- 24 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securitybiden
Retaliatory strike called off on Iran following phone call between Netanyahu and Biden: Report
Tel Aviv [Israel], April 14 (ANI): Following a barrage of drone strikes fired by Iran on Saturday towards Israel, a New York Times report states that Israel decided to carry…
PM Modi’s State Visit Reflects Deep-Rooted India-US Ties
The State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States reflects the deep roots of the ties between the two largest democracies, India and the US. It was more…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
Searching for Congruity: Indo-US Defence Cooperation
Let me start on a personal note. In 2008, I led a Brigade to participate in the US-India Yudh Abhyas exercise in Hawaii. In the first formal meeting with the…
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd)
Cold War 2.0 : India – An Inescapable Bet For The USA
Backdrop India-U.S. "Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership" has become one of the most significant partnerships in the 21st Century in light of the ongoing ‘Cold War 2.0’ between the US and…
By Maj Gen (Dr) S B Asthana (Retd)
Ukraine Has Raised, Not Lowered, Risks Of A China-Taiwan Conflict
On April 2, Fareed Zakaria did an interview for CNN with Admiral W M McRaven (retd) of the US Navy, introducing him as being among the finest military minds in…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
What is MBS Upto?
If there’s one country that has really surprised the world with its diplomatic maneuvers, it is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA). The undeclared declared leader of the Islamic world, KSA…
The Looming Prospect of The Samson Option in Ukraine
Joe Biden has an antipathy towards Vladimir Putin, the man he holds responsible for Donald Trump winning the 2016 Presidential election, and this may have been among the elements that came together…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
The Battle of Balloon and Missing Stanislav Petrov
At the height of cold-war, on September 26, 1983, Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov was on duty monitoring the early-warning system codenamed Oko, or Eye. Its function was to detect…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
The Ukraine War: From Here to Where?
The dynamics of war will always remain unpredictable. In February 2022 the reputed Russian war machine was expected to flatten all resistance of the Ukrainians in a matter of days.…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Nancy Peloci’s Avoidable Visit to Taiwan: Fall Out
The controversial visit to Taiwan (2nd August 2022) by the US Speaker, House of Representatives, Nancy Peloci is over but has left some questions unanswered. Meanwhile, the visit’s fall out…
By Achal Malhotra
Staking Out and Striking Ayman al Zawahiri
It took ten years to take out Osama bin Laden (OBL) after chasing him through the mountains of Afghanistan. He was ultimately cornered in Abbottabad 800 meters from the gates…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
‘I2U2’ established a positive agenda: PM Modi
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Four-nation grouping 'I2U2' has established a positive agenda and its framework is a good model for practical cooperation in the face of increasing global uncertainties,…
