South China Sea: The Simmering Cauldron
Editor’s Note The waters of South China Sea have been on the boil for quite some time now. Inspite of the ruling by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration that clearly went against C... Read more
India and the New Great Game in Central Asia
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the term ‘New Great Game” has been used to describe the modern geopolitics in Central Asia, which is characterised by a competition betw... Read more
The US government withdrew GSP (Generalized System of Preferences) benefits to India worth $70 million on as many as 50 items effective from Thursday, on a day the Indian government further... Read more
How Revamped NSCS is Helping Shape Coherent National Security Policy
As the revamped National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) gets down to implement its expanded mandate, the contours of the new structure are getting clearer. Multiple sources in the know... Read more
It’s going to take a lot more than passion to bring the two Koreas together, but there was no shortage of ardour when South Korean President Moon Jae-in made the first ever speech by a South... Read more
India-Russia Summit Conveys a Message
Editor’s Pick India – Russia summit had as much of relevance for the two counties as it had for Indo – US relations. India emerged from it making a clear statement about its independen... Read more
SITE to INSAT: How India Got the Best Support from Both the US and the USSR in Space Programme
As the United Nations was observing the World Space Week from October 4-10, with the motto “Space Unites the World,” the one space programme that immediately comes to mind for being the hall... Read more
First Indigenously Overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI Jet Handed Over to IAF
The 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) of the Indian Air Force at Ojhar in Maharashtra’s Nashik district Friday handed over its first indigenously overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet to the IAF,... Read more
The True ‘Pivot to Asia’ is Here
After years of ad hoc and flaccid engagement with the Indo-Pacific region, the United States is finally back, and the effects are already being felt. For far too long, a resurgent China was... Read more
Eye on China, India and Japan Likely to Ink New Pact to Access Each Other’s Naval Bases
Japan hopes to clinch a military logistics pact with India that will allow access to each other’s bases, Tokyo’s envoy said on Monday, in a tightening of security ties seen as de... Read more