Tour of Duty to Facilitate Indian Army’s Privatisation

THE Modi government has taken another retrograde step regarding the Indian army. This time the target is the army's well established recruitment system. Using the pretext of Covid-19 pandemic, the government abruptly suspended the recruitment process of soldiers in the army in 2020, while continuing with recruitment in navy and air force.

US is Using Ukraine to Split Eurasia

THE news of impending destruction and chaos in Kyiv is the new love of the global strategic community that relishes wars and is constantly on a lookout for hotspots where the US military can intervene and reiterate the American primacy. The western media has launched a propaganda blitzkrieg to tell the world that there is a massive Russian military build-up along Ukraine’s borders and President Vladimir Putin is on the verge of launching a large-scale invasion.

Imperial Army has killed Scores of Civilians in the Middle East

THE civilian casualty files(CCF), published by The New York Times in December 2020 has once again exposed that the US has no regard for rule-based order. Its trigger-happy imperial military force pays scant regard to the norms of warfighting with absolute contempt for human life.

Russia and China – A Formidable Counter-Hegemonic Force

IF “loss of China” was the main worry of the American strategic community in the 1950s, then their current nightmare is the drifting of Russia towards China. Yet, the transatlantic alliance partners, led by the US, have done everything possible to push Russia away. On the other hand, Beijing has played its cards well by investing in Eurasian connectivity to woo Russia.

US Punishes France for Seeking Strategic Autonomy

FRANCE is fuming. It has been shocked by the Anglo-Saxon decision to hurt it. The three English speaking White leaders have decided that the Franco-Australia contract for building 12 conventional submarines, signed in 2016, is redundant.

Challenge and Risk for China in Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN’S future remains in a state of flux. The US withdrawal has added to the uncertainty in the region. Afghanistan shares a 90 km border with China and this makes Beijing concerned about the developments in Kabul as instability and violence in Afghanistan directly impinges on its security and strategic interests.

The Pitfalls of Running with the Empire And Hunting with Nationalism

LAST week the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken was in New Delhi and his deputy, Wendy Sherman was in Beijing. Blinken’s India visit was to strengthen the existing strategic bonds between the two countries that are poles apart in terms of power. The secretary’s job was to ensure that New Delhi does not deviate from the prescribed path and continues its allegiance to the strategic agenda designed to retain American primacy in world affairs.

CPC Has Converted a Continental Nation Into a Maritime Power

LAST month China was in news for two reasons. The first was for the spectacular celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The second big news related to the Chinese navy.

Even the die-hard critics of CPC acknowledge its accomplishments in taking the world’s most populous country out of absolute poverty. There is hardly anyone who can deny the role of the party in making China great and giving its people confidence and hope.

The Bureaucratisation of the Professional Indian Military

The formalisation of officers appointments equips them with financial powers for better efficiency and brings them at par with their civilian counterparts in the same department. The elevation of the military officers to civilian ranks in the MoD has largely been welcomed by most commentators and analysts of military affairs. The move is being perceived as a step in the right direction to rectify the anomaly in higher defence management and facilitate the much-vaunted military modernisation.

India Pays a Heavy Price for Modi’s Futile International Image Building Desires

INDIA is in the midst of the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases. It is a dystopian nightmare. The new cases and death toll are continuously rising. The medical response is hampered by shortages of oxygen, drugs, and hospital beds. According to experts, “The significant inefficiency, dysfunction and acute shortage of healthcare delivery systems in the public sector do not meet the growing needs of the population.”

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