Geopolitics
Who benefits from blaming India for murder plots in the US and Canada?
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Dec , 2023
The governments of the US and India are under tremendous diplomatic pressure after Washington accused New Delhi of orchestrating a plot to murder US-based Khalistan movement leader Gurpatwant...
Myanmar Aflame
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Dec , 2023
Myanmar is aflame, not only because of the turmoil within but also heavy fighting along its borders with China and with India; with fleeing Myanmar refugees streaming into China and India. In the...
Will WTO be able to carry out pending reforms at the13 Ministerial...
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Nov , 2023
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...
Constitution@ 74: Quest For Merit & Socio Economic Justice
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Nov , 2023
Introduction The Indian Constitution is the lengthiest of all written Constitutions of the world. Most of provisions are borrowed from various sources; fundamental rights from US Bill of Rights,...
Defeating Pakistan’s Proxy War in J&K
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Nov , 2023
One had expected with onset of winters infiltration of terrorists across the Line of Control [LoC] in J&K would see a temporary pause. However, with the Indian security forces and J&K police...
The Xi-Biden Tête-à-Tête
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2023
The outcome of the November 15 meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the POTUS Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco was on...
636 Days and Counting – Which way the wind Blows now?
By: Lt Gen (Dr) VK Saxena (Retd.) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2023
Deeply immersed in the Israel-Hamas duel of death destruction and catastrophe that is increasingly showing the ominous signs of spilling over as a larger West Asia war, the erstwhile media...
Targeted Killings of Terrorist Facilitators in Pakistan
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Nov , 2023
On June 23, 2021, an explosive laden vehicle exploded near the house of Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] co-founder and 9/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed located in Johar Town area of Lahore....
Reading Nepal
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2023
As always, India was the first responder in providing relief to Nepal when struck by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on November 3, which left 157 dead and scores injured. On November 5, India sent...
India Should Keep A Sharp Eye On Israel’s War
By: Ravi Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2023
Reminding 26/11 The Hamas attack on Israel exactly a month back has created an initial disbelief for the depth of preparation and the scale of operation. It did lead to anticipated global...
Pakistan’s Albatross, its growing insurgency
By: Aparna Rawal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2023
On 7th November, two policemen were killedwhile three others were severely injured in an attack which targeted an Oil and Gas Exploration Company’s camp in Dera IsmailKhan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
The Curious Case of Pakistan’s Mianwali Air Base Terror Attack
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Nov , 2023
In its statement on last Saturday’s terrorist attack on the Mianwali Pakistan Air Force [PAF] training base, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] mentioned that...
America’s Wider War
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Nov , 2023
The US NSA Jake Sullivan has said that the US is seeing elevated risk of the Israel-Hamas war widening into a regional conflict. However, with 800 plus US bases around the world, a wider war...
NATO’s Asia Outreach: A Tactical Gain With Strategic Loss
By: Ravi Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Nov , 2023
New Outpost In a rather unexpected move recent developments indicate NATO’s willingness to open a ‘Liaison Office’ in Japan. If that is the eventuality it will be the first ever NATO’s...
Lessons from the Hamas Strike
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Oct , 2023
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 prepared to face such surprise...
Border Management India-Myanmar Border
By: Sanjiv Krishan Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2023
The continued violence in Manipur and allegations that illegal entrants from Myanmar have played a major role in fomenting the trouble there has brought the necessity of effective management of...
Pakistan Rangers: Law unto Themselves?
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2023
Though a paramilitary federal law enforcement force and part of Pakistan’s civil armed forces, Pakistan Rangers is officered and administratively controlled by the Pakistan army, which makes it...
Analysing the international order through China-Syria bilateral meeting
By: Ritika Suneja | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Oct , 2023
The President of Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar-al-Assad, marked a momentous visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 21st September 2023. The Syrian premier was scheduled to be one of...
Israel – America’s Ukraine 2.0?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Oct , 2023
The multi-pronged Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 caused enormous casualties in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Details of killed in first 24 hours of the action published by IDF include:...
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Decoding Opposing Strategies and Way Ahead?
By: Maj Gen SB Asthana | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Oct , 2023
Backdrop The asymmetric, irregular, dirty war triggered by the brutal terror attack by Hamas on Israel on October 07, 2023, targeting innocent civilians and children calls for global...