US, Russia Divided on Venezuela Crisis After Talks as Moscow Warns Against Military Intervention
Russia and the United States remain split on how to resolve the crisis in Venezuela, officials from both powers said Tuesday after talks in Rome. Elliott Abrams, the Trump administration’s s... Read more
Manohar Parrikar: India’s Former Defence Minister was a General at Heart
My first encounter with Manohar Parrikar was when he was the Defence Minister. He was scheduled to address a seminar jointly hosted by my organization and an Industry Association on 25 Febru... Read more
Manohar Parrikar, Minister Behind Surgical Strikes, Modernised India’s Defence and Gave Free Hand to Army
In his two and a half years as India’s Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar attempted to bring back the modernisation of the armed forces back on track as well as gave free hand to the Indian... Read more
Wi-Fi and LTE Poised to Transform Tactical Networking
U.S. Department of Defense tactical networking and command post programs widely acknowledge the critical need to improve mobility. The current state-of-the-art for tent-based command posts r... Read more
FICV Project Needs to be Moved Under Make I, Says J D PAtil Read more
7 Funding Priorities in the Pentagon’s Cyber Budget
Tucked inside the Department of Defense’s massive $750 billion budget request for fiscal 2020 is a blueprint for how the Pentagon plans to invest in new cyber capabilities. As part of the de... Read more
Longest US-Taliban Peace Talks See ‘Progress,’ But Agreement on Withdrawal Timeline Still a Sticking Point
The longest peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban to end America’s 17-year war in Afghanistan concluded Tuesday night in Qatar, with both sides saying progress had been made. The near... Read more
The United States has always been a reluctant power in the Arctic. It has invested very little into its Arctic resources – with no real ports along Alaska’s Arctic waters, little military pr... Read more
China Will Not Take Sides in India-Pakistan Dispute, Says State Media
China, the “all-weather friend” of Pakistan, will not take any side if war breaks out between India and its western neighbour. Instead, Beijing will play the role of a mediator w... Read more
India and Pakistan are a Brewing Nuclear Nightmare
While India and Pakistan seem to have stopped bombing one another, the causes behind the cross-border tensions aren’t going away any time soon. The two nations are nuclear-armed; have large... Read more