Editor’s Note The recently concluded 16th Corps Commander Level talks between the Indians and the Chinese had raised hopes of at least a partial resolution of the situation in Eastern Ladakh... Read more

Editor’s Note Doklam and Galwan have changed the India-China relationship drastically. The Indian side knows negotiations would possibly continue to be fruitless. An ongoing diplomatic war i... Read more

Editor’s Note China has a near-monopoly in the rare earth metal industry and has positioned it as strategic resources for a diplomatic bargaining chip. Even at one point, it produced 90 per... Read more

Editor’s Note Instability in Afghanistan is of direct concern to CAR countries. The conditions in Afghanistan also are most important for India. After the initial hands-off policy, the India... Read more

Any decision like the Agnipath concept of recruiting that involves a tenure of duty of four years with 75 per cent of the recruits being sent back home with a fairly good compensation packag... Read more

Editor’s Note Agnipath – Tour of Duty (TOD) – has been announced by the Government. The services will enroll personnel for four years and retain only 25 per cent of such recruits... Read more

Intelligence is the most vital necessity for any nation and its forces to govern the country, defend its borders, and achieve its objectives. The failure of intelligence is an oft-quoted pri... Read more

Editor’s Note For QUAD to prove itself as an effective mechanism, it must take substantive steps to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end. The recent QUAD meets in Tokyo had more platitude... Read more

The sinking of the Russian flagship, the Slava class destroyer Moskva as well as a number of successful hits on smaller crafts and auxiliaries by Ukrainian forces have captured the imaginati... Read more

Editor’s Note Successive editions of Defence Procurement Procedures/Defence Acquisition Procedure have not been able to transform the acquisition processes to an endeavour that is focused mo... Read more