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  • May
    24

    Mission Taliban

    There are certain immutable laws of military history that repeated attempts at disproving them only end up confirming their veracity.

  • May
    10

    Brothers-in-arms

    The test-firing of the Agni-V intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) on April 19 was greeted with a heartening absence of official bluster in Pakistan.

  • Apr
    26

    India’s missile bamboozle

    There has been needless confusion and obfuscation about the Agni-V missile test-fired on April 19.

  • Apr
    12

    Cosmetic diplomacy

    How many times have we seen Indian and Pakistani leaders meet, say nice things, pledge their efforts to peace

  • Mar
    29

    A sting in the general’s tale

    It is hard to say when it is that the military stopped being the paragon of propriety in a social milieu increasingly bereft of basic values

  • Feb
    29

    To tackle piracy, go on the offensive

    Large navies with great deal of capital invested in them these days prepare not for great fleet battles but for the infinitely less taxing anti-piracy operations.

  • Feb
    16

    Tricky waters

    The open attack on the Israeli embassy official in highly-policed Lutyens Delhi may be the harbinger of the Israeli conflict with Iran

  • Feb
    02

    Art of deal-making

    India and the United States resemble an old, estranged, couple who are too irked by each other’s frets and foibles to stay together

  • Jan
    19

    A general mess

    While the colonial-era tradition of Indian Army officers not discussing women or politics — issues with supposedly disruptive potential

  • Dec
    22

    A few fatal flaws

    When does a flawed system of government become a threat to the security of the state and the wellbeing of the people?