The Indian Army (IA) first came up with its declassified official doctrine in 1998, and then again with a revised version in 2004. Subsequently, the IA came up with a sub-conventional warfar... Read more
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2019
In a world with fewer rules, the only truly effective one is knowing what you can get away with. The answer today, it turns out, is: quite a lot. As the era of largely uncontested U.S. prima... Read more
India Pips China in FDI Inflows for the First Time in 20 Years
From Walmart to Schneider Electric and Unilever on the one side and TPG Capital or KKR on the other,a tide of global capital is flooding into India from strategic investors to financial spon... Read more
Evolving Indian Security Architecture in Indo-Pacific
As the Indian economy grows to be the world’s sixth-largest, the expectations from most South, Southeast and East Asian countries, Indian Ocean littorals, and a large number of nations that... Read more
Will China’s Air Force be Deadlier than America’s in 2030?
Key point: “[China] will have a lot of technology that’s better than the stuff we’ve had before,” Welsh said. “And the Russians are doing the same thing.” China’s People’s Liberation Army Ai... Read more
Japan to Spend More on Defense, Refit First Aircraft Carrier for US-Made F-35B Stealth ets
Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defense guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its ne... Read more
Turkey may launch a new military operation in northern Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding US President Donald Trump had given a positive response to Turkey... Read more
What Does Growing U.S.-China Rivalry Mean for America’s Allies in Asia?
At the recent G-20 summit in Argentina, President Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping reached a temporary truce, tapping the brakes on an escalating trade war, and opening a negoti... Read more
India is Beefing Up its Navy to counter China’s Increasingly Powerful Fleet
India has watched warily as China’s navy has ventured into the Indian Ocean, and now New Delhi plans to expand its navy to keep its edge in the ocean with which it shares a name. India... Read more
The Death of Precision in Warfare?
Our recent commemoration of the centenary of the Armistice gave us occasion to reflect on a number of issues related to warfare, strategy, and the basics of humanity. With hindsight, World W... Read more