The Story of BRI So Far—Loose Belt and Bumpy Road
Editor’s Note The Belt and Road Initiative Forum is scheduled to run at Beijing from 26 to 27 April, 2019. The Chinese expect a fairly long list of countries to attend the forum with either... Read more
Kashmir: The Missing Healing Touch
Kashmir has been witnessing ups and downs for decades. Militancy rises, subsides thereafter, only to rise again. There are no doubts that there is a perceptible change in the attitude of the... Read more
China’s ‘Undersea Great Wall’ Project: Implications Dissecting the Threat and the Possibilities
Editor’s Note The domains of warfare are expanding and technology is being used for greater transparency in all domains. One such area, till very recently the reserve for very limited countr... Read more
Artificial Intelligence, Revolutionising Warfare
Editor’s Note The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is increasing by the day in the armed forces. In fact, the armed forces are gradually becoming the gre... Read more
Pakistan Nervous, Deep State on High Alert
Pakistan is in a High Strung State and its Deep State is on high alert. The Pakistani Prime Minister feels that Indian mischief is possible before the elections. Even the heat and dust of t... Read more
US Dollar: A Potent American Weapon System
Editor’s Note The US Dollar has a huge influence on geo-politics, globally. Initially weighed against a Gold standard,, its gone through a process of changes to keep it relevant global... Read more
Pakistan Military Loves ‘Land’ More Than ‘Motherland’
Pakistan military’s lust for land is so prolific that their Generals conduct themselves in the manner of feudal landlords and carry the tags of ‘biggest land grabbers and land mafias’... Read more
Pakistan’s Perpetual Terrorist Flip-Flop Loop
In the wake of Pulwama attack in India and following the airstrikes in Pakistan, Islamabad is again pledging to get tough on terrorists. Apparently, Pakistan launched a crackdown on jihadist... Read more
Surgical Changes in the Small Arms Inventory of Indian Armed Forces
The Indian Army’s small arms inventory is in for a near-total makeover. Straddled with an unreliable INSAS (Indian Small Arm System) rifle and a World War II vintage machine carbine, it appe... Read more
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – Failure Looming Ahead
Editor’s Note Is the CPEC faltering? What is the extent to which it has been pruned down already? Why are more and more countries getting apprehensive about Chinese funding? Has it got anyth... Read more