- 17 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPakistan
US-Pak F-16 Diplomacy : Concerns Galore
The Biden administration approved the $450 million package for Pakistan’s fighter jets’ related equipment and the F-16 fleet sustainment programme. The Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency has confirmed that no…
By Prof (Dr) DK Pandey
Revisiting India’s Intelligence Architecture
“A Government that has an intelligence system that ensures a surprise does not become a surprise will be successful in securing its people and the nation”: Vikram Sood, Former R&AW…
By Srijan Sharma
Emerging Challenges on Western Front
Western Command, the pivotal command on Western front celebrated, platinum jubilee, on 15 September. It is opportune time to look beyond nostalgia and ceremonials, to take stock of operational dynamics…
By Lt Gen K J Singh (Retd)
China is Coming For Your Land: Farmland
Drought has plunged water levels to the lowest in China in decades. The temperatures have also soared to record levels, and hydropower plants failed to meet the sharp rise in…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
‘The Pashtuns: A Contested History’
Pashtunistan - the land of the Pashtuns- straddling an area of more than 100,000 square miles, historically stretches from the Indus to the Hindu Kush. Today, this land and its…
By Tilak Devasher
Rocket-Missile Force: An Inescapable Indian Necessity
Every nation has to be future ready for impending conflicts. This is more pertinent in case of India where probability of conflict remains pretty high with two adversarial neighbours –…
By Maj Gen Ashok Kumar (Retd)
Confidence Building Measures in Conflict Regions: A Prognosis of the Indian Sub-continent
India today has one-sixth of the world's humanity, and its people aspire for a prosperous and safe future in which they can pursue their dreams without fear. To achieve this,…
By Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar (Retd)
Resolving Siachen Dispute Amid LAC Standoff with China
India and Pakistan got independence in August 1947 in compliance with Independence Act 1947 passed in UK Parliament on 18 July 1947. The terms and conditions set forth for integration…
By Maj Gen Ashok Kumar (Retd)
Terrorism: The Glue That Holds China Pakistan Together
The father of communism, Karl Marx, once famously said — “We have no compassion, and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Terrorism is Not a Game
As both India and Pakistan celebrate their 75th anniversary of their independence, unfortunately, Pakistan is identified as the progenitor and a safe haven for terrorism and global terrorists stalking and…
By Amb Anil Trigunayat
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)
Zero tolerance for terrorism in all its manifestations ‘must’: India at SCO meet
New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) There is an urgent need to address the global energy and food crisis triggered by disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, External…
