Opinion

Signed on January 27, 2026, the security and defence partnership between the European Union and India was intended to bring greater structure to a relationship that had until then remained largely bilateral and fragmented....

Once again, within a year, the Nur Khan airbase in Pakistan is back in the news. A year ago, it was battered by the Indian Armed Forces, which brought Pakistan to its knees. Today,...

The spring air in Beijing carried a weight that transcended the seasonal humidity. As Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 14, 2026, the world held its breath. This...

The traditional model of defence contracting — dominated by massive primes like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and RTX (formerly Raytheon) — is under unprecedented pressure. Geopolitical tensions, lessons from conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle...

The year is 2047. The turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, once a theater of colonial dominance and later a contested highway of global trade, now reflect the silhouette of a new era. Beneath...

India’s ambitious Great Nicobar Project has emerged as one of the most consequential strategic infrastructure initiatives in the Indian Ocean Region in recent decades. Located at the southernmost edge of the Andaman and Nicobar...

The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict was the first to give the world an inkling of how future wars would emerge. Technology, including the effective use of rockets, drones and missiles, was witnessed for the first time....

India’s journey towards theatre commands, long overdue and strategically essential, has been marked by hesitation, fragmentation and incrementalism. While inter-service turf protection is often cited as the principal obstacle, the deeper challenge lies in...

As India marks the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, the debate is no longer merely about what was achieved during the operation. The larger strategic question now emerging is where the next phase of...

President Pezeshkian has made it clear that Tehran will not be intimidated by what he characterises as Western bullying. Responding to rhetoric from Washington - specifically what Iranian state media has termed a "surrender...

Following the appointment of Balendra Shah, nick-named Balen, as the Prime Minister of Nepal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him and invited him to visit India, which he accepted. But soon after, Nepal officially...

The first anniversary of Operation Sindoor has been marked across India with solemn remembrance and strategic reflection. Political leaders, military commanders, defence analysts, and technology innovators have all interpreted the operation as a turning...

The Drone Revolution: Nagorno-Karabakh to  Op Sindoor: In 2020, the world witnessed a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which marked a turning point in military history. Azerbaijan’s extensive use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones and...