NEW DELHI: After a long, long wait, India has finally got its first Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS). On January 1, former Army Chief General Bipin Rawat took charge of the post that has the rank of a Four Star General with the salary and perks admissible to that of a Service Chief. So what […]Read More
COLOMBO: Seeking to allay India’s apprehensions ahead of his first scheduled trip abroad as Sri Lankan President—to New Delhi this week—Gotabaya Rajapaksa has a reassurance to offer. We will work with India as a friendly country and won’t do anything that will harm India’s interests, he told Nitin A. Gokhale, Editor-in-Chief of BharatShakti.in and StratNewsGlobal, […]Read More
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi on January 15, 2020. They will review the guidelines set following President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s summit meeting in Vladivostok on September 4-5, 2019. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to travel to Moscow for […]Read More
Song and dance play an important role in the tribal culture of South Sudan. In this video in the Presidential Complex in the capital, Juba, Dinka tribe members celebrate the appointment of two Governors. South Sudan is the world’s newest country, gaining independence from Sudan in 2011 as the outcome of a 2005 agreement that […]Read More
Is the Persian Gulf on the brink of war? Talmiz Ahmed, India’s former ambassador to Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, believes none of the protagonists want war. Iran has been weakened by sanctions, Donald Trump has no interest in sending U.S. troops into another conflict. It is conceivable that tensions will die […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Strategic Affairs is our game. South Asia and beyond is our playground. We track international developments. Our Founder Nitin Gokhale and Editor Surya Gangadharan explain what StratNewsGlobal stands for.Read More