Corporatization of OFB – The Unknown Angel
General Corporatization of OFB and ‘not privatization’ repeat ‘not privatization’ of OFB was announced with emphasis by the Finance Minister as one of the big bang reforms being undertaken i... Read more
A Cold War is Heating Up in the South China Sea
I spent most of my seagoing career in the Pacific, and sailed many times through the humid waters of the South China Sea. It’s a big body of water, the size of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexi... Read more
Military Pressure on India hasn’t Worked After 1962: Lt Gen DS Hooda
Amid an unprecedented spurt in Chinese transgressions at various places in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) says India wil... Read more
Ladakh Standoffs Continue as India-China Search for Solution
India and China continue to talk at multiple levels to resolve the current dustup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh even as troops from either side are in eye-to-eyeball posit... Read more
China Has Two Paths to Global Domination
Xi Jinping’s China is displaying a superpower’s ambition. Only a few years ago, many American observers still hoped that China would reconcile itself to a supporting role in the liberal inte... Read more
Lack of Consensus in MoD Grounds Navy’s Acquisition of 111 Copters for Now
With Ministry of Defence unable to decide on who would be the Indian partner — a private company or a Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) — Indian Navy’s acquisition of 111 he... Read more
The Pandemic’s Geopolitical Aftershocks are Coming
With most European countries confident that they are past the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, their attention is turning to the chance of its resurgence once society returns to some sembl... Read more
Govt Approves 26 Defence Items From Local Suppliers to Boost ‘Make in India’
The Central Government has issued Public Procurement to encourage ‘Make in India’ and to promote manufacturing and production of goods and services in India. Under this order, Department of... Read more
New Defence Reforms to Help Make the Indian Defence Sector `Atmanirbhar’
Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman’s briefing on measures to be executed by the government to power the nation out of a descent into an economic whirlpool that could suck the country i... Read more
Afghan President and Rival Announce Power-Sharing Agreement
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and political rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing agreement, two months after both declared themselves the winner of last September’s presidential el... Read more