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About the AuthorAbhijit Bhattacharyya
The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Bhutan, India and Dragon: Himalayan crisis simmersOpinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Bhutan, India and Dragon: Himalayan crisis...

    Whatever was Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering even thinking of when he made his avoidable comment in...

    14 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the fuss about?Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the...

    Why is there such a deafening cacophony, invariably launched by a few “aviation experts”, whenever a...

    30 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for ‘war crimes’ in...

    Amid the growing clamour in many countries, among politicians, opinion leaders and the media, that Russian President...

    17 March 2023 12:03 AM IST

    In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China’s mystery balloons: Why was West...

    The weeks-long recent drama over the mysterious Chinese balloons that were seen for several days floating over America,...

    23 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Indian Air Forces aerobatic team Suryakiran performs during the inauguration of the 13th edition of Aero India, at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru. (File photo: PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | At Aero India, focus on safety & tech transfer

    With Aero India 2023, Asia’s biggest air show, to be-gin at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on...

    8 Feb 2023 12:28 AM IST

    The state government has arranged three flights to bring back students arriving at Delhi (airport) from Ukraine today, CMO said. (Representational image: ANI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Flight safety is critical to aviation: Govt...

    The Indian Aircraft Act 1934 was enacted “to make better provisions for control of the manufacture, possession,...

    13 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, review the security situation and operational preparedness in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, in Tawang. (PTI file photo)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 1962 to 2022: No lessons learnt on tackling...

    Six decades after the 1962 Chinese invasion, it’s time for a proper historical narrative, not just partisanship...

    16 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trading with enemy: What drove Germans to BeijingOpinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Trading with enemy: What drove Germans to...

    Mighty Berlin’s submission to Beijing durbar was also symbolic of the shifting reality of geopolitics

    24 Nov 2022 12:30 AM IST

    Chinas President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Partys Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens focal length. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | After 60 years: Beijing still focused on...

    Do a majority of Indians remember the October 1962 damage which dictator Mao Zedong’s Communist Party of China...

    20 Oct 2022 7:13 AM IST

    Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a foreign aircraft with its origin in Iran that was moving towards the New Delhi airspace. (Representational image:ANI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | IAF’s big challenge: Building world-class...

    As fighter aircraft are high-tech, high-cost, high-maintenance, high-speed and high-risk operating machines, one must...

    8 Oct 2022 1:46 AM IST

    Servicemen of a territorial defence unit train during an exercise in Kryvyj Rih on September 28, 2022, amid the Russia invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Moscow & West must remember history, and scale...

    Scanning historical atlases of world geography’s changing/changed cartography of various countries of different...

    29 Sept 2022 12:08 AM IST

    The Army said that during the meeting, the discussions between the two sides focussed on the resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh. (Representational image: AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Tackling Chinese duplicity: Challenge for...

    On the same day that 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth II died after a 70-year reign as Britain’s monarch, September 8,...

    15 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

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