India Must Be Realistic About Russia Relations
The visit to Moscow by India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on 17–18 February was his first overseas trip outside South Asia during the corona crisis, underscoring the importance India a... Read more
View: Why This Sudden Bonhomie Between India and Pakistan? Decoding the Most Likely Reason
In a significant development having far-reaching ramifications in respect of strategic alignments in South Asia, both India and Pakistan have agreed to “mutually beneficial and sustainable p... Read more
Turkey — a country that loves to preach the world on what’s right and what isn’t, a country which in tandem with Pakistan — has kept the rhetorical fire on Kashmir al... Read more
The hoopla over the approval accorded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in imminently procuring 118 indigenously developed Mk-1A Arjun main battle tanks (MBTs) for the Indian Army for Rs 8,35... Read more
On Feb. 10, after nine rounds of high-level military talks, India and China began partially disengaging from what was the bloodiest (if not the longest) crisis on the Sino-Indian border in t... Read more
Chinese Report Claims to Have Detailed Knowledge of India’s Border Deployment
The analysis by expert Pan Xinmao, formerly from the PLA Academic of Military Science’s Operation Theory and Doctrine Research Department, was published on the website of the Outlook Weekly... Read more
Creeping Forward Won’t Work; India Will Counter Each Chinese Move: Army Chief Gen Naravane
“Trust but verify.” With those words, India’s Army Chief Gen. MM Naravane underscored the approach to disengagement with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Ladakh. “We have systems in pla... Read more
Neighbourhood First: India Negotiating Speed Breakers
Following the COVID-19 Pandemic, China was aggressively pursuing an anti-India agenda, whether it was a military confrontation, the large consumer market, and economic cum diplomatic moves t... Read more
Afghan Peace Talks Resume, but Path is Anything but Certain
With violence spiking, Afghanistan’s warring sides have returned to the negotiation table, ending more than a month of delays amid hopes that the two sides can agree on a reduction of violen... Read more
Mistrust Hits Pullback, Troops not Yet Back at Home Bases
The first phase of the disengagement process commenced on February 10 with simultaneous withdrawal by both sides from both banks of the Pangong Tso, a 135-km-wide glacial lake. The matters o... Read more