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There is an insurgency in FATA
Feb 14, 2014

There is an insurgency in FATA

Far too many times, states make the mistake of not recognising that they are confronted with insurgencies. Fearing the supposed legitimising effect of affording 'miscreants' the title of insurgents, they prefer to describe violent movements as law and order problems, situation, the troubles, and of course, terrorism.

There is more to Tamil Nadu apart from 'Sri Lankan issue'
Mar 26, 2013

There is more to Tamil Nadu apart from 'Sri Lankan issue'

In Tamil Nadu, the inspiration and inputs for the protestors come not from Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka, but from their Diaspora groups whose linkages to the LTTE are discernible.

There's a need to end teenage pregnancies in India, it's harming the national economy
Jan 14, 2020

There's a need to end teenage pregnancies in India, it's harming the national economy

Teenage pregnancy is almost double in rural areas, 9.2%, as compared to urban, 5%, in India.

There’s a bot of gold on the AI horizon, but is past data enough to navigate the future?
Aug 18, 2018

There’s a bot of gold on the AI horizon, but is past data enough to navigate the future?

Artificial intelligence is turbocharging individual companies’ stock market valuations but overall economic productivity is sliding. These are not c

These troubled waters
Jun 30, 2017

These troubled waters

The Qatar crisis unfolded soon after the Riyadh summit of Muslim countries, attended by President Trump. Iran was the whipping boy at the Riyadh summit.

They link power, politics and business
Jan 27, 2015

They link power, politics and business

Much in the manner that the Sino-American dツtente transformed the Asian balance of power in the 1970s, the construction of a strong strategic partnership between India and America is bound to change the Asian geopolitical order and rejig the regional alignments.

They were mirages. And they were real
Feb 27, 2019

They were mirages. And they were real

What has happened in Balakot is a punitive strike against known camps of terrorists — especially Jaish-e-Mohammed.

Things are looking up for Indo-China ties
Apr 16, 2013

Things are looking up for Indo-China ties

India need not bite the bait, it can use the space created for pushing its own agenda with China which includes resolving our border dispute, getting the Pakistani monkey off our backs and getting better terms of trade from the Chinese. China is unlikely to yield anything easily, but if the emerging Indo-Pacific geopolitics provides an opportunity, New Delhi would be foolish to look the other way.

Think creatively to offset funds crunch in defence
Jan 31, 2020

Think creatively to offset funds crunch in defence

The defence budget is shrinking. The CDS can play a key role in ensuring the most efficient use of resources

Thinking Progress: Making ‘G20’ Fit for 2020s
Dec 02, 2022

Thinking Progress: Making ‘G20’ Fit for 2020s

The T20 engagement group of the G20 will address key areas of policy focus—from Digital Public Infrastructure and Macroeconomics to Climate Finance

Third Anniversary of Op Enduring Freedom: International Islamic Front Strikes
Oct 11, 2004

Third Anniversary of Op Enduring Freedom: International Islamic Front Strikes

Coinciding with the third anniversary of the start of the US military strikes in Afghanistan on October 7,2004,code-named Op. Enduring Freedom, terrorist elements, suspected to be from Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front (IIF), have carried out four co-ordinated terrorist strikes involving explosives on October 7 and 8,2004.

Third India-US 2+2 dialogue: Breaking the mould on post-war model of bilateral ties
Oct 26, 2020

Third India-US 2+2 dialogue: Breaking the mould on post-war model of bilateral ties

Recent focus on convergence-based institutionalisation of bilateral ties has consolidated India-US defence ties, without the overbearing pressures of

Third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: What lies ahead?
Jan 22, 2022

Third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: What lies ahead?

India’s successful vaccination drive along with relevant revisions in its strategy have proved useful in the third wave

This is the time to face up to cyber threats
Oct 02, 2017

This is the time to face up to cyber threats

The ICT supply chain in India is only as strong as its weakest link: the end user. If the user is from rural India, with a limited understanding of the devices and transactions she accesses, her device is a point of vulnerability.

This isn't just about Paytm — Laws on government access to data need to change
May 30, 2018

This isn't just about Paytm — Laws on government access to data need to change

The Cobrapost Paytm story highlights, perhaps more importantly, the inadequacy of the legal system in place when requesting data from online companies that collect vast quantities of information about their users.

Thomas Schelling and the golden age of American strategy
Dec 19, 2016

Thomas Schelling and the golden age of American strategy

Schelling's work on nuclear strategy in the 1950s and 1960s remains the pinnacle of his intellectual work in the post war era

Thoughts for Japan's New Defence Plan
Sep 23, 2010

Thoughts for Japan's New Defence Plan

The security problem of Japan is something of a Gordian Knot. A feeling is spreading among Japanese that they have seen the American forces on their land for too long, for sixty-five years continuously, and the people are fed up with them.

Thoughts on a Rising India
Jan 26, 2022

Thoughts on a Rising India

Modern India has put a lie to the notion that democratic governance and economic progress are incompatible with extreme social diversity and high init