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Summary The procurement of 26 Rafale Marine aircraft enhances India’s naval aviation capabilities, strengthens India–France ...
Summary Mohamed Muizzu’s policy towards India aligns with his “pro-Maldives” or “Maldives-first” policies, prioritising the ...
Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Uttam Sinha met GOC-in-C Eastern Command, Lt Gen RC Tiwari on 04 August 2025 and discussed the River relations with Bangladesh and the Brahmaputra.… Continue r ...
Summary Since October 2023, Israel has degraded the Iranian-led axis of resistance. Israel successfully involved the United States in targeting Iran’s nuclear programme, thus avoiding a prolonged ...
On March 1, 2005, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed Uzbek militia commander Abdul Rashid Dostum as Chief-of-Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan armed forces – a post which he… Continue ...
Ved Prakash asked: What strategic role is India playing in the Asia Pacific region to counter China’s aggressiveness?
This article intends to examine the notion of ‘Revolution in Military Affairs’ (RMA) in China and how the People’s Liberation Army (zhongguo renmin jiefangjun) is thrusting RMA initiatives on its ...
replies: Indian Government has been taking several measures to protect impressionable minds, particularly the country’s youth, from the radicalisation and recruitment campaigns launched by the ISIS.
India’s policy with Southeast Asia, which took a distinctive shape since the early 1990s in the form of the Look East policy, has been a multipronged approach encompassing political, strategic and ...
Praveen CV asked: What are the challenges faced by India in its bid to secure the permanent membership in the UNSC?
replies: The Maoist movement is spread across 90 districts in 11 States of the country. In Bihar, the Maoists have a presence in 16 districts, of which four districts –– Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, ...
replies: The Syrian Civil War can be traced back to the Arab Spring that has led to popular uprisings in most of the Arab countrieS. Kalyanaraman What began as protests in March 2011 has now become an ...