Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Ukraine war has entered into its second year (420 days), with no victory on either side which could signal the end of the war....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 wee hours of June 27, 2021 morning two drones from across the border – allegedly – dropped IEDs on the Indian Air Force...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...