- 22 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityOp-ed
Air India – Ready For Take Off Now; Goodbye Fabian Socialism
The sale of Air India to Tata Sons is not any ordinary privatisation. It is ‘ghar wapasi’ in more sense than one. Air India which began as Tata Airlines pioneered…
By Lord Meghnad Desai
The Malabar Exercise of Quad
The international community today is fraught with various destabilizing factors, such as armed conflicts, unilateral claims to change the status quo, terrorism, and large-scale natural disasters. How can we solve…
By NAKAYAMA Yasuhide
India’s Options in Afghanistan
On 26 September 2001, a small U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operatives team arrived in the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. As described in Gary Schroen’s book First In, this vanguard set…
By Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd)
Taliban and Kashmir – Those Who Do Not Learn from History are Doomed to Repeat It
While the world stood watch, Taliban took over absolute control over Afghanistan, excepting a small part of the Panjshir area. The question that now looms large is the impact of…
By Mr S P Vaid
Afghanistan- No Last Word Yet
Sher Mohammed Abbas Stanikzai, the head of Taliban’s Doha office, has met our ambassador in Doha at his request. This contact was preceded by his interview with an Indian TV…
Era of Indian Youth is Here
Era of Indian Youth is Here Gautam Gambhir The International Youth Day was commemorated on 12 August 2021. We, in India, are at the verge of celebrating our 75th Independence…
Blinken Visit To India – ‘Broadening of Shared Agendas’
Blinken Visit To India - ‘Broadening of Shared Agendas’ Kanwal Sibal High level engagement between India and the US has continued with Secretary of State Blinken returning within two months…
INS Vikrant – A Naval Liability
INS Vikrant – A Naval Liability Bharat Karnad Indian warship building has finally come a full circle. It was in the 1780s, that impressed by the man-o’-wars in the 100…
By Bharat Karnad
Developing Scientific Talents – A Must for India’s Development
Developing Scientific Talents - A Must for India's Development Dr G Madhavan Nair The world is going through one of the worst periods in history due to the Covid-19…
Red Flags in US-India Defense Cooperation
Red Flags in US-India Defense Cooperation Ram Madhav The US-India defense ties have acquired critical momentum. Given India’s geo-strategic surroundings and the downward slide in its relations with China in…
India-Russia Friendship Renewed
Minister Jaishankar’s visit to Russia from July 7 to 9 was important in the context of the new instabilities surfacing in the international system, the increasingly strident US-China rivalry, the…
