U.S. Plans to Open Direct Talks With Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen
The Trump administration is preparing to initiate direct talks with Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen in an effort to end the four-year-old war, a conflict that has become a volatile front... Read more
Incentivise Private Sector for Defence Production: Brookings
A new research paper published in the US-based Brookings Institution has recommended greater incentives for private investment in order to build self-reliance in the Indian defence industria... Read more
Foreign Policy and National Security
Editor’s Note The umbilical relationship between foreign policy and military capabilities is often lost sight of in resource allocations by countries as they try and balance growth and natio... Read more
Putin Vows to Respond after US Missile Test
President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. In Sunday’s t... Read more
Tejas Still to Match Modern ighters
A more potent version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) matching current generation of fighters is not expected to be available to the Indian Air Force before 2025. “Tejas”, the hom... Read more
Icy Arctic Becomes Hot Property for Rival Powers
From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn’t fill a footb... Read more
A Lot Will Depend on How Far the CDS is Empowered
‘Until and unless he is empowered to be the direct point of contact on defence issues for the prime minister, it will not work. ‘The offices of the three Chiefs will lose some of... Read more
The main focus of U.S. defense strategy has shifted from defeating violent extremists—terrorists—to opposing aggression by other great powers. Those other powers are understood to be China a... Read more
View: US Needs an Explicit India Strategy
The flux in US-India relationship has evoked consternation within the analyst community, particularly in the US. In a recent article, analyst Sameer Lalwani wrote that repeated “India fatigu... Read more
15-Marine Rifle Squad: An Exclusive Look Inside the Future Infantry
When Sgt. Cameron Brower heads out on his next deployment later this year, he’ll operate in a kind of rifle squad that top Marine leaders see as the future of the Corps’ core unit and a way... Read more