Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is the umbrella organisation for al-Qaeda groups in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In support of al-Qaeda's doctrine, AQAP has conducted deadly jihadist assaults both locally and overseas. it is best known ...
The Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory sparked a flurry of heated debates within and among the International Politics intelligentsia, but a large number of scholars agree that Russian belligerence arose in response to the West's unwill...
Poland, for NATO, has been the first line of defence, with a multinational battle group has been set both in Poland and the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). After the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the US also...
Ukraine has been under attack and is looking for the US and NATO support which is not coming. In that context it is important to evaluate US-Ukraine defence ties. For 30 years of Ukrainian independence, Ukraine and the United States (US) ha...
In the past few months, the frequency of Chinese warplanes entering the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) has increased dramatically, fuelling speculations about a major confrontation. The month of February alone has seen 43 i...
The submarine cables hold immense value in this digitalized world, The undersea cables essentially carry 95 per cent of the world’s data, the submarine cables were being used for over 150 years, from carrying the dots and dashes of the mors...
In March 2021, a Japanese container ship ‘Ever Given’ blocked one of the busiest maritime trade routes in the world for nearly a week. As the ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, a key waterway, it prevented more than 400 vessels to make their...
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has announced to deploy machine gun-wielding robots along the Indo-China border. China with this tactic aims to guard the LAC region endlessly without rest, replenishment, or human casualty. The 21st centu...
The history of Indian civilization has been tightly connected to the high seas around its territory. However, many scholars have repeatedly argued that India has a continental bias in its security policy. This led to a neglect of the mariti...
‘Hanging up a sheep’s head but selling dog meat’ The aforementioned is an ancient Chinese saying which evidently highlights the strategic path followed by the Asian Dragon in contemporary world politics. More on the saying later but firstly...
Over the past decades, neighboring countries China and Bangladesh have steadily developed ties in various domains. Their relationship has evolved over time, especially in matters of defense and security. But this was not always the case. Th...
Armed forces of various great powers and regional powers are now integrating drones into their force structures and operational doctrines. They are being deployed not only for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) purposes bu...
