Harsh Behere
New Delhi looks upbeat on the Iran factor but must not forget Afghanistan
Following two weeks of Chinese huffing and puffing in the Taiwan straits, this week has brought optimism around Tehran, with prospects of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) revival…
Perpetual turmoil till November
In the ancient Chinese game of Weiqi, better known in the West as Go, the objective is not to knock out your opponent but to weaken and stifle the enemy…
Mainstreaming India’s National Security Studies
As the foundation stone of INDU (Indian National Defense University) forlorn on a field in Haryana and the INDU Bill languishes in the Lok Sabha, Pakistan’s National Defense University (NDU)…
Assessing Pakistan’s food insecurity
A tormenting heat wave swept through the subcontinent aggravating non-traditional security challenges. One wonders what Kautilya would have thought sipping aampanna in this scorching heat gazing out of the window…
Frenemies reunited by Putin
Putin has shaken up West Asia realpolitik once more. Convergence of interests has brought in an unlikely friendship like UAE-Israel and Saudi-Russia. As the war in Ukraine drags on, ententes…
The first casualty of war: Information
“They lie in the office but beat them in the field” – Suvorov. As a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine, one gets the impression that Russian, and even…
India’s Diplomatic Bharatnatyam
“A nation has security when it does not have to sacrifice its legitimate definitions interests to avoid war, and is able, if challenged, to maintain them by war.” ~ Walter…
ASEAN seeks centrality with regional alliances to offset Beijing
While the world is stands fixated on the Ukraine Imbroligo, the interplay of regional alliances and maritime law enforcement is taking place. Regional powers and QUAD are slowly making head…
Ukraine Imbroglio
Chamberlain: “Why have you massed so many troops at the border?”. Hitler: “In case of a provocation”. C: “But what if there is no provocation”. H: “How can there not…