New Delhi: Ahead of the 14th round of Corps Commander-level dialogue to be held in eastern Ladakh after three-month gap on January 12, there is need to examine the developments during this period which...
Iran and the West are again at loggerheads - this time over the increasingly ‘provocative’ Iranian demands vis-a-vis the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) or the Iranian nuclear accord. The West particularly the...
New Delhi: Modernisation of the Army is progressing at a faster pace especially facilitated by the emergency procurement powers granted to the three Services.
The focus of Indian Army is equally on platforms and capabilities....
New Delhi: One of the most significant development in the year past was the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and creation of Department of Military Affairs (DMA) which was indeed a transformative...
New Delhi: Even as the government focused on boosting indigenization in the Defence Sector in keeping with the slogan “Atmanirbhar Bharat,” border tensions continued to take centre stage along the Line of Actual Control...
In simple and straight terms, Hindutva should mean “of Hindus”. I believe it so. But some ill- informed Congressmen like Salman Khurshid, P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi are deliberately linking it to terrorism and...
The Nagaland Assembly has demanded the repeal of AFSPA from the state and elsewhere in the northeast and an apology from the “appropriate authority” for the Army operation that led to the death of...
On December 6, India and Russia held an annual summit in New Delhi. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a strong message through this short but significant visit that India is a priority. The visit was...
“….To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill….“
Sun Tzu, ancient Chinese Military thinker
Technology and revolutions in...
The media, especially the ‘paid’ variety is ecstatic over the issue of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSP) which comes up whenever civilian casualties are involved in counter-insurgency operations. The Union Home Minister has...
India and Russia have had historic ties with each other since almost seven decades now. It was the visit of Prime Minister Nehru to Moscow in the year 1955 which set the tone for...
According to a Chinese proverb two tigers cannot stay on a single mountain. This seems to be absolutely fitting with the current Chinese foreign policy. China under Xi Jinping has shed its image of...
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was considered a huge success for all the signatories. The nuclear deal was signed between Iran and “P5+1” nations, namely UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and the...