Introduction A few good things are happening on the defence procurement landscape. It is good that the government took its time for the Dhirendra Singh Committee to give its report and incor... Read more
Editor’s Note The Indian Ocean and South China Sea are pivotal for global shipping. For the major economies in the Asia-Pacific, the lifeline for their energy raw material requirements pass... Read more
There is something quite inexplicable about management of capital budget allocated to the armed forces. As a result, despite spending more than 5 lakh crore between 2002-03 and 2015-16, crit... Read more
There has been much debate on Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) even before its signing between India and the United States. Essentially, the discourse has hinged around whe... Read more
; By: Nitin A. Gokhale (first published in abplive.in)
Even as former Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi is being quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) again on Monday, several questions about the decision-making p... Read more
Editor-in-Chief’s Note In this concluding part of the article the author provides the sum and substance of Part I of the article concisely to the reader before he goes onto explore the Chine... Read more
Editor-in-Chief’s Note The author initiates his discourse on Chinese strategy by recalling foremost the core imperatives that drive the Communist Party of China and its stated core national ... Read more
; By: Nitin A Gokhale (first published in ABP Live)
As Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar begins his first official visit to China on Monday, his focus will be on keeping the military to military cooperation between India and China on an even... Read more
Editor-in-Chief’s Note The author, having been at the core of the endeavour to structure the new Defence Procurement Procedure – 2016 (DPP – 2016), has utilised his experience to ampli... Read more
When US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter embarks on his two-week long Asia tour on Sunday, he will seek to get a reluctant India on-board a wider security compact that the US aspires to bu... Read more