Australia Cosies Up To India To Balance China, But Is The Relationship Overrated?
The Quad partners ended a 10-year deadlock to seal a trade deal and are getting closer, bound by a mutual interest in countering Beijing’s influence Read More… Read more
Russia Says Destroyed US-Built Patriot Defense System In Ukraine
Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that it had destroyed a US-built Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile in an overnight strike on Ukraine,... Read more
Leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan invited to first China-Central Asia summit Read More… Read more
In Maiden Foreign Visit, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan To Take Part In Indo-Pacific Meet In US
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): In his maiden tour outside the country, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan will embark on a four-day visit to the US starting from Saturday. R... Read more
Analysis: China’s Messaging Machine Tamps Down Taiwan War Hype
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. Read More… Read more
Focus On The War, Not Just The Battles
All eyes and ears seem to be focused on the Battle for Bakhmut and the coming Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukrainian success there matters, of course, but battles and campaigns have meaning o... Read more
Arctic Heating Up: India’s Quest to Claim Strategic Contestation
Editor’s Note Surya Gangadharan, Editor, StratNewsGlobal, our sister concern, interviewed Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay, Polar Expert and President of the Delhi-based Arctic think tank Science an... Read more
Once-Cautious Japan Steps Out As Key U.S. Security Partner In Region
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan is emerging as Washington’s right-hand man in the Indo-Pacific, putting aside its traditional security caution as it takes on trilateral roles in its own backyard,... Read more
Raksha Mantri Draws the Lines in Meeting with Chinese State Councilor
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh met the Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence General Li Shangfu in New Delhi on 27 April, 2023, ahead of the SCO Defence Ministers Meeting, t... Read more
Analysis: Australian Defence Strategic Review
The Australian Government commissioned an Independent Defence Strategic Review to assess whether Australia had the necessary capability to best meet the threats in the current environment. T... Read more