Editor’s Note The thick clouds over the Indo-Russian relationship largely dissipated when the S 400’s induction became as good as a done deal. However, other issues remain that need diplomat... Read more

Editor’s Note Amidst the propensity of meetings of select nations across global capitals, India shedding its reticence hosted a meet chaired by its NSA. The Indian stance on Afghanistan foun... Read more

Editor’s Pick Biden’s meeting with Xi didn’t lead to anything spectacular but, in the columnist’s words, worked like a ‘sprinkler’ to cool the heat. The article analyses some of the issues d... Read more

Editor’s Note Our North-eastern region has trailed the rest of the country in developmental indices. Notwithstanding the insurgencies that have plagued the region, lack of adequate planning... Read more

Editor’s Note The article explains that warfare will go far beyond the military domain as we progress with technological inventions. In fact, militaries may not even be the lead agencies in... Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated seven new government-owned defence enterprises to the nation 15 on October. Writing for the Times of India the same day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh... Read more

Editor’s Note AUKUS took the world by surprise, including the Chinese. It rocks the post World War II security architectures and brings the Indo-Pacific region in the far greater focus of th... Read more

Nearly 50 years ago, in December 1971 on Punjab-Pak border, I was caught behind the enemy lines with a patrol of six soldiers. We were caught by the Pakistanis while trying to make our way b... Read more

As the US and allied troops carried out the evacuation of their troops, diplomatic corps, contractors and Afghan civilians, the Taliban took over the administration of Afghanistan and the wo... Read more