Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board, Strategic Necessity
Editor’s Note The issue of the corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has held centre stage for some time now. Multiple issues have led to the government taking a hard stance. M... Read more
Covid Awakes Sleeping EU: ‘Real Politik’ Dictates Indian Relations
Editor’s Note There’s nothing like a crisis to get people together, is a theory quite applicable to nation-states also and is being exhibited currently by the EU. The EU, with its lack of co... Read more
Chinese Great Game in Fast Forward Mode
After three months into donning battle gear and standing vigil all across the heights of Eastern Ladakh, repeated meetings at the level of Corps Commanders and Joint Secretaries, repeated as... Read more
After three months into donning battle gear and standing vigil all across the heights of Eastern Ladakh, repeated meetings at the level of Corps Commanders and Joint Secretaries, repeated as... Read more
Are We Headed For Cold War II
Editor’s Note There are profound differences in the confrontation being witnessed between the US and its allies on one side and the Chinese on the other, as compared to the ideologica... Read more
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