Back in 1967, Moscow shrugged when Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran, cutting shipping routes to the Israeli port of Eilat—Israel’s only one in the Red Sea. E... Read more
Editor’s Note Both India and Pakistan suffer from the scourge of terrorism, however, their approaches to combating the evil are diabolically different. While the Indian side uses the minimum... Read more
खत्म नहीं होने वाला (नॉन-लैप्सेबल) रक्षा आधुनिकीकरण कोष बनाने के मसले पर हमारे संदर्भ में कई वर्षों से चर्चा होती आई है। किंतु इस प्रस्ताव में कई खामियां हैं। जो कोष तैयार करने के लिए पहले ह... Read more
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is turning 50 this year, but the 10-member group is still taking baby steps toward integration. As usual, unity will be a rhetorical theme... Read more
First the good news: the Indian Navy may soon tap the government for funds to build a second aircraft carrier. This would either be a 65,000-tonne nuclear-powered flattop or a 100,000-tonne... Read more
China is about to launch its first homebuilt aircraft carrier, once the tidal conditions are right at the dock where the vessel has been under construction in Dalian. Weighing 70,000 tonnes... Read more
The Kashmir Valley has become a warzone today because of radical Islam. This is the exact same genre of Islam that caused the terrorist attack in Paris last week. And the exact same genre th... Read more
A Pakistani committee has recommended to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Gilgit-Baltistan should be declared the country’s fifth province. For 70 years Pakistan has avoided integrating its... Read more
The Indian Army Armored Corps comprises 63 regiments and has massive modernization and upgradation program to match the rival forces across the border. However the tardy manner in which the... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to US President Donald Trump’s over-the-top estate at Mar-a-Lago in Florida was meant to offer an opportunity to showcase China as an equal to th... Read more