On 22nd August the Defense Acquisition Council, government’s highest decision making body on defense procurements granted emergency powers to Armed Forces for procurement of essential weapons and equipment. This provision has been in place since the Kargil war and subsequently various governments have resorted to it. Recently such emergency powers have been granted post Uri…

Glorious Legacy  The Indian Navy traces its glorious legacy to the 17th century when the great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj raised Maratha Navy as the naval wing of his armed forces, which first participated in the Battle of Surat in 1664. It captured the island of Khanderi in an audacious attack that will make even modern-day tacticians very proud.…

Between Wars & Conflicts The Middle East is a widely conversed terminology but it concurrently holds a unique sense; in that it doesn’t conform to any known cardinal directions. So how this term got fame for itself? Interesting and complex as it appears, it also indicates to an equally intricate and intertwined geopolitical reality of…

One China Policy China found its independence during an intense era of socialism, led by Chiang Kai-shek of Kuomintang (KMT). The struggle for independence against Japan was brutal with stigmatized cost on social fabric. Japan as an imperial power and occupation force during World War 2 was ruthless and unforgiving. The uprising against imperial suppression…

Challenging Times A look at the history of India in last 500 years gives a sense of gloom with multiple invasions, religious oppressions, colonial plunder and a largely deprived society. It makes a rather depressing picture of a huge country, just not able to manage itself and make the ends meet. Worse still the blame…

  Fear of The Union In 1945 as the World War 2 drew curtains, it left countries with massive destruction. More than 35 million dead in Europe alone and those who survived the carnage, were forced to live life of a refugee. The culmination of World War 2 has already given birth to a long…

Imperial Hangover Europe has been home to some of the oldest civilisations, empires, kingdoms and democracies. It always held a fascination among rest of the world and seen as leaders in human yearnings. Europe has had a variety of empires, these empires required real estate to feed their expansion and maintain relevance. This was the fuel…

Free RunChina turned a page in it’s historical evolution in 1980s when a socialist communist country started opening up to take a capitalist avatar. The progress that followed was brisk and awesome. Development and sky high aspirations were fuelling each other. China entered a phase of transition in 1990s when its GDP growth has averaged…

Choice By Default The recent change of government in Pakistan led to an unexpected casualty in form of crisis of faith in the Army leadership. It was a known fact, that result of 2018 general election in Pakistan was all but fair; that PM face was handpicked by the Army and Imran Khan didn’t enjoyed…

Pre Independence The princely state of Jammu & Kashmir had to reluctantly give up the idea of staying independent primarily because of massive polarisation between newly born states of India and Pakistan. Only question remained was when and onto which side, since dynamics of the era didn’t leave it with a chance to chart an…