Once Excluded From The Club, India Pursues Global Status As Nuclear Power – Analysis
India test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons in January, and for the most part, the rest of the world did not bat an eye. The internat... Read more
The North Korean Nuclear Puzzle
Editor’s Note The North Koreans have the whole world focussed on them for some time now. Inspite of all the threats that President Trump has promised, the North Korean President Kim Jong-un... Read more
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan says that demonetisation led to a substantial slowdown in growth but a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent is still achievable in the future. He talks to Prannoy... Read more
Balancing Our Relationship With Israel and West Asia
Editor’s Note The Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to India was a much hyped first such visit after Ariel Sharon visited New Delhi in 2003. The Prime Minister was accompanied by a 130 member s... Read more
Cheetah/Chetak Replacement & Kamov-226T
Editor’s Note The helicopter resources of the Indian Armed forces are approaching criticality. The current holdings are mostly ageing machines that are proving impossible to maintain and are... Read more
A Framework for the Next 50 Years of the Indian Navy’s Submarine Arm
Editor’s Note The Indian Navy’s expansion plans are way behind schedule. In stark contrast is the case of the Chinese. There are also major issues with armaments that the submarines need to... Read more
Analysis: Ka-226T Preparing to Land in India
Despite the slow progress of the Russian Helicopters Ka-226T India-Russia deal, it is set to be signed at last in the first quarter of this year.Read More Andrey Boginsky, director general o... Read more
A recent conversation with Ellen Lord, the new undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, revealed her desire to make defense acquisition faster, compressing the ti... Read more
Can China be the Main Supplier for Petroleum Products to Nepal?
Editor’s Note The Madhesi Andolan in Nepal in 2015, led to bitter relations between Nepal and India. Movement of goods between the two countries was affected because of a blockade at the cro... Read more
The West Should Support the Protesters in Iran
FIVE DAYS of street protests in cities across Iran have underlined the fundamental weakness of a regime sometimes portrayed in Washington as a regional juggernaut.Despite the lifting of most... Read more