Category: Strategy

With all eyes fixed on Delhi – the epicentre of the upcoming G-20 Leaders Summit, the global arena is poised for pivotal discussions and momentous decisions by leaders of the world’s most influential economies. Given the prevailing uncertainty surrounding food grain exports, rising prices, and depleting grain reserves, nations grappling with these issues may raise […]

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will embark on a two-day official visit to India in the month of July 2023 for talks with the country’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to further advance and consolidate the bilateral relations. This will be Wickremesinghe’s first visit to India after being appointed President of the cash-strapped […]

With the ongoing conflict in Sudan and its uncertainty, the IAF conducted a non stop tactical rescue operation of nearly 24 hours. In the midnight hours of 03 – 04 May 23, an Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft airborne from Hindan, flew through the night to land in the early morning hours at Jeddah, […]

Indian Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), embarked on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka recently. During the visit, the CAS is scheduled to meet the Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the Hon’ble State Minister of Defence, the Chief of the Defence […]

Impact of Saudi-Iran rivalry in MENA region Diplomats and officials of Saudi Arabia are privately revealing that if the present Gulf crisis persists it may lead to a round of war where Iran may take side to spread its influence. In recent years, the foreign policies of the Gulf Arab states, namely Saudi Arabia, the […]

Chinese foreign policy towards Central Asia China has endeavored to build and strengthen its relations with the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. While originally the main focus of its political and diplomatic activities was to settle the Soviet legacy of disputed borders, its ties with Central Asia later started […]

Piracy in Asia-Pacific region is growing and the pirates are graduating from mere bandit like organization to a full-fledged regular militia which is seizing commercial ships and demanding ransoms more frequently than ever before. There were not any incidents involving the abduction of crew from ships in the Sulu-Celebes Sea and waters off Eastern Sabah […]

Libya turning into a failed state again Libya is again turning into a failed state and rule of law may evade the tiny North African nation for another decade or so as hundreds of Islamic fighters are entering into the country without any verification. Indeed, it is far from surprising that Libya is still ravaged […]

Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis A fresh outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians to flee to Bangladesh. Tens of thousands of Rohingya are fleeing for their lives after an escalation of violence against them in Rakhine, the poorest state of Myanmar. A tide of displaced people are seeking […]

The growing tension in Korean Peninsula Tensions have continued to rise around the Korean peninsula since Pyongyang carried out its sixth nuclear test, prompting a new round of UN sanctions. North Korea’s tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles and an alleged hydrogen bomb have escalated tensions over the nuclear nation’s military ambitions. North Korea has launched […]