No signs that India has changed its stand on BRI
Has India softened its opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) exactly a year after Indian and Chinese troops disengaged at Dolam (or Doklam)? A report in a Chinese media outlet... Read more
Cross-Border Terror Underscored In Kathmandu Declaration As BIMSTEC Summit Concludes
Kathmandu, August 31: The Indian delegation led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi which participated in the deliberations of the fourth Bimstec Summit should be returning to New Delhi a s... Read more
2+2 Dialogue Should Help Ease Some Anxieties
New Delhi and Washington are as ready for the inaugural 2+2 dialogue as they can ever be. Deferred several times due to scheduling issues, the meeting between the External Affairs and Defenc... Read more
Indian Army Proposal to Restructure Ranks Raising Valid Debate
So far the four set of studies that are being carried out for reorganization of and reforms in the Indian Army have generated superficial debates and discussions, since only bits and pieces... Read more
Growing India-U.S. Ties Has Beijing Jittery
The name Zhang Jiadong may be familiar to India’s community of China watchers. He was posted in the Chinese embassy in New Delhi a few years ago and is presently Director of the Centre... Read more
With Orders Drying Out, Private Shipyards Yearn for Level Playing Field
Overfeeding is a health hazard. In the case of India’s public sector defence shipyards, recipients of Rs 1.3 lakh crore worth of orders from the government over the last decade, it can... Read more
Is the Indian Army doing away with Brigadiers?
The Indian Army has undertaken a comprehensive time-bound set of four different studies to achieve (a) An agile structure for field formations, (b) A responsive mechanism at the army headqua... Read more
Indian National Security Strategy Crystallising at a Fast Pace
India’s freshly-minted National Security Strategy (NSS) document is currently under review and is likely to be adopted in coming weeks, informed sources have told. The review, undertaken at... Read more
China is strategically capturing a major share of the international communications satellites market. This includes launching government satellites of developing countries in the Global Sout... Read more
India Planning to Ease Defence Exports
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has proposed a new scheme similar to the FMS (Foreign Military Sales) followed by the United States in facilitating sale of Indian military equipment to... Read more