How an India-Japan Alliance Can Help Counter Chinese
India’s Act East policy has an obvious dilemma — China. How does India cope with the position of strength it occupies in the ASEAN and beyond and the unfolding of the Belt and Road Ini... Read more
Once Excluded From The Club, India Pursues Global Status As Nuclear Power – Analysis
India test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons in January, and for the most part, the rest of the world did not bat an eye. The internat... Read more
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan says that demonetisation led to a substantial slowdown in growth but a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent is still achievable in the future. He talks to Prannoy... Read more
Analysis: Ka-226T Preparing to Land in India
Despite the slow progress of the Russian Helicopters Ka-226T India-Russia deal, it is set to be signed at last in the first quarter of this year.Read More Andrey Boginsky, director general o... Read more
A recent conversation with Ellen Lord, the new undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, revealed her desire to make defense acquisition faster, compressing the ti... Read more
The West Should Support the Protesters in Iran
FIVE DAYS of street protests in cities across Iran have underlined the fundamental weakness of a regime sometimes portrayed in Washington as a regional juggernaut.Despite the lifting of most... Read more
Africa in 2018: China Flexes Muscles & Leaders Shuffle Decks
It really is a year of big men moving on. In Angola, President José Eduardo Dos Santos ended his 37 years in power, and President Yahya Jammeh left power in the Gambia after 22 years. Read M... Read more
Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Talks Trump
This August, U.S. President Donald Trump laid out a new strategy for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, calling for more troops and a conditions-based approach to withdrawing them. To... Read more
Building a Force of Foreign-Born Marines is Key to the Corps’ Future
Marines engaged around the world today are superior to their opponents in nearly every way. They possess more advanced technology, greater numbers, better weapons, logistics, medical care, t... Read more
Larger Defence Budget Must for India to be a Global Leader
Military power is meant not only for fighting wars but also for deterring them. While India still struggles to provide rifles and bulletproof jackets to soldiers, in United States, the milit... Read more