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The New World Order Isn’t Coming—It’s Already Here

The world isn't shaped by accident. It's designed with...

‘Micron’ Calls Putin: France Attempts Foreign Policy

The first direct contact between the two leaders in...

India at the Crossroads of Regional Geopolitical Churning

India is facing a turbulent geopolitical landscape. Shifting alliances,...

Optics, Operations, and the Kill Chain: Lessons for India in a Theatre of Unpredictable Warfare

The modern conflict has entered a new paradigm—one shaped...

Op Pawan – LTTE and IPKF – When Everything Went Perfectly… Wrong

"Many modern-day Metternich and other advocates of realpolitik justify a militarist or power-centred approach to international politics on the ground that the nations, like...

OP Pawan: Infantry in the Crossfire

It was a dirty war. The Force was inducted for Peace Keeping. It soon turned into Peace Enforcing, and all hell broke loose. We...

75 Years of Independence: Contribution of the IPKF in Sri Lanka – No Bugles Blew

The period from the last week of Jul till 15 Aug 22 has seen some interesting and emotionally loaded events, in the Indian military...

Who will bring the remains of Indian Army dead soldiers from Sri Lanka?

The island of erstwhile Ceylon, because of its diverse flora, fauna, rainforest landscapes, scenic highlands and sandy beaches, and above all the overtly friendly...

Intelligence failures during Operation Pawan and the lessons for India

India's engagement in Sri Lanka in July 1987 was the country's first foreign deployment outside of the UN charter since independence. When this operation is...