Djibouti lies in Eastern Africa bordering Eritrea to the north Ethiopia to the west and Somalia to the South. It rests on the Bab El-Mandeb strait which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Due to its strategic importance, larger numb...
The Mozambique Channel is about 100 nautical miles long and 250 nautical miles wide. To its east, lies the world’s fourth largest island Madagascar, and Mozambique to the west. Before the opening-up of Suez Canal on 17 November 1869, the Mo...
Maritime security and sovereign control depend on 2 major metrics. Firstly, the naval fleets of the nations concerned allow them to demarcate their military strength and presence in the maritime area. Naval fleets allow them a certain recog...
Look East Policy and its successor Act East Policy are quite important for India’s influence and diplomatic progress in Asia. These policies have enabled India to allocate its diplomatic responsibilities and abilities to balance out between...
Brahmaputra as a perennial river enjoys a dynamic course through the countries it flows changing its path frequently. Not only it is geologically significant and a challenge to deal with in itself for the countries having access to it, but ...
The issue of terrorism has affected every continent in some form or another. Islamic terrorism in the form of terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS have terrorized different part of the world and have incurred a huge amoun...
The recent unfolding of events in the region has compelled India to diversify its Act East Policy since its commencement has made north-eastern Asia an important aspect in India's strategic vision for the region. In recent times, India-Mong...
The article talks about how Turkey is trying to regain authority it once held in Balkans under the aegis of the Ottoman Empire for six centuries, from the 14th century till the end of the First World War. Present day-Russia, which used to h...
India- Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave (IADMC) on 6th February 2020 marked an essential point of inflection in India- Africa relations. Historic relations between India- Africa were primarily involved in the paradigms of economic, sociol...
Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile with a flight range of 290 km and has maximum pace of Mach 3(three times the speed of sound). The name originates from the Brahmaputra river in India and Moskva in Russia. In February 1998, the two cou...
The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance signed by USSR & China in 1950 bound two states to assist each other militarily in case of an attack by Japan or any other state aiding Japan in aggression (Nandan and Uma, 2015). The...
On September 10, Maldives and the United States of America signed the 'Framework for the U.S. Department of Defence-Maldives Ministry of Defence: Defence and Security Relationship" in Philadelphia, USA. Signed by Minister of Defence, Mariya...
