New Delhi: Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi, who takes over as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on June 30, comes with vast operational experience in dealing with China and Pakistan and currently serves as the 46th vice-chief of the…
The following is an excerpt of the full interview of Major General Sudhakar Jee taken by Mayank Singh of the New Indian Express and published on December 22, 2022. MS: What is your opinion on the Yangtse, Tawang sector incident…
Deng Xiao Peng’s doctrine of “Tao Guang, Huang Ye” – meaning “Maintain a low profile, bide your time, and keep making progress and development,” laid China’s military and economic base in 1979. The doctrine was abandoned with the rise of…
The future of warfare is being shaped by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones. These machines are revolutionizing the battlefield, offering precision, cost-effectiveness, and reduced human risk. The world is witnessing a rapid proliferation of drone technology, with…
The American-led sanctions on Russia in the wake of the Ukraine war have had unintended consequences. Instead of isolating Russia, they have pushed it closer to China, accelerating the emergence of a bipolar world order. This evolving strategic alignment between…
After 1945, this is the second time that national boundaries are being redrawn by force. The first was the 1999 NATO airstrikes on Serbian forces that led to the creation of Kosovo, despite Russian and Chinese protests about NATO undertaking…
Arunachal Pradesh – which is also called the “Land of Dawn-lit Mountains” – is the 24th state of India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (Nefa) and became a full-fledged state on February 20, 1987. It borders…
While the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War between Indian-Mukti Bahini forces and the Pakistani military has always been easy to remember for our resounding victory over our archenemy, the India-China border conflict of 1962 has always been difficult to forget for…
The dictionaries describe the “deep state” as a large group of people comprising typically members of government agencies and the military with long-term agendas and goals through secret manipulation or control of government policy through potential unauthorized networks, which is…
India and China never shared a common border until China annexed Tibet, a process it started in 1950. This brought the dragon right to our doorstep. With its annexation of Tibet, Beijing rejected the earlier border, the McMahon Line, which…
