(Editor’s Note: In arrangement with Defence Research and Studies, a Kochi-based think-tank) By Colonel (Dr) N. K. Chhibber The Great Game conceptualised a policy of “buffer zones between the expansionist forces”, in the instant case Russia and British India. Russian southward expansion was intended to be halted somewhere […]
New Delhi: India should join other global powers to stop China from backing Pakistan and only if the China-Pakistan nexus is broken can the question of Kashmir between New Delhi and Islamabad be resolved, a senior Uighur leader, currently in self-imposed exile in the United States, has said. […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: The publication of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) designated list of terrorists by Pakistan today exposed its double speak on the issue of terrorism, and confirmed the charges India has been making against the western neighbour. During a recent UNSC meet, India […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: As India celebrated its 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a strong message for neighbours China and Pakistan that the South Asian nation will not tolerate any challenge to its sovereignty. “From the LoC (Line of Control with Pakistan) to the […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: Full disengagement and complete restoration of peace along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh is what China should work on, India today told the Asian dragon, as Beijing has failed to honour a mutually-agreed de-escalation plan. “The two Special Representatives had […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the author’s. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Bhartendu Kumar Singh India‘s national security discourse has traditionally been a consensual project. Alternative voices and perspectives from the opposition leaders and scholars […]
By Amit Agnihotri New Delhi: India has slammed Pakistan for continuing to push terrorists across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, charged it of peddling a false narrative against Indian laws and policies, and alleged that the neighbouring country is trying to portray military and financial help to […]
New Delhi: India can handle China militarily with the qualitative defence capabilities that the Indian armed forces possess today, but the military action should be the last resort, said a former Corps Commander, who was tasked with defending Arunachal Pradesh from the Asian dragon’s aggression while in military […]
New Delhi: India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’ could enter a contest against China-Pakistan JF-17 in the Royal Malaysian Air Force‘s tender. If Tejas wins the race to supply 36 new light combat aircraft to Malaysia, this will be India’s first foreign sale and export of the indigenous […]
Tokyo: India’s Rajnath Singh co-chaired the Japan-India Defence Ministerial Meeting with his Japanese counterpart Takeshi lwaya here today. During the dialogue, the two ministers discussed various issues of mutual concern, including ways to further strengthen the existing bilateral co-operative arrangements and adopt new initiatives towards achieving peace and […]
India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh had a telephonic conversation with United States of America Secretary of Defence Dr. Mark T. Esper on Aug 20. Rajnath Singh congratulated Dr. Esper on his appointment as the US Secretary of Defense. Both the ministers expressed happiness at the significant progress […]
United Nations: Pakistan today failed at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in raising Jammu and Kashmir’s status after India abrogated the autonomy of the region under the Indian Constitution earlier this month. China and Pakistan even together couldn’t prevail over UNSC to take up the matter. UNSC instead […]
