Rohingya Crisis : The Way Forward
Editor’s Note A huge humanitarian crisis is playing out in South Asia with barely a whimper, globally. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are crossing over into Bangladesh with the Myanmar Army h... Read more
Reforming Apex Defence Management: Baffling Government Hesitation
Editor’s Note A proposal that’s been discussed for decades now, is the issue of appointing a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to head the three services. Our current structure of the three Chief... Read more
Defining The Kurdish Situation
Editor’s Pick The Kurdish referendum in Iraq, scheduled for 25 September, 2017 is likely to go in favour of Kurds. However, it will be a difficult process carving out a Kurdish state.... Read more
The Gun In Front Of The Man Matters Almost As Much As The Man Behind The Gun
Editor’s Note The inexplicably vexed issue of our serious dependence on imported armaments right from a soldier’s veritable limb—his rifle–to tanks and fighter aircraft, has been alway... Read more
India To Pour $15 Billion In Sub-Building & Lease Nuclear Submarine From Russia, But China Still Far Ahead
India is trying its hardest to play catch-up with China in the field of submarines, particularly nuclear submarines. New Delhi is going to spend $15 billion with the objective of significant... Read more
Bin Laden’s Son Is Poised To Unify Terrorists Worldwide
One day in early November 2001, on a hillside south of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden bade farewell to three of his young sons. In the shade of an olive tree, he handed each boy a m... Read more
Al Qaida or Hizbul: Who is the Bigger Threat in J&K?
Editor’s Note There is a call for giving the Kashmir problem a new twist now. So far the call was primarily for Azadi, however, now a small group affiliated to al Qaida has been ranting that... Read more
India Will Emerge As Major Defence Manufacturer In Future: Baba Kalyani
Bharat Forge’s Class 8 truck orders in the month of August saw steady growth, which indicates a strong year in 2018. In an exclusive interview to CNBC-TV18, Baba Kalyani, CMD of Bharat... Read more
Top 10 Reasons China Won’t Be The World’s Next Superpower
China is an amazing country. One of the oldest continuing civilizations on Earth, it has gone from a centuries-old, primarily agrarian society to an industrial economic powerhouse. In the sp... Read more
Getting The Strategic Partnership Going
Soon after the enunciation of Chapter VII of the DPP 2016 on Revitalising Defence Industrial Ecosystem through Strategic Partnerships (SP) in June 2017, the Services have begun issue of RsFI... Read more