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...
AUKUS will eventually bring China and Russia closer together, but it will split Europe
On September 26th, Russian Television Today (RT) published an article titled " Plenty more subs in the sea: AUKUS nuclear deal could end up...
Pakistan: The handy Afghan bête noire?
The portents are that the United States has once again found a convenient scapegoat to blame for the Afghan debacle. Wow, the US generals...
AUKUS, a Reshuffle for International Security and the End of NATO?
While it is true that the security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Unites States (AUKUS) does not directly interfere with the...
The Future Role of NATO
Norway Today reported on 27 September 2021, “Norway will sign an agreement on military cooperation with Sweden and Denmark on Friday, Minister of Defense...
North Korea’s Nuclear Shadow: A Worrisome Expansion
Abstract: The nuclear news from North Korea remains clear and threatening. Ignoring both political warnings and legal prohibitions, Kim Jong Un has continued testing...
Eastern seas after Afghanistan: UK and Australia come to the rescue of the U.S. in a clumsy way
In March 2021 the People's Republic of China emerged as the world's largest naval fleet, surpassing the US Navy. An advantage of around 60...