Understanding LCA Tejas MK1A order
On January 13, 2021 the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) led by Prime Minister Modi finally cleared the long pending LCA Tejas Mk1A deal for the Indian Air Force (IAF). This is a light...
Category: Asia
Sub regional cooperation driven by profit: The rise of Chinese Transnational Criminal Organizations
The ‘United States Drug Enforcement Administration’ on March, 2021 released an assessment (DEA’s Strategic Intelligence Section, 2021) on extreme fentanyl addiction issue which plagues U.S at the present period, terming the Mexican Cartels as...
The dynamics of Indian Diplomacy: Time to reshape Indian Foreign Policy on Pakistan?
The Taliban’s swift takeover in Afghanistan has brought to power an Afghan government more closely aligned with Pakistan, stirring security concerns in neighboring India. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has significant ramifications for South...
Australia’s new US-UK security pact risks China trade
Australia’s new security pact with the United States and the UK, seen as a move to contain China, may worsen strained ties with its biggest export customer, but China’s insatiable appetite for resources may...
Taiwan plans $9 bln boost in arms spending, warns of ‘severe threat’
Taiwan proposed on Thursday extra defence spending of T$240 billion ($8.69 billion) over the next five years, including on new missiles, as it warned of an urgent need to upgrade weapons in the face...
Australia to get U.S. nuclear submarine technology as China looms large
The United States, Britain and Australia said on Wednesday they would establish a security partnership for the Indo-Pacific that will involve helping Canberra acquire nuclear-powered submarines, as Chinese influence over the region grows. Under the partnership, announced by...
Voyage in troubled waters – American ambitions in Southeast Asia
It was on April 29, 1975, at 22 Gia Long Street in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) that one of the most defining pictures of the American retreat from Vietnam was caught. The...
One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban
A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. After four decades of war and the deaths of tens...
Biden denies China’s Xi turned down meeting offer
U.S. President Joe Biden denied on Tuesday a media report that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, last week turned down an offer from Biden for a face-to-face meeting. The Financial Times cited multiple people...
N.Korea tests ballistic missiles amid deadlocked nuclear talks
North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday, days after testing a long-range cruise missile. Pyongyang has been steadily developing its...
