National security implies not only safeguarding territorial boundaries but also shaping the environment so that the nation is able to build a cohesive, egalitarian, technologically efficient and progressive society with a good quality of...
China’s belligerence, its hegemonistic behaviour in the Asian neighbourhood and its strategy to establish a ring of military bases in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) call for a well-coordinated and determined response from India’s...
From a European standpoint, India is currently sitting where certain Western defence apparatuses were, just a few decades ago. How to increase military potential, while maintaining control over military affairs? The global standard, just...
On July 7, 2021, External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made a surprise stopover in Tehran on his way to Moscow for an official three-day visit. During the detour in Tehran, the EAM met...
“The greatest deception men suffer from is their own opinions”
-Leonardo da Vinci
There are emotional outbursts, by veterans, mostly of IAF, on one loose statement of Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS) General Bipin Rawat....
“Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions”
Sir Winston Churchill
On 01 July, 2021, China celebrated the 100th anniversary of the foundation of...
It is a fact of history that the Balfour Declaration of 1917 or the Franco-British Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 and the Zionist Congress of 1897 and declaration of the State of Israel in 1948...
Israel and Hamas (Islamist group of the Palestinian national movement) had once again a long spell of violent fighting for more than ten days in May that caused serious concern in international politics, compelling...
Democracy, it is often said is chaotic political system which tends to be cacophonic and inefficient, but over time especially since the 19th century onwards, democracy has proven to be the best form of...
It was quiet disconcerting to hear and read about the twin drone attack at the Indian Air force Station, Jammu on the midnight of 27-28 June 2021. The nation woke up to a feeling...
In early June, one of the largest ships of the Iranian Navy, the Kharaj, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman. As of this writing, the circumstances of the ship's burning are...
The Group of Seven (G-7) powerful nations has committed an investment of $40 trillion over the next 10 years in the Blue Dot Network (BDN) to checkmate the $3.7 trillion Belt and Road Initiative...
India has decided to build six advanced submarines at a cost of Rs. 43,000 crore to boost its Navy’s underwater capacity. The new submarines will be equipped with air-independent propulsion systems enabling them to...