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    An awkward dance of the dragon and the elephant

    The October 2024 agreement ushered in real, if modest, changes. But it is yet to extend to the harder question — de-escalation.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 12, 2026 02:33 IST

    India-Russia relations: A tightrope walk amid churn in global equations

    The Russia-India connection has remained constant over decades because ties have had an identity of interests all through. (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Dec 7, 2025 16:08 IST

    Different threads in Red Fort bomb blast

    After 2005, it was only in 2019 that bomb blasts returned to J&K when a JeM suicide bomber blew up a bus near Pulwama. (H Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 17, 2025 15:35 IST

    Opportunity for India in US shift in nuclear policy

    There are important reasons for India to assure itself that it has a thermonuclear weapon that works, because it has also made a defensive “no-first-use” nuclear pledge. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 31, 2025 15:55 IST

    India-Russia ties and the heft of its history

    The European blockade of Russia has finally begun to push it to develop its relations with the Global South, and India is seen as a bridge here. (Sputnik via REUTERS)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 17, 2025 14:53 IST

    Why China refuses to resolve the border issue

    Under the Political Parameters Agreement, the two sides had sought to resolve the boundary question on “political’ grounds. (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 23, 2025 15:44 IST

    A punitive and effective response to Pahalgam

    Given the sheer scale of the Pahalgam massacre, some manner of deterrent action was a must. The government has come through with one (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 24, 2025 14:26 IST

    Beijing in President Trump’s policy shop

    FILE - Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting China's President Xi Jinping, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia on Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File) (AP)
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 22, 2025 14:37 IST

    Pragmatism undergirds New Delhi’s China policy

    Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Nov 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 19th G-20 summit, in Rio de Janeiro. (ANI Photo) (Dr. S. Jaishankar-X)
    opinion
    Updated on Dec 17, 2024 15:42 IST

    Jammu and Kashmir polls and Islamabad’s shadow

    Jammu, Oct 01 (ANI): Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes for the final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, at a polling station, in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Shanky Rathore)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 6, 2024 18:23 IST

    Kargil’s bitter lessons helped guide India’s defence reform

    Thane, India - July.26,2019: School Students raise patriotic slogans after paying tribute at War Memorial to commemorate Kargil Vijay Diwas at Kopri Thane ,India, on Friday, July 26, 2019. ( Praful Gangurde/ HT Photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 25, 2024 15:35 IST

    Recalibrating relations with China, Pakistan

    This picture taken on May 19, 2024, shows Rezang la War Memorial in Eastern Ladakh. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 28, 2024 15:31 IST

    China in mind, Japan set for defence rehaul

    U.S. President Joe Biden escorts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to their trilateral summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 29, 2024 17:57 IST

    Stalemate in Ukraine, NATO in expansion

    This grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on March 12, 2024 reportedly shows a destroyed military vehicle of the Ukrainian troops in the border area between Russia and Ukraine in the Belgorod region.
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 13, 2024 16:35 IST

    Armed forces wait for a funds boost from Budget

    Armed forces contingents were seen marching to drumbeats during dress rehearsals for the 75th Republic Day parade at the Kartavya Path in the national capital on Saturday. 
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 26, 2024 16:43 IST

    By targeting civilians, Israel lost the narrative

    An Israeli military helicopter flies near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel. (AP/PTI) (AP01_01_2024_000303A)
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 1, 2024 16:43 IST

    Excerpt: Understanding the India China Border by Manoj Joshi

    A signboard seen from the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in Arunachal Pradesh in a picture dated November 11, 2009. (Adnan Abidi /REUTERS)
    books
    Updated on Apr 8, 2023 07:39 IST

    Defence indigenisation can’t happen overnight

    Speaking in Pune in January, army chief General Manoj Pande said that the ongoing conflict had brought to the fore “the impact of asymmetric warfare, potential of information warfare, digital resilience, weaponisation of the economic mechanism, communications redundancy, space-based systems and many more — all driven by technological prowess.” (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 9, 2023 02:28 IST

    US-China relation is at an inflection point

    The US knows China has the capacity to play catch up in the semiconductor sector. So, its strategy is to delay Chinese advances (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 4, 2023 03:44 IST

    What a third Xi term means for India

    People watch an outdoor screen showing the live speech of Chinese President Xi Jinping, October 16, 2022 (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 16, 2022 15:05 IST

    New CDS will have to hit the ground running

    General Anil Chauhan has all the qualifications for the job. His career includes serving as army commander of the Eastern Command, director-general of military operations and military adviser to the National Security Council Secretariat (PIB)
    opinion
    Updated on Sep 30, 2022 14:25 IST

    The delay in appointing a new CDS is disappointing

    In his 2019 Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came up with the surprise announcement of a CDS who would be the permanent chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) and principal adviser to the defence minister. He would administer all tri-service organisations, including those of cyber and space, and also be the military adviser to the Nuclear Command Authority. (Manish Swarup/HT PHOTO)
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 12, 2022 12:42 IST

    US needs to bridge its deep social cleavages

    The US possesses enormous geopolitical and technological power. But even a country as unique as the US will get no free pass to get there (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 6, 2022 16:12 IST

    Of victory and defeat in the Russia-Ukraine war

    The “special military operation” was carried out without regard for the civilian population. Cities have been devastated and millions made refugees. But, by the measure of its initial claim, the Russian operation has failed. 
    opinion
    Updated on May 18, 2022 14:34 IST

    Why Beijing finds itself in a geopolitical obstacle race

    The biggest cost that China is paying is that it remains closed off from the world. Even as barriers are being lowered elsewhere, China finds itself caught in a bind. 
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 31, 2022 17:13 IST

    Breaking with Russia on defence is difficult

    The Russian arms industry is in the cross-hairs of the Americans, and Delhi and Moscow will have to come up with solutions to keep the relationship going. One move would be to revert to the old rupee-ruble trade. 
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 8, 2022 14:28 IST

    Reveal India’s nuclear command structure

    What is NCA’s succession plan in the event of a nuclear strike that takes out Lutyens Delhi and the entire CCS? (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 22, 2022 14:00 IST

    The 1971 war: India won the battle, but couldn’t go all the way

    The politico-military machinery that gave us the splendid victory in the East did not do it in the West, and then again in Simla. And we’re still facing the ramifications of that. (FILE PHOTO)
    opinion
    Updated on Dec 23, 2021 18:08 IST

    Is the India-China conflict intractable?

    India may be weaker than China, but it is strong enough to ensure that any conflict would be mutually destructive. The modus vivendi of the kind that operated between 1990-2020 looks difficult. But cooperation in some managed form offers advantages to both (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 14, 2021 13:06 IST

    The China-Bhutan border deal should worry India

    In South Asia, China sees Bhutan, where it does not yet have an embassy, as the last frontier. So far, Thimphu has successfully walked the tightrope between its two giant neighbours, even while making it clear that it would not like to play New Delhi off against Beijing (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 19, 2021 13:26 IST
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