Iran is unpredictable in its policies, driven by its sense of being the ethnic Persian Shia power in a sea of Sunni Arab countries. That explains its support for Iraq, Syria’s ruling Alawites and non state actors like Yemen’s Houthis or Hezbollah, says former diplomat Dilip Sinha on The Gist. The exception here is Hamas, […]Read More
National security looks at capabilities and capabilities could be technologies, either old or new but traditionally it’s a combination of both, says Anshuman Tripathi, Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB). Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale on ‘The Gist’, he said technology is supposed to augment human capabilities, be a force-multiplier but it […]Read More
The Himalayan Frontier: documenting the China and Pakistan two-front threat. A series of ground reports and interviews with the Chiefs of the Army Staff, Air Force, and Border Roads Organisations (BRO) on all three military service operations in Eastern Ladakh and Siachen. Only on StratNews Global. Our Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Nitin Gokhale interviews General Manoj […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by Arabinda Rajkhowa recently signed a tripartite peace accord with Centre and Assam Government. According to the deal, ULFA has agreed to give up violence, disarm and disband the insurgent group and join the democratic process. However, a faction of the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sheikh Hasina has taken oath as prime minister of Bangladesh for the fourth consecutive term after winning a landslide in the 12th general elections, the fairness of which has been questioned by the Opposition and the West alike. The U.S State Department has said that the elections were ‘not free and fair’. “The […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Talks with China are continuing at both military and diplomatic levels but we are also maintaining a robust posture along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says Army Chief General Manoj Pande. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Gen. Pande also answered questions about the controversy surrounding the […]Read More
The waters around the Horn of Africa are notorious for piracy and for many years a coalition of nations have stationed their naval vessels there to provide security for cargo ships, now something else is brewing in these waters which could trigger a war between two countries Somalia and its breakaway western half called Somaliland. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Last week the Central Statistical Office (CSO) forecast that India would close the current fiscal year with a very impressive growth of 7.3%. This is just weeks after RBI surprise everyone by raising its forecast for the current fiscal year from 6.5 to 7%. Even more surprising is that RBI did not change […]Read More
NEW DELHI: In this edition of the Gist, Two people from extremely diverse fields spoke on the recently concluded elections in Bangladesh, which brought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to power for the fourth consecutive term. The polls, boycotted by the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, were described as […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Has growing proximity between Russia and China and India’s greater engagement with the United States strained the India-Russia bilateral relationship? Both India and Russia might have special relationships with other partners but we can be sure about India and you can be sure about Russia that it’s a choice by us and by […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s policy in Tibet will come under scrutiny at the United Nations this month as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR, according to Dr Gyal Lo, sociologist and Canada-based Tibetan activist, is done every four years and covers all UN member states. For Tibetans, it is a look forward to […]Read More
Pirates Are Leveraging The Houthi Attacks For Their Benefit’ This may appear unprecedented, but the Indian Navy has five of its frontline warships deployed in the Arabian Sea and near the piracy infested waters of Somalia and civil war torn Yemen. Former naval veteran Capt DK Sharma told StratNews Global that their presence was made […]Read More
UDHAMPUR, J&K: More than three years and a half after the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh began, the “situation is stable but sensitive and not normal,” says Northern Army Commander Lt Gen. Upendra Dwivedi. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. […]Read More
The Houthis have carried out 23 attacks since Dec 19 on ships they claimed were enroute to Israel. It is their way of demonstrating support for Gaza’s Palestinians. In the process, they disrupted the flow of commerce through the Red Sea forcing merchant vessels to take the longer and more costly route around Africa. Watch […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Next week, Rajnath Singh is scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom, and he will be the first Indian defence minister to do so in 22 years. “Till now, the focus of both countries has been on trade; the defence minister’s visit to the UK is an attempt to correct this, put more […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For the last few weeks, the Indian stock markets have been on a tear. The Sensex has progressively logged new peaks. Similarly, the other index, Nifty, too has been outperforming itself. India’s investor base grew by a fifth to 8.5 crore in December 2023. This prompted Uday Kotak, the former big boss of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The peace accord signed by Home Minister Amit Shah and the Arabinda Rajkhowa faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in New Delhi on December 29 brings a sense of closure to the decade- old conflict between the militant outfit and the government. In this episode of The Gist, Dr Samudra […]Read More
NEW DELHI: From Kyaukpyu and Chittagong ports on India’s eastern seaboard to Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Gwadar in Pakistan, China has strategically invested all along this country’s maritime borders, with serious implications says Alok Bansal, former naval officer who has been writing and researching on India’s neighbourhood. He was on The Gist talking about […]Read More
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow last week would have been an opportunity to update himself on the Ukraine war, specifically how the Russians see it and whether peace is on the horizon. In this chat on The Gist, Ambassador Pankaj Saran, head of the Natstrat thinktank and former deputy national […]Read More
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