Defense
American submarine mangled in the South China Sea
Tensions in the western Pacific have been simmering for the past many months. The western world led by the United States has begun to...
The Road Leading Nowhere
A few days ago, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, announced the expulsion of several diplomats from the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the...
Iran in the SCO: a Forced “Look East” Strategy and an Alternative World Order
On September 17, a package of several dozen documents was signed in Dushanbe at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The highlight...
US military presence in the Middle East: The less the better
It may not have been planned or coordinated but efforts by Middle Eastern states to dial down tensions serve as an example of what...
The U.S. may not involve military confrontation in the South China Sea
Although the US with its highest military budget, and maintaining the largest number of military bases around the globe, and the largest number of...
Japan: The Proactive Power from a Reluctant Power
Earlier Japan was considered a reluctant power but in the last decade or so, Japan seems to have adopted a proactive method and so,...
SIPRI and Peace: The Challenges on the Indian Subcontinent
If we are told the peacemakers are blessed, it is indeed so. For, war is an appalling waste of human resources, wanton in destruction,...
User-Trial of Agni-V: What actually is concerning for South Asian Strategic Stability?
In the last half of September 2021 Indian news/media channels broke the news that India will conduct the user trial of its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic...
Barrier Reef to Counter China: Nuclear Edition
One of the biggest news stories of this year—both in terms of military-technological cooperation and in the geopolitical sense— seemingly appeared out of the...
Will the QUAD become an “Asian NATO”?
On September 24, 2021, President Joe Biden hosted the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) summit at the White House which was attended by Narendra...