A Sudden Burst of Movement’ on the Afghan Peace Process
Two stories from Afghanistan this week were emblematic of how the conflict there has proceeded since the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban regime in 2001. The first was that 14 people wer... Read more
Wooing By Weapons: What Washington Signals by Approving Sale of Armed Sea Guardian Drones to India
Amidst the panic over the future of the Atlantic alliance and the furore over the Trump-Putin Helsinki bromance, a small but significant news item has gone virtually unnoticed. The quietly a... Read more
Congress is Giving the Officer Promotion System a Massive Overhaul
Congress is poised to pass the most sweeping reforms to the military’s officer promotion system in almost four decades, a move that would end years of intense debate inside the Pentagon to b... Read more
What is Exercise Pitch Black, The Warfare Drill IAF is Participating in in Australia?
The Indian Air Force is all set to participate for the first time ever in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 (PB-18) hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The multinational warfare drill w... Read more
US President Donald Trump has said he accepts US intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election – despite declining to do so just a day ago.Read Mo... Read more
New Zealand’s New Strategic Defense Policy Statement Calls Out China, Russia
New Zealand’s defense minister, Ron Mark, has released the country’s Strategic Defence Policy Statement, at Victoria University, Wellington, on July 6.Read More… Read more
China’s high-stakes Belt and Road project in Pakistan has sucked it into the vortex of a power struggle between Pakistan’s elected government and its military on the one hand and an increasi... Read more
What is India-Iran Oil Trade All About?
Iran has always been one of India’s main suppliers of oil, second only to Iraq and Saudi Arabia, with exports that totalled more than 27 million tonnes last year.Read More… Read more
Trump’s Letters to Allies Mean the NATO Summit Could be in Trouble Before it Begins
Those hoping the July NATO summit might be a time of family healing between the 29 allies appear to have gotten a rude awakening, following a series of letters from U.S. President Donald Tru... Read more
Mike Pompeo Doubles Down: Syrian Dictator Bashar Assad, and Iran, Must Go
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Iranian military backers will have to relinquish their hold on the war-torn country, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Read More… Read more