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Peace in Afghanistan: Taliban’s Intransigence and a Multi-National Endeavour
- April 14, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Category: SAARC
No CommentsPeace eludes Afghanistan, notwithstanding consecutive attempts by the US Presidents to find a trail that could lead to it. President Trump attempted a new approach to ultimately reach an agreement that was worked out between the US and the Taliban, alone. However, the road to peace is yet a long length to traverse.
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Integrating unmanned platforms and enabling tech in India’s warfighting doctrine
- March 26, 2021
- Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
- Category: India
India has the capacity, intellect, and research facilities — within and outside of government — to develop and field systems faster than ever before.
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Future of autonomous air platforms in the Indo-Pacific
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Warfare
Within the coming decade, the PLAAF and possibly the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force will begin to field several operational UCAV designs with significant degrees of lethal automation and broadband stealth.
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Fleshing out the LoC ceasefire
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
What can be done to ensure that the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan works without hiccups and progressively ushers in a peace process?
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Anarchy is coming
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Warfare
The liberal world order has failed to usher in global peace.
When the Biden administration undertook its first known act of war a few weeks ago, it provided an illuminating snapshot of conflict in the 21st century.
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Peace in the subcontinent: Is Pakistan serious?
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
The last four attempts at rapprochement were derailed due to actions initiated from Pak. What has changed in Islamabad that we can foresee a different course ahead?
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India must be smart in supporting Myanmar, if Quad won’t measure up
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: ASEAN & ARF
Gaining overland access to Indian Ocean through Myanmar is crucial for China’s geostrategic designs. Which means India can’t protest against coup too loudly.
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India dives into Quad waters
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: IOR, Strategic Affairs
Several strands of strategic vectors may have been generated from the geostrategic moves signified by the first ever summit, albeit virtual, of the Quad leaders, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Yoshide Suga and Scott Morrison on March 12, 2020. In a first for the Quad, a joint statement was released that serves as a declaration broadly conveying the goals and areas of focus of the group. China is not mentioned and that silence is deafening.
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Chinese Communist Party has goals. India needs to have its own, not just respond to aggression
- March 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: China, India, Strategic Affairs
China is yet to respond to the Quad’s joint statement. But one thing is clear, India’s national security strategy must change.
There are glaring dissimilarities in India’s foreign policy stances towards China post the military disengagement in Doklam 2017 and the ongoing one in Ladakh. -
Opinion: Our four nations are committed to a free, open, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region
- March 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: Strategic Affairs
Joe Biden is president of the United States. Narendra Modi is prime minister of India.
