Opinion

The February 1 coup in Myanmar leading to the country being taken over by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Military) and placing under house arrest the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San...

  India’s net defence budget of Rs 4,78,195.62 crore for the Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 is only Rs 6,817.62 crore more than the current FY’s budget estimate (BE). This paltry increase is ironic because the...

  Even as Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, unveiled India’s Union Budget for the financial year (FY) 2021-2022 in Parliament on February 1, there was no statement on the allocation of the defence budget, the absence...

Myanmar has once again gone back to rule by military junta, after 10 years of experiment with democracy. The coup took place on 1 February 2021, just a day prior to the swearing in...

  General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander in Chief of powerful Myanmar army which is also known as Tatmadaw staged a coup on February 1. The army took control of Myanmar, civilian leadership including Aung San...

Pakistan has been marginalised and sidelined by the world for its activities of harbouring and training terrorists. Pakistan projected itself as the messiah of Islam and protector of the religion in the world and...

  The Defence Budget FY 2021-22 has been a damper to national defence with the realities of its inadequacies far outweighing the politically stated positives. Indeed it is well understood that to revive the economy,...

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...