Representative Image Wix AI 22 November The Trump Peace Plan for Ending Ukraine War Risks The basic flaw of the Plan as it is a sweeping attempt to equate the aggressor and the victim while emasculating not just Ukraine but also European Union and NATO – which has held peace on the Continent so far through the powerful shield of deterrence. Yet NATO or the EU members have not been consulted with the US possibly acting as an arbitrator on their behalf without their knowing. I

Kharkhiv Source Wix Media At best, the 28 Point Peace Plan [Plan] that has been developed by the United States principal negotiating team could be seen as a trial ballon. At its worst, undermining the edifice of the principles of the UN Charter for resorting to war and blaming the victim for the so far interminable cycle of violence which has led to millions of uniformed and civilians killed in the so called, “Special Military Operation,” by Russia. The Peace Plan though not

CNS FUJIAN SOURCE CHINA MILITARY   On 05 November days after attending the Asia Pacific Economic Community [APEC] summit and meeting with the US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning  and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian (Hull 18), China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in South China's Hainan province. The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian province. The aircraft carrier Fuj

Xi Jinping at the Inauguration of Fujian Aircraft Carrier Five core themes identified in the Fourth Plenum for the PLA were absolute loyalty to the Party, enhancing combat power, innovation, civil military fusion and 2027, 2025 and 2050 steps to a World class military. While unceremonious sacking of nine senior generals of the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] including a Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission [CMC] was much in the limelight just before the Fourth Plen

Amidst challenges to political and trade relations India and the US defence relations are on a positive track. Here is a list of recent events that denote that politics may not be impacting defence cooperation so far.   Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh met with US Secretary of War Mr Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting - Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 31, 2025.  The two signed the ‘framework for the US-India

Reprsentative Image of a Thermonuclear Explosion by Wix AI In the last fortnight or so, two events as diverse as they can be once again reminded the World of the apocalypse of a nuclear war. One lesser-known release, perhaps, in strategic circles was the political thriller “A House of Dynamite” by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, which traced a scenario of a nuclear weapon headed for the United States Mainland. In the perilous world we live in today, fiction i

Representative Gemini AI Generated Image In the realist decade of the 21st Century, zero sum traps were not unexpected. At the apex geopolitical level, China and the United States are in an announced G2—this was most famously stated by US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in South Korea last week. The US China competition and conflict scenario is naturally reflected across the world, and South Asia is also impacted by this phenomenon. As the least in

Representative Image Created by Wix AI Pakistan's internal challenges underline the limitations of a hybrid regime far removed from the...

India United States relations are in a trough, that is a “Known” yet unacknowledged fact now. The engagement between New Delhi and...

Representative Image Wix AI of Kunar EQ Taliban’s policy of isolation from the World in all vectors from universal human rights to...