Is Global Hot War In The Offing
Editor’s Note The author opens his arguments by establishing the unpredictability of war and its initiation. He goes on to thread together the situation in the China Seas and the LAC. Xi’s a... Read more
Time to Reflect on Our Strategic DNA
Editor’s Note A full-fledged confrontation with China was barely considered as plausible till very recently. However, the scenario has changed rapidly. The illusion of peace and tranquillity... Read more
Chinese Dams: Monuments of Human and Environmental Catastrophe
Editor’s Note To preserve its own Eco System China is blatantly causing Environmental damage to other countries. The Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world could collapse causing... Read more
Draft Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020: Bubbling with New Ideas
With the release of the draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 on July 27, the exercise that started last August to review the existing acquisition procedure is almost complete. So i... Read more
Understanding ‘PaukPhaw’:Can Myanmar Resist China’s Debt Trap
On 17 January 2020, President Xi Jinping visited Myanmar. The visit led to 33 bilateral agreements being signed to unleash the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) soft power which is not... Read more
Centrality of Indian Air Power via a “Central Command”
Editor’s Note A strikingly different, incisive article by a naval officer arguing for a Central (Airpower) Command instead of an Air Defence Command by suggesting that the main argument... Read more
Clean Sweep for Rajapaksas in Sri Lanka
Editor’s Note The Sri Lankan elections have gone as expected with SLPP very comfortably poised to rule the country. There are challenges that it has to grapple with, both internally and in i... Read more
Burden of OFB: Liability at Armed Forces’ Cost
Editor’s Note The issue of corporatisation of the OFB has raised the anticipated storm of protests. Over 80,000 employees, attuned to an easy life, with no accountability whatsoever, are up... Read more
India – China Relations: Past Casting Shadow on present?
Editor’s Note The author assesses the disengagement so far between the opposing parties and finds in it the reasons to be apprehensive. He advocates using our Kargil experience to handle the... Read more
Drųk in the Shadow of The Lóng
The Kingdom of Bhutan has many enviable epithets, namely ‘Happiest nation in the world’, ‘Only country in South Asia never to have been colonised’ and ‘First in economic freedom, ease of doi... Read more