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Beyond the Balancing Act: From Strategic Autonomy to Strategic Consequence

By Sumeer Bhasin 2026-09-12

India’s strategic autonomy must evolve beyond balancing competing powers. The next phase is to build the economic, technological, military and geopolitical gravity that enables India not merely to navigate the global order, but increasingly to shape it. Continue Reading

China’s Grand Strategy Is Running Ahead of India’s

By Rear Admiral Raja Menon (R) 2026-09-01

The first successful example that we have of this is what the US did after the Second World War, when they received a very long telegram from their ambassador in Moscow Continue Reading

The Iran War and Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity

By Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retired) 2026-07-23

The nuclear question over the Iran War focused on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the threat those posed. Continue Reading

Real Tribute to Our Martyrs Begins When the Ceremonies End

By Lt Gen Abhay Krishna, Retd 2026-07-23

Every year as Kargil Vijay Diwas is commemorated across the country, the Nation pauses to remember the extraordinary courage of the soldiers who laid down their lives defending India's sovereignty. Continue Reading

Understanding Iran’s Mosaic Defence Strategy

By Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retired) 2026-07-14

On 01 March, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister described Iran's defence strategy Continue Reading

How Iran outmanoeuvred the US and Israel

By Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retired) 2026-06-30

The Memorandum of Understanding is in place and the kinetic attacks have stopped but below the surface as the region remains on edge. Continue Reading

Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat joins D-Propulse

By Chakra Desk 2026-06-25

Former DRDO chief and one of India's foremost missile scientists Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat has joined the Board of D-Propulse as Chairman. Continue Reading