The ‘Strategic Autonomy’ debate
Foreign minister, S Jaishankar in his book The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, has put forward an understanding of the official mindset of India amid the anarchy and uncertainty that has been...
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Taiwan scrambles jets against renewed Chinese military activity
Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Sunday against renewed Chinese military activity, with its defence ministry reporting that 19 aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers had flown into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained...
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons -military
Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday. There were no immediate...
Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel, Israeli military says
Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel on Monday that was intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, the military said, in the first such attack since an 11-day war in...
94 Years of the People’s Liberation Army: Shifting Strategies
This August 1 marks the 94th anniversary of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (中国人民解放军),popularly known as the PLA. The PLA is a unified armed force consisting of five units: the People’s Liberation Army...
S.Korea military suffers worst COVID-19 outbreak aboard anti-piracy ship off Africa
SEOUL, July 19 (Reuters) – South Korea’s military has recorded in biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of...
Military’s adroit governance in Pakistan
Introduction Institutions have been a primary dimension of domestic as well as international affairs. Institutions are a set of rules and norms that prescribe individuals interactions within the state as well as outside. Institutions...
DR Congo military takes charge in regions under ‘state of siege’
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidency on Monday ordered military and police officers to take over civil authorities in two regions that have been declared under a “state of siege”. North-Kivu and Ituri —...
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan: A Case of the Military Losing Control over Islamists
Imran Khan’s government has issued a ban against the Tehreek-e-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) far-right Islamist political party under terrorism laws and issued a notification accordingly. This extreme step was taken after TLP’s supporters carried out protests across...
Taiwan bolsters South China Sea deployments, gets U.S. submarine parts approval
Taiwan’s newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday it has strengthened deployments in the disputed South China Sea and that the United States has approved the export of sensitive technology to equip Taiwan’s new submarine...
