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The Brahmaputra in balance: Between promise and peril
China’s dams on the Brahmaputra threaten India’s water security, but they also open the door to fragile cooperation. After the Pahalgam...

Amey Chitale
6 days ago4 min read


Myanmar’s Perils for India
The Burmese dha, a long, straight sword used in the martial art of banshay, is said to possess a peculiar virtue: it can strike even when...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 184 min read


Tariffs, Terrorism and Treachery: How friends, foes and opportunists test India’s resolve
As our country turns 79, it faces an abrasive America and a perfidious Pakistan, and must balance external provocation with domestic...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 145 min read


The Maoist Echo in India’s Cities
Maharashtra’s new ‘Urban Naxal’ law revives an old debate of how to fight insurgency without eroding dissent. Maharashtra’s politicians...

Uday K. Chakraborty
Aug 125 min read


Whirring Blades, Warring Neighbours
India’s Apaches and Pakistan’s Z-10MEs are signposts in an accelerating South Asian arms race. In South Asia, where the map is still...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 114 min read


Heavy Lies the Box: The Hidden Perils of Misdeclared Cargo
The humble shipping container is being undermined by a toxic mix of deception, negligence and regulatory blind spots. In 2004, Efthymios...
Capt. Naveen S. Singhal and Capt. M. M. Saggi
Aug 94 min read


A Meal Without Their Commander: Tribute to Major Satish Dahiya, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)
When passion meets courage, there’s no looking back. Major Satish Dahiya embodied both. His supreme sacrifice on 14 February 2017...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Aug 64 min read


Damn the Chinese Dam
China’s mammoth hydropower project on the Brahmaputra is rattling its southern neighbours and the river itself. China has long sought to...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 44 min read


Manufactured Menace: Why the Congress cannot stop fearing the RSS
Unable to counter the RSS’s grassroots reach, the Congress has chosen to criminalise it by transforming ideological rivalry into...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 35 min read


A Deep Dive into Sovereignty
With the commissioning of INS Nistar, India marks a leap in underwater military autonomy and signals its rising ambitions beneath the...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 284 min read


Black Boxes, Clouded Truths: Why the Flight 171 Inquiry Must Be Above Suspicion
India’s worst aviation disaster in recent memory has put its crash investigation agency and Boeing under an intense global spotlight. The...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 214 min read


Sweet Deceit: Honey Trapping and the Indian Security Apparatus
A timeworn tactic, the menace of honey-trapping today endangers India’s military and scientific establishment. AI generated image The...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 144 min read


China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold
Beijing’s grip on rare earth minerals is reshaping geopolitics, supply chains and industrial strategy, compelling India and other...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 74 min read


Learning to Fall: On-the-Job Training in the Sky
Overcoming fear and embracing adventure comes to those who keep calm and control their minds. Do you have what it takes? We gain job...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Jul 53 min read


Directorate General of Civil Aviation or Distress Gripping Civil Aviation?
India’s aviation regulator, which is supposed to act as a pillar of flight safety, faces serious turbulence of its own making. Few...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jun 304 min read


Trump’s Perilous One-Man Tango with Pakistan
Donals Trump’s overture to Pakistan army chief Asim Munir reveals more about American misjudgements than any grand geopolitical strategy....

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jun 234 min read


AI at Borders: Detecting Deception in Real Time
AI-powered surveillance systems are redefining border control by detecting deception through micro-expressions, stress patterns, and...
Dr. Keshav Kumar & Hemanth Sai Reddy
Jun 193 min read


Modi’s Missile Moment
India’s bold response to terror has redrawn the regional balance while unsettling Trump’s America. The April 22 Pahalgam terror attack...

Ruddhi Phadke
Jun 123 min read


Searches underway after villagers report suspicious movement in J-K's Samba
JAMMU: Security forces on Wednesday launched a search operation along Dhar road in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir after villagers...
PTI
Jun 111 min read


The Slow Death of an Aging Freighter
The sinking of MSC Elsa-3 exposes troubling questions about aging ships, weak inspections and maritime risk off India’s coast. In the...

Capt. Naveen S Singhal
Jun 104 min read
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