to Keep its IL-76 Fleet Flying into the 2040s

India’s ambition to sustain its Ilyushin IL-76 transport aircraft fleet well into the 2040s represents a complex interplay of domestic engineering initiatives and continued technical cooperation with Russian aerospace organisations. The IL-76, which has...

Indo-US Diplomatic Tussle at ASEAN Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not travel to Malaysia but instead attended the ASEAN Summit’s inaugural ceremony virtually on Sunday, October 26. In a social media post on Thursday, PM Modi said that he...

Strategic Diplomacy Challenges: India’s Greatest Strength Lies in Building Bridges

In an age of shifting power equations and fractured global alliances, India stands at the crossroads of opportunity and adversity. The 21st-century world order is no longer defined by the binaries of the Cold...

Why India Wants Three Aircraft Carriers While Pakistan is Happy Without Even One

As of 2025, just about 14 countries including USA, UK, China, India, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Turkey, Thailand, Egypt, Australia, South Korea, Brazil have about 51 active aircraft/helicopter carriers in the world. The United...

Winning Wars Without Fighting: An Analytical Perspective

This question, “Can wars be won without being fought?” often intrigues military thinkers and strikes at the very heart of strategy, diplomacy, and the evolving nature of power. From Sun Tzu’s ancient wisdom to...

Indian Defence Presence on Chagos Islands

Apparently, India has signed an agreement with the Mauritian government to secure its defence presence on the Chagos Islands. The report does not give a precise location for the new facility, which has probably...

Winds of Change in Afghanistan

Known as the ‘graveyard of empires’, Afghanistan has seen a change of guard several times over the centuries. The latest change took place in 2021 when the Taliban group, in a lightning offensive, seized...

General Asim Munir’s Hollowed War Rhetoric

The other day General Asim Munir (promoted to Field Marshal in May 2025) thundered in Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul in Abbottabad that he would change the geography of India and punish Afghanistan. He...

Asim Munir’s Speech: A Masterclass in Bluff and Frustration

Field Marshal Munir’s address at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul was not a strategy, it was a cry for relevance. A general speaking not to India but to a fractured institution that has...

Rising India: IAF Ranked Third Most Powerful Air Force in the World

In a landmark recognition that reshapes the global balance of air power, the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) has ranked the Indian Air Force (IAF) as the third most powerful air force...
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