Prakash Nanda

Is the much-hyped relationship between India and the United States increasingly becoming fragile? Are the “estranged democracies” during the Cold War finding it difficult to keep their “growing engagements” in momentum? Answers to these questions are likely to come under deeper scrutiny when both countries are in election mode. Headlines on recent developments in their […]

The supply of the first batch of Igla-S Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) to the Indian Army by Russia that is going to be deployed mostly in the areas bordering China seems to have caused a pause in the perceptions of those who argued that in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is bound to abandon Delhi for Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's dissolution on April 19 of China's much-hyped Strategic Support Force (SSF) to create three parallel divisions, all reporting directly to the Central Military Commission (CMC), of which he is the Chairman, seems to be further strengthening his power and position as the country's supreme leader.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dissolution on April 19 of China’s much-hyped Strategic Support Force (SSF) to create three parallel divisions, all reporting directly to the Central Military Commission (CMC), of which he is the Chairman, seems to be further strengthening his power and position as the country’s supreme leader. After F-16 ‘Shootdown’ Of Chinese JF-17 […]

India has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become the fourth largest military spender, the top three being the United States ($916 billion), China ($296 billion), and Russia ($109 billion), according to the latest survey released by the Swedish think tank, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Despite losing nearly a billion dollar in a classified program on the production of missiles and fire-control systems, Lockheed Martin, arguably the world’s largest defense contractor, seems sanguine that it will have a roaring business in the Indo-Pacific region, where many countries, fearful of China, are going to enhance their air-power. As China Unleashes 80,000-Ton […]

If anything, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosting Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, Australian defense chief Richard Marles and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro in Honolulu on May 3 reflected the American strategy to bring its regional allies and partners closer together in small groupings, or “minilaterals,” to build up what it calls “collective […]

In solidarity with the United States and partners in the Indo-Pacific to counter the perceived dangers emanating from China, leading European countries are now deploying warships and aircraft to the region. On May 7, Germany sent two warships to the Indo-Pacific region in a bid to strengthen its military presence in the region amid what […]

This question is being debated among military analysts all over the world, following the recent launch of its third aircraft carrier, the “Fujian”, said to be China's most advanced aircraft carrier to date.

This being the election time, many leading democratic countries such as India, the United States, and the United Kingdom are now increasingly confronted with what is called the “Weaponization of Demography,” which, in turn, has no exact rules or laws to be guided by. There has been no consistency on the part of any country on […]