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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s War Aims – A No Go

Prime Minister’s War Aims
Even before the blood-stains could dry up in the bloody massacre by Hamas, turning the Super Nova Music Festival and other places in Southern Israel into a nightmare of merciless bloodshed, death and wanton de....

Tensions Show in US-China Ties During Blinken’s Visit

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's three day (April 24-26) visit to Shanghai and Beijing was an apparent attempt to arrest the slide in relations and simultaneously make clear the US 'red lines'. Since Biden became US President, Blinken is the s....

West Asia and the Case of Measured and Controlled Escalation: A Trend in Future Warfare

On the night of 13/14 April 2024 Iran launched an unprecedented 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120-130 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran stated that bombardment was in response to the 01 April 2024 air strike on the Iranian consulate buildi....

Nexus between Insurgency and Narco-Trafficking : A Case Study of Manipur

Introduction
The northeast region of India has been inflicted with long-standing separatist insurgencies. Since the 1950s, this region has witnessed frequent ethnic conflicts as well as insurgent violence. In the recent past, the overall ....

India’s Strategic Diplomacy: Navigating India’s Engagement with the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan

Following the visit of an Indian delegation to Afghanistan in March 2024, there was much speculation across academia as well as policy circles on India’s relations with the present government in Afghanistan, as India embarked on expanding its engag....

China’s 14th National People’s Congress Session Gives New Direction to PLA

The plenary sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top political advisory body, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s version of a parliament, which opened in Beijing’s Great Hall of the Pe....

Indian Army Chief’s visit to Uzbekistan and prospects of Indo-Uzbek Defence Cooperation

Background
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army, General Manoj Pande is on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan from 15-18 April. [1] In the backdrop of a fast-ch....

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Down End of the See-Saw

Premise
This work attempts to analyse the following premise:- While much seems to be ‘advantage Russia’ at this point in time in the Russo-Ukraine war, the down under-belly of Black Sea is hurting them increasingly. Ukraine is go....

The choice — the repeat of 2014-24 or throwback to 1989-98?

Modi is the first and only Prime Minister to place before the people a long term vision for the nation and the world—that of a developed India by 2047. There are four main issues in the ensuing elections. One, a government which will be s....

Modi’s message to West — Democracies too can deliver

From being an intensely hated person, he has become the most admired world leader in just 10 years. Like the US presidential elections, the Indian parliamentary polls too attract the world’s attention. For two reasons. India’s emergence....

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