India's pursuit of self-reliance in fighter aircraft engines has been a key aspect of its defense strategy. This article examines India's fighter aircraft engine development program, with a specific focus on the General Electric (GE) 414 en...
India's defence industry has experienced a remarkable transformation over the years, from primarily being an importer of defence products to an exporter of major defence platforms and equipment. This shift highlights the growing capabilitie...
In February 2023, France, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced an ambitious new trilateral partnership aimed at collaborating on several areas, such as defence, technology, and energy. The foreign ministers of the three count...
The United States National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had invited his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, to the White House to "start the next milestone" in the US-India strategic technology and defence collaboration. Doval was in Washin...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
On the 15th of July, the first meeting was held among the heads of government of India, Israel, the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), later known as as the 'West Asian Quad'. During US President Joe Biden's trip to West Asia...
Under the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance document released by Whitehouse in April 2021 there are few priority areas which have been highlighted. There are five major pillars: ‘rising nationalism, challenges to democracy, US gr...
Bad COVID management policies hindering tourism recovery in Sri Lanka: The tourism industry in the country brings in around $3 billion to $5 billion in foreign exchange annually. However, the country’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 outbreak...
Regional economic corridors are becoming more prevalent in the world economy. Their increasing importance can stimulate economic growth and inclusive development. The Indo-Pacific Economic Corridor is a project that aims to promote regional...
Recently, the Government of India released the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP 2020) with the aim to develop a robust and competitive indigenous defence industry, reduce the dependence on defence imports, and to ...
Iran and China have recently surged ahead with an economic and military deal that will elevate their relationship to a new height. While this has come as a shock to many, in the midst of increasing geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran, it...
The Indo-Pacific region that marks the importance of the confluence of two huge oceans viz. the Indian and Pacific Oceans, has become the key hotspot globally, even surpassing the middle east region. It has also turned out to be one of the ...
