Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva
Seven member US Bipartisan Congressional Delegation met His Holiness Dalai Lama to resolve Tibet’s Status
The seven-member US delegation led by Michael McCaul, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Nancy Pelosi former U.S House Speaker, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Gregory Meeks, Nicole Malliotakis, Jim McGovern, and…
India signed long pending Deal with Iran on Iranian Port of Chabahar Despite US Sanctions
India and Iran on May 14 signed a ten year long pending Agreement to operate the strategic Iranian port of Chabahar that will help both the countries to expand trade…
Iran-Israel Conflict: Retaliations may result in a Nuclear War
Relations between Iran and Israel have been strained for decades, primarily due to geopolitical, ideological, and religious differences.Historically, Iran and Israel enjoyed relatively good relations prior to the Iranian Revolution…
India emerges as a major U.S. Training partner to frustrate ‘hostile’ China
The United States of America is conducting a large number of military exercises with its allies as well as partners including India to restrain China by controlling Indo-Pacific region. It…
Tensions in the Red Sea
The Red Sea has become a very hot spot in the middle east because of increasing tensions between Yemen’s Houthi group and American and British warships involvement in the classic…
Russian Decoy KH-55 Missile A Failure
The Russian tactics of using “decoy” KH-55 missiles to bait Ukrainian air defence to know their location and force it to expand its stockpile proved to be a failure. Ukraine…
Will WTO be able to carry out pending reforms at the13 Ministerial Conference at Abu Dhabi?
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) will take place from 26 to 29 February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Trade Ministers from across the world…
Lessons from the Hamas Strike
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has taken the world by storm, and raised questions on what is our own preparedness in the face of terror attacks. Are we well…
Involvement of the US and NATO against Russia in a Long Drawn Ukraine War
The Russian Ministry of Defence (RMOD) on 29 September claimed that a cruise missile strike it conducted on a large Ukrainian ammunition depot in Kherson has resulted in huge setback…
A Series of Hardball Negotiations Arrived at G20 New Delhi Leader’s Declaration
The G20 leaders on September 9, 2023, reached a consensus on a declaration, which refrained from condemning Russia for its “special military operations” in Ukraine but took note of the…
Taiwan ready to face China with support from the US
Differences over Taiwan’s status have fuelled rising tensions between the island and the mainland. Taiwan has the potential to be a flash point in U.S.-China relations. Taiwan has been governed…
Pentagon establishes Task Force Lima to Study AI Issues
The U.S. Defence Department has created a Task Force to evaluate and guide the application of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for national security purposes, amid an explosion of public interest…
Theatre Commands take shape, Lok Sabha Clears Inter-Services Organisation Bill
As momentum gains for the proposed reorganisation of the Indian military into integrated theatre commands, the Lok Sabha on August 4 passed the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill,…
Trade Disputes between the United States and India Resolved
On June 22, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that the United States and India reached an agreement to terminate ongoing disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO)…
Can India Thwart Chinese Aggression?
China and India share a long history of cultural and economic exchanges dating back centuries. However, the border dispute between the two countries, particularly over the areas of Aksai Chin…
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
The Ukraine war has entered into its second year (420 days), with no victory on either side which could signal the end of the war. However, the Western countries are…
US played a critical role in Ukraine resulting in Nuclear Threat
The U.S. has played a quiet but insidious role in the war as Ukrainian troops have made stunning gains in a counteroffensive that dealt an embarrassing blow to Russian forces. Kyiv’s…
Russian plan to exit World Trade Organisation and other Global Bodies
In view of the economic sanctions imposed by NATO countries and other European Union (EU)countries on Russia for its invasion on Ukraine, Russia plans to quit the World Trade Organisation…
Mounting Demoralisation could become a major problem for Putin
Moscow indicates that Russian public support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine is growing. However, with the war now in its sixth month, there is little sign of similar enthusiasm…
WTO Sealed a Package: India Emerged as Global Leader with Win-Win Outcome
For the first time in a decade, the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a 164-nation body, have finalised a historic deal at the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12).The four-day MC12 was…
Putin sacks top Generals for failure to capture Kharkiv and other Ukraine cities
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has sacked a top General who failed to capture the Ukraine’s key city of Kharkiv whom he blames for botching his war in Ukraine. Lieutenant…
Pakistan National Security Policy a Flawed Exercise
Pakistan has recently released a public version of its National Security Policy (NSP) document. The document has been authored by Moeed W Yusuf, who was earlier, the Special Assistant to…
No Breakthrough in 14th Round of Military Level India-China Talks
There was no breakthrough in the 13-hour marathon military level talks between India and China on 13 January 2022 with Beijing showing reluctance to complete troop disengagement at a friction…
Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence Sector: A Dream Comes True
Its strong economy and strong army know a nation’s strength. As far as India is concerned, it has a strong economy but not a strong army so far. It is…
China Afghan Taliban Awkward Embrace
As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and leaves a security vacuum there, is China moving in by cozying up to the Taliban? On July 28, Chinese State Councilor and…
Durand Line not Recognised by Taliban Causing Clash with Pakistan
The taking over of Afghanistan by the deadly terrorist organisation Taliban on 15 August 2021, reverabrated with celebration in Pakistan. However, Pakistani officials fear that once again the dispute between…
Maldives and Indian Relationship Crisis
Maldives and India are having a relationship crisis due to recurring articles and social media posts attacking the dignity of the Indian High Commission office in the Maldives. The Indian…
India needs to have Counter Drone Technology against future Drone Attacks
In the wee hours of June 27, 2021 morning two drones from across the border – allegedly – dropped IEDs on the Indian Air Force Station technical are a in…
After Sustainable WTO 11th Ministerial Conference
World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on fisheries subsidies were launched in 2001 at the Doha Ministerial Conference, with a mandate to “clarify and improve” existing WTO disciplines on fisheries subsidies.…
Indian Reaction on Israel-Palestine Conflict
On May 16, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, T S Tirumurti, made a carefully crafted statement at the UN Security Council “open debate” on the escalating Israel-Palestine violence,…
Waiver to Covid Vaccines at WTO
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has begun discussions on a worldwide ‘roadmap’ for Covid-19 vaccines to ensure that the immunization campaign reaches everyone, in every country. This comes, as a…
Indian Military Expenditure
India’s threat perception from China and Pakistan predicts it vulnerable if not prepared to deal with both the belligerent countries with superior weaponry and better strategic maneuvers besides support from…
China is Raring to Invade Taiwan
The US is once again warning that China is threatening to invade Taiwan. Chinese missiles are launched in the direction of Taiwan which has resulted in a US aircraft carrier…
The US Defence Secretary’s first visit to India Affirmed: Indo-US Strategic Partnership
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general selected by Biden to run the Pentagon, is the first Cabinet member in the new administration to visit India. He met India’s…
Tenth round of Corps Commander level talks would ensure De-Escalation at the LAC
India and China have completed disengagement on the north and south banks of Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh as decided at the 9th round of military level commanders…
Super Dam on Brahmaputra River
China is building a “super” dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River north of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tibet, as reported instate media, in…
Implications of China’s Dark Shadow in Myanmar
China’s intention to make inroads into the Bay of Bengal has become clearer with President Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar from January 17 to January 18, 2020. It will not…
Beijing is an no mood to Stick to the Decision taken during Sino-Indian Negotiations
The way the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed its troops and the armament in Ladakh and Arunachal and so has India matched its forces in equal numbers, it does…
India-US Space Cooperation Envisaged on Trump visit
The United States and India, both major space powers, have long worked together on civil space efforts but have not done much with regards to security-space-cooperation. According to Victoria Samson,…
Marginal Increase in Defence Budget Could Mar Modernisation
The disappointing part is that there has been a very marginal increase in the capital outlay for defence for 2020-21 as compared to the budget estimates and revised estimates of…
India reminds Pak and China not to interfere in the internal affairs of its country
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) went off on expected lines on 27 September 2019. On the one hand the Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a speech that tick-boxed development,…
Can the US afford to impose sanctions on India for its arms purchases from Russia?
“India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014–18 and accounted for 9.5 per cent of the global total,” according to the latest report published by the…
Defence Budget 2019-20
Editors Comment: Increasing the Defence Budget in the prevailing circumstances of long drawn out procedures for weapons and equipment procurement is futile. It will be like in earlier times when…
Denigrating the Armed Forces
Surprisingly, the opposition political parties have started making disparaging remarks against the Armed Forces and casting aspersions on their cross border strikes for narrow selfish political gains at enormous cost…
Congress Manifesto on Reforms towards National Security (Un)Justified
Besides emphasis on job creation, farmers’ distress, poverty elimination by giving Rs 72,000 per annum to the poorest families, single moderate GST rate and minorities’ welfare, the Congress has laid…
India has entered an Elite Space Club with Mission Shakti
India has entered an elite space club with the accomplishment of ‘Mission Shakti’ when the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) blew up an Indian satellite in a Low Earth…
Success Story: Surgical Strike-2 Retaliation of the Pulwama Attack
After the Pulwama massacre where more than 40 CRPF jawans were martyred in a convoy by Pakistani terrorists as claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief Masood Azhar, Modi government gave a…
Defence Budget 2019-20 Not Based on Threat Perception
Surprisingly, not considering the threat perception the defence budget for the fiscal 2019-2020 has been merely increased by 6.87 per cent to Rs. 3,18,93 crore against last year’s allocation of…
Is Indian Defence Preparedness Adequate in 2019?
India is the world’s sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Since 2014 India’s economy has been the world’s fastest growing, surpassing China.…
Situation in J&K: Serious but not insurmountable
The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after 1947 partition. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir – Indo-Pakistani Wars…