Two weeks after a bus blast in northern Pakistan killed 12 people, including nine Chinese nationals, Pakistani security authorities are hunting for two people and the silver Toyota Corolla c... Read more
Treat Iraq’s Iran-Aligned Militias Like ISIS
Iraq is beset with crises. In the scorching summer heat, the country is suffering from electricity and water shortages, longstanding challenges that have routinely resulted in violent protes... Read more
Why has the World not Warmed Up to Make in India?
Weak infrastructure, lack of products of international standards are among a host of issues that bog down India’s manufacturing sector. The government launched its ‘Make in India’ initiative... Read more
Greater Middle East May Force China to Project Military Power Sooner Rather than Later
China may have no short-term interest in contributing to guaranteeing security in parts of a swath of land stretching from Central Asia to the East coast of Africa, but that does not prevent... Read more
US Says China’s Sea Claims have ‘No Basis’ in International Law
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that Beijing’s expansive claims in the South China Sea have “no basis in international law”, taking aim at China’s growing as... Read more
The resurgent Taliban have taken more territory in Afghanistan in the last two months than at any time since they were ousted from power in 2001. Over the last 20 years, the control map of A... Read more
‘It Failed Miserably’: After Wargaming Loss, Joint Chiefs are Overhauling How the US Military Will Fight
A brutal loss in a wargaming exercise last October convinced the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. John Hyten to scrap the joint warfighting concept that had guided U.S. military operat... Read more
Pakistan Based Lashkar-e-Taiba Shifting Base into the Country, Afghan Govt Tells India
The Afghanistan government has informed the Indian side that Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba is shifting base inside the country. The development comes even as the Taliban makes... Read more
After 70 Years of Deprivation, India’s Kashmir Witnessing Massive Change
Nearly two years after the abrogation of Article 370 — a temporary provision in the Indian constitution — the recent All-Party Meet on June 24 this year in New Delhi chaired by PM Modi usher... Read more
UK’s Role as a Global Power: HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Battle Group Spearheads the Indo-Pacific Policies
In his foreword to the Policy document, the UK Prime Minister had also laid out an ambitious sailing plan for a Carrier Battle Group based Task Force under the Flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth.... Read more