“The world is neither unipolar, multipolar, nor chaotic—it is all three at the same time.” Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Who wields greater power in the games of power-politics among nations? While there is no plain and simple answer to this complex question, it can nevertheless be said (at the very[Read More…]

Once upon a time, the import of Iranian oil in India was so huge that Indian refineries were built in a manner to specifically refine Iranian crude oil-remember Mangalore refinery. Iran was supplying 90% of India’s crude oil requirement at one point. Iran was only conduit to the gas fields[Read More…]

(This is the perspective of a non-Indian resident over the current situation in India) COVID-19 brought unpredictable changes worldwide, restricted domestic and international travel and severely impacted economies and industries all over the world. Nevertheless, 2020 brought a general sense of hope that the following year was going to be[Read More…]

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been deeply influenced by the means of carrying out ‘non-contact warfare’. The concept of unrestricted form of warfare is based on multipronged approach assimilating the legal warfare, economic warfare, financial warfare, psychological warfare, information warfare, propaganda warfare, public opinion warfare, diplomatic warfare, so on and so forth. China’s perception[Read More…]

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) warfare has been an enduring manufacturer of fear and anxiety in most societies of the modern world. While any non- conventional attack could easily create a catastrophic event, COVID-19 has exposed the serious and dangerous threat of biological warfare. Chemical, radiological, and nuclear weapons[Read More…]

There cannot be a better time to talk about the healthcare sector. As virus mutates, we witness the pandemic hitting second wave, India sees exceptional growth in Covid cases. The new challenges call for new ways of mitigation. In case of India, provided our governance system which is ridden by[Read More…]

We all know what is happening across the country today in regard to the Covid19 once again spreading and innocent people dying due to it. We all know the reasons of this mass deaths and our entire medical and health infrastructure is going to collapse in the next few days[Read More…]

Various mutated forms of Covid-19 viruses, staring from double mutation cases from Vidarbha to triple mutation in Bengal, are spreading in India, staring at the face of a huge population and making mockery of the Indian healthcare system. A developing country aspiring to better its lot among comity of nations,[Read More…]

Ladakh-GB (LGB) region has a very high place in Chinese strategic thinking. While it is confident of annexing Taiwan at a future date, it is LGB which would be its headache, if India is not subdued by hook or crook. It may use alternate forms of war to break-up India[Read More…]