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 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy carried out a seven-day long anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Philippine Sea this month. Such military exercises are a successful measure to learn about the development in ...
The rise in the geopolitical considerations in the Central Asia again started to gather attention after the first virtual summit between Prime Minister of India and head of the state of five central Asian countries convened on 27 January, 2...
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...
On 22 December 2016, David Cameron announced the referendum on the UK's EU membership, and soon after this, an independent voice is been heard in its foreign diplomacy. The integrated review of security, defence, development, and foreign po...
From a structural realist point of view, in an anarchic system, states are fearful and suspicious of each other due to their 'inscrutable intentions'. As a result, they constantly face security dilemmas where any step by a state to increase...
The Unmanned vehicles proved themselves to be very reliable for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and reconnaissance) operations, especially the unmanned areal vehicles, some of them which can fly around 80 hours at a go without needing to la...
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...
