Opinion
The Soft Power Paradox
Another never-ending war has come to a halt in Afghanistan. To say, it has come to an end may not be a judicious prognosis. The author opts for soft power being the preferred means, rather than the pr... Read more
- The Chinese surge in the Middle-East could easily gather greater pace in the near future. Its cheque book diplomacy seems to have already wrapped up Oman, majorly. The United States is sceptic, but ap...
- The negotiations at military leaders’ levels have not yielded to pre-April, 2020 dispositions of the opposing forces in Eastern Ladakh. As far as trade between the two countries is concerned, it has l...
- Editor’s Pick For India, Israel has been a long-time dependable partner that has provided it with multiple defence systems to modernise its forces. The relationship has also benefited from the excelle...
Editor’s Pick
Great power competition had been the dominant theme of the past century’s strategic discourse. After the fall of the erstwhile USSR in the early 1990s... Read more
This is the fourth and final installment in a short series from Today’s WorldView for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Sign up to get the res... Read more
In 1997, between two very different wars with Iraq, military historian Williamson Murray highlighted what he saw as a disturbing trend in the US Depar... Read more