Amidst the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, India's defence cooperation with the United States assumes heightened importance for both nations. The situation in Ukraine has prompted India to reflect on its dependency on Russia fo...
The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s leading security summit, takes place in Singapore since its inception in 2002. It has been organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), think tank based in London. The name of the fo...
North Korea's recent claim of testing a new underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead has raised concerns in the international community. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the Haeil-2 Unmanned Underw...
New Delhi held a rare strategic meeting (March 2) with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focusing on regional security challenges in a step that might have global consequences. According to reports, the dialogue occurred in earl...
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...
New Delhi hosted a two-day special meeting of the United Nations Security Council’s Counte-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the the 28-29 October 2022. The theme of the meeting was ‘Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terror...
From 18-21 October, New Delhi hosted the 90th General Assembly of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), whose secretariat is based in Lyon, France. The meeting comes amid the eve of the centenary year for the organizati...
The 15th and 16th of September 2022 marked the 22nd annual summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The first physical meeting since the pandemic, this meeting brought ...
The US and its allies are united in support of Ukraine following Russia's unlawful invasion and continued aggression. The actions have not been forgotten that led to the occupation and aggression of Ukraine's eastern regions and the unlawfu...
In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri as the second in command of al-Qaeda wrote a letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stating that “We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media” [1]. Earlier, terror...
There has been an increase in Chinese hostilities toward Taiwan throughout 2020 and 2021. These moves by the Chinese have suggested China’s readiness in invading Taiwan. Amidst such a scenario, Taiwan has made efforts to enhance its defense...
The suspicions of Hambantota port as a site of a potential threat from China were tested when a Chinese survey vessel was supposed to dock at the port. Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel with missile and satellite tracking capabilities, was due...
