Separated by the narrow Palk Strait, India and Sri Lanka have a rich history of ethnic, religious cultural and economic collaboration. Furthermore, a shared maritime boundary has also made these neighbors realise their strategic maritime am...
India Russia defence weapons trade has usually been referred as that of supplier and consumer. The last four decades of the arms trade has seen Russia weapons comprising more than 70 per cent of India’s weapons inventory. The adaptation to ...
This essay aims to analyse the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 2015 report. Established in 1958, under the aegis of United States Department of Defense, the agency has been instrumental in developing breakthrough technolog...
In the past few years, the term “5th Generation” fighter jet has become commonplace in popular culture. Everyone from casual television viewers to dedicated military analysts has heard of the advanced capabilities of these state-of-the-art ...
After the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), fresh indirect negotiations are taking place between the US and Iran with the mediation of the European Union. President...
Despite the notion that Pakistan is a democratic republic with a parliament, the army has ruled for half of its 74-year history. Since 1947, Pakistan has been controlled by four different military rulers after three military coups. The Nati...
Chinese president Xi Jinping has not left the country for 21 months now. Xi’s last visit outside the country was in Mayanmar on 17th January 2020, it was just days before ordering the lockdown of Wuhan. There have been growing concerns rega...
In 2020, when countries around the world were imposing lockdowns to restraint the spread of coronavirus, South Koreans were already back on the streets. The cases were rising in other countries, but South Korea was effectively flattening it...
The Cyprus dispute has been one of those issues which have not been resolved by the international community. The issue presents a different situation which makes the nation of Cyprus the grounds for conflict, but the actors of the conflict ...
Hong Kong has been witnessing a political crisis from June 2019. Millions of people took to streets to protest against the controversial expatriation law passed by the government. The political unrest in Hong Kong is still going and there s...
Indo-Pacific started as a vision by Japan, but soon after it, became a strategy when the United States adopted it. India took became a part of it and all these countries became the Quad. With the coming of Viet Nam, South Korea and New Zeal...
In the next five years, Sri Lanka is striding on a economic vision plan to achieve a export target of $20 billion dollars. The country’s export performance had recovered after the slump in the years 2015 and 2016 to US$ 16.4 billion dollars...
