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The Escalating Confrontation Over India Between President Xi and the PLA
The Galwan clash of June 2020 gutted the edifice of cooperation between India and the People’s Republic of China [PRC], which had been...


India’s new naval base in the Andamans, a direct counter to the Chinese presence
It is one of the most striking strategic decisions India has taken to counter expanding Chinese revisionism in the Indian Ocean. The new...


'A new Japan is indeed taking shape that will have major implications for the world'
An in-depth analysis of Japan's new military strategy. Gautam Sen argues that this new approach towards the defence of Japan will,...


Can Pakistan's new army chief save his country?
Syed Asim Munir has taken charge in Pakistan at a time when the country is particularly fragile. But who is he really, and can he, the...


VIDEO: How Sri Lanka balances India and China
Admiral (retd.) Jayanath Colombage has been both foreign secretary of Sri Lanka and commander of the Sri Lankan navy. In this candid and...


Can India become a major weapons supplier to African states?
India wants to be a key supplier of military hardware to African states. But what shape can this cooperation take? Indian defence...


Lessons in revisionism: What Xi Jinping has just told us
Chinese President Xi Jinping has explained, in a sense, that he believes the world order has already changed. The National Party Congress...


F-16: biography of a fighter jet
India recently objected to the US handing $450 million to Pakistan for the 'maintenence' for Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet fleet. So we...
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