- 25 May, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityRussia Ukraine war
NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Potential Expansion to Include Finland and Sweden
With war in Eastern Europe, and one involving Russia, could a NATO summit be far behind. Ever since 1991 when the Soviet Union finally broke up and NATO rejoiced in…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Lessons From Ukraine
Omar Khayyam wrote: Yes, the first morning of creation wrote what the last dawn of reckoning shall read. However, in the present case the tragedy is unfolding sans a script.…
By K P Fabian
The Significance of India’s Continued Presence at G7 Summits
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the economic havoc it has wreaked on the world, everyone's concern is about stability, to return to a situation of normalcy and…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
India and United Nations – Role in Peaceful Conflict Resolution of the Russia-Ukraine War
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we can attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make…
By Lt Gen (Dr) SK Gadeock
The Air War in Ukraine – Complexities and Challenges
As the Ukraine conflict enters 112th day, the global attention continues to be focused on the conflict between the two largest nations of Europe, Russia and Ukraine. Russia is moving…
By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)
A Hundred Days of Shocks and Surprises
The hundred days of a devastating war in Ukraine have proved once again that nothing is predictable in war, even in a David and Goliath kind of confrontation. In a…
By TP Sreenivasan
Xi’s Re-election: Opportunity For World, Curse For China
China is gearing up for the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party to be held later this year. According to the consensus view, President Xi Jinping’s historic bid…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Changing Contours of Germany-China Relations
There is much attention currently focused on Germany's changing policy towards Russia. This includes the energy-security matrix. A review of the German defence policy is also underway. While these are…
By Gurjit Singh
India’s Strategy for a Two Front Threat
Developments around the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has thrown up certain factors that are pertinent to India’s security and the need to find more secure alternatives to our present…
By Preet Malik
Indo-Pacific: The Quad Summit Returns Focus to the World’s Biggest Potential War Theatre
How much the world is nearing a catastrophic confrontation and how intimidated China feels about the response to its coercive aggression in the Indo Pacific, was made evident by the…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Quad leaders meet in Tokyo at 2nd in-person summit
Tokyo, May 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia on Tuesday attended the second in-person meeting of Quad leaders here during which…
Lengthening Shadows of the Ukraine Crisis
Wars inflict lifelong misery on innocent population without discriminating young and old, women and children or nationality. Regardless of the outcome, they bear the brunt. This has been the story…
By Lt Gen CA Krishnan (Retd)
