Why is Xi’s visit to US important to Trump Raksha Aniverda 21 Sep 2026 The White House has intimated that President Trump will personally receive Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport when he arrives for his state visit on 23rd Sept. This is unprecedented as even Trump was not received by Xi when he visited China in May […]
The Houthis and the Mecca tri-lateral pact MyIndMakers 19 Sept 2026 The US launched Operation Rough Rider against the Houthis, also termed as Ansar Allah, from Mar-May 2025, which involved over a thousand strikes, resulting in the Houthis expending most of their munitions, in retaliation. The US had targeted the Houthis in response to attacks on their shipping in […]
India is in a unique position Raksha Anirveda 16 Sept 2026 India has been insisting that ongoing conflicts of Ukraine and Iran must end. It has been reiterating that these can only conclude by dialogue, refusing to take sides. In Kiev, answering questions on why India continues to procure Russian oil, Jaishankar mentioned, ‘It (the war) will not be […]
Wars are linked but will America act The Statesman 15 Sep 2026 The ongoing conflicts, Ukraine and Iran, may be distant from each other but both appear linked in some manner. Both have impacted the global economy, including enhancing costs of oil and grains. Refineries have given emphasis on refining crude for rather than for heavy fuel oil used […]
What if Iran joins the Mecca Pact Raksha Anirveda 02 Sep 2026 The Mecca Pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia has been in the limelight since it was inked. It was announced as a pact akin to Article 5 of NATO, wherein an attack on one was considered as an attack on all. Even NATO has not invoked […]
Mecca pact and implications for India The Excelsior 31 Aug 2026 The Middle East has always been a volatile region with conflicts, a mix of governments, oil and non-oil states as also a clash between sects and religions. The US, which possesses nine bases in the region with a multitude of temporary bases has been the net security provider. […]
UAS and missile warfare cannot enforce surrenders Raksha Anirveda 25 Aug 2026 There are lessons being drawn on changing nature of warfare based on employment of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in ongoing conflicts. These include imaginative use of UAS, which impacted movement on the battlefield as also supply of logistics in the Ukraine war. Most innovations by Ukraine are […]
Trump’s love for dictators flows from his frustration The Statesman 25 Aug 2026 Failure of his Gaza peace plan, largely due to refusal of accepting it in the present format by Netanyahu, who is soon to face elections, and Iran refusing to bend and accept US’s diktat, despite heavy bombing is making Trump, who considered himself the most powerful […]
Why the Mecca pact MyInd.net 17 Sept 2026 Saudi Arabia had been seeking a NATO type pact with the US for the past few years. In Sept 2019, its oil facilities were struck by multiple missile attacks, temporarily reducing oil output by over 5 million barrels per day, the first indicator, in recent times, that the nation is vulnerable […]
Blocking the straits Raksha Anirveda 04 Aug 2026 One of Trump’s current end states in his conflict with Iran is restoring the Straits of Hormuz to its pre-war condition. Quitting the conflict, while permitting Iran to retain control of the straits as also charging for vessels transiting, is not an option. The straits were free and open before Trump […]