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...
In a fiery speech at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall near Kremlin on March 1, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled The Six New Super Weapons. Weapons adorned with the capability of nuclear force, these new super weapons are in...
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...
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 People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has 50 diesel submarines and 6 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) 4 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Modernizing the PLAN’s submarines remains a high priority for the PRC. ...
In the first week of October, one of the US Navy’s prized nuclear submarines collided with an unknown object while patrolling the South China Sea (SCS). A Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, the USS Connecticut slammed into the submerged o...
After both countries tested ballistic missiles hours apart, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed South Korean President Moon Jae-in and warned about the "total destruction" of bilateral relations. Kim Yo Jong, Kim's sis...
AUKUS is less surprising, but it does point to a historical pattern in Australia's troubled submarine history. Prior to the deal's implementation in 2021, Australia had agreed to purchase 12 conventional submarines from France, but this has...
India and Australia's relationship has never had a defined name and category. It for a long time was dubbed a "natural" relationship because both the countries share similar "values" and "history". However, experts had it that for the major...
Structural realism is the theory of international realism that invites suspicion over the 'relative gains' to the allies in an alliance. Military gains are valued most for the national interest, and it's likely to create a feud in a coaliti...
Military Operations are bound to be uncertain provided there is always information asymmetry. This “Fog of War’, as has been deemed by Carl von Clausewitz has the highest strategic advantage when it comes to underwater warfare. The domain o...
Survival is the utmost priority for any state in the world and in the present multipolar world after globalisation, where threats come in different forms and are not just limited on land, air and water. It could be economic and technologica...
