The Mozambique Channel is about 100 nautical miles long and 250 nautical miles wide. To its east, lies the world’s fourth largest island Madagascar, and Mozambique to the west. Before the opening-up of Suez Canal on 17 November 1869, the Mo...
India-Russia ties have shown not so significant progress since the defining moment of end of the cold war. Their relationship has been the one called as “special and privileged strategic partnership” which focusses greatly on defense cooper...
After the return of power rivalry, China seems to outcompete other competitors in modernizing its military, especially its naval forces. Now, it is no longer debatable that China has gained much naval potential that dissuades the United Sta...
Maritime security and sovereign control depend on 2 major metrics. Firstly, the naval fleets of the nations concerned allow them to demarcate their military strength and presence in the maritime area. Naval fleets allow them a certain recog...
India’s defence cooperation with France is nothing novel, as it can be traced back to the cold war era when defence ties were domineered by armament sale. During that time, even though India heavily relied on the Soviet Union for its defenc...
India and Australia underwent a frosty relationship over the years, but their diplomatic exchange today witnesses fresh changes with China in the background, as a result of which, we see a shared vision for maritime cooperation, trade impro...
US President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 11th September this year. The date would mark 20 years since 9/11, which was the deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. The Islamic Emir...
The formation of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) was a response to the geopolitical rise of China with its increased aggressiveness and the resulting threat perception to maritime security and the rules-based liberal world order....
Oliver Roy, one of the leading French political scientists who worked extensively on "a different view of radical Islam", distinguishes Islamism and neo-fundamentalism. While differentiating these two tendencies, he defines that the former ...
On Saturday, 27th March 2021 China and Iran signed a key agreement which is being reported as a ‘strategic cooperation pact’. As part of the deal, Beijing has agreed to invest over $400 billion in fields such as banking, telecommunications,...
The submarine were considered a major threat to the during the World Wars as the forces lost the control of the sea to the naval powers. The submarine form of warfare, was prevalent in both the world wars and was even carried to the Cold Wa...
The current developments have brought the Sino-Indian rivalry to the theatres of West Asia. The news leak of China's strategic agreement worth $400 billion with Tehran for 25 years was soon followed by the announcement of Tehran to go solo ...
