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Anil Trigunayat The disintegration of the Soviet Union was cataclysmic for the international order. The demise of the Soviet Union led to the supremacy of the remaining hyperpower, the United States of America. It also led to the end of…
TK Arun Reviled by many for creating a geopolitical disaster and precipitating the fall of the Soviet Union, he deserves credit for drawing the curtains on make-believe Communism and opening up the possibility of redeeming socialism from its Soviet travesty.…
Anil Triguanyat Hapless Libyans who hoped and dreamt for a ‘New Libya’ became the victims of the militia-backed power seekers in the East and the West and not much talked about the Southern part of Libya. Over a dozen long…
Harsh V. Pant & Kartik Bommakanti The recently concluded military drills by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Taiwan Strait just after the United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in early August reveal a great deal about the…
Harsh V. Pant In this day and age of fluid partnerships among nations, military exercises have played a significant role in signalling intent. Global disruption has given joint military manoeuvres among states a new edge. Who exercises with whom is…
As both India and Pakistan celebrate the 75th anniversary of their independence, unfortunately, Pakistan is identified as the progenitor and a safe haven for terrorism and global terrorists stalking and staring at the world with impunity due to state patronage. Pakistan itself claims to be the victim of terrorism and flashes out statistics to prove it. But it forgets that if you nurture those mercenaries, they will come to bite you back.
Vayu Dev (Wind God) is primordial. It occupies the place of pride in Hindu pantheon having been the very first to receive ‘soma’, the celestial drink. Synonymous with breath (prana) it is the very basis of life on earth as we know it.