Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

What Ails India’s Military

  The military might of a nation rests not only in its arsenal of cutting-edge hardware but also in the preparedness and resilience of its soldiers on the ground. India's armed forces can bolster their...

Aatmanirbharta in Defence: Strides and Snags

  The world experienced a seismic shift during the COVID-19 pandemic, with global norms bending and nations re-evaluating their reliance on others to support their development. In the aftermath of India's economy being hit by...

Is India Truly Self-reliant in Defence Production?

  Rising phoenix-like from centuries of subjugation to foreign invaders and colonisers, India has become the fifth largest economy in three-quarters of a century, overtaking its erstwhile colonial masters. It’s well on the way to...

Self-Reliance: A Challenging Odyssey

  Seventy-six years of independence mark a remarkable period in India's history. A nation that has undergone dynamic economic growth, diplomatic evolution, and technological advancements now stands on the threshold of a new era—an era...

From Dependence to Dominance

  The global powerplay and geopolitical flux are creating strategic security fragility at an unprecedented scale, from the Indo-Pacific to the trans-Atlantic. For India, China’s Himalayan forays and the Russia-Ukraine war have brought their fallouts...

France May Emerge Second Largest Arms Exporter in Next Three Years

  New Delhi: The recent initial approval by Indian government for an order of six Scorpène submarines and 26 Rafale jets for the Indian Navy and Qatar considering to add another 24 Rafale to their...

India Second Largest Importer of Arms, Ranks 23rd in Exports; says SIPRI Report

  New Delhi: India ranked second after Saudi Arabia in arms imports while it was ranked 23rd in arms exports with the main client countries being Myanmar (46 per cent), Sri Lanka (25 per cent)...

Defence Budget FY 2020-21: A Brief Analysis

  Introduction Budgets come and budgets go whether they are interim budgets or annual budgets. The annual budget was presented to Parliament on February 1, 2020 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. As always, national security...

China is the Second Largest Arms Producer in the World After US: SIPRI Report

  New Delhi: China is the second largest arms producer in the world after US but ahead of Russia, says a new research from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This research represents the...

Arms Sales by 100 Largest Companies Totalled $420 Billion: Report

  New Delhi. There was a 4.6 per cent increase in arms sales and military services in 2018 by the 100 largest companies (excluding those in China) in the current year compared to last year...

Going Ballistic: Why Imran Khan’s Nuclear Threats Are a Sign of Pakistani Impotence

  Powerless to do anything after India revoked Article 370 and turned Jammu & Kashmir into a union territory, the Pakistani political-military leadership has been reduced to firing rockets on Twitter, trying to storm the...

India-Europe Defence and Strategic Relations: Potentialities Abound

    INDIA-EUROPEAN UNION (EU) strategic partnership is based on shared principles and values of democracy, freedom, rule of law and respect for human rights and territorial integrity of States. There was progress made in implementing...
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