How India 'rewrote' Pakistan's nuclear doctrine in 2025Pakistan used nuclear ambiguity to deter even limited Indian action and shield sub-conventional warfare. Operation Sindoor altered this bal...
27 Dec, 2025, 04.40 PM IST
Could a giant nuclear bomb save the climate? One engineer thinks so, sparks viral debateAndy Haverly, a 25-year-old software engineer with no formal climate science training, has proposed detonating the world’s most powerful nu...
12 Jun, 2025, 05.36 PM IST
CDS General Anil Chauhan reveals how India bounced back from initial jet loss to hit critical targets in PakistanChief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan confirmed for the first time that fighter jets were lost during Operation Sindoor in early May. In ...
01 Jun, 2025, 09.30 AM IST
Don't seek prolonged wars as they impact economy: CDS Anil ChauhanProlonged military mobilizations strain economies and impede national progress, according to General Chauhan at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Wh...
31 May, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
India-Pakistan face-off: Nuclear expert draws up likely scenarios as war clouds gatherAmid rising India-Pakistan tensions, nuclear expert Hans Kristensen has suggested that current hostilities don't directly threaten nuclear ...
08 May, 2025, 01.48 PM IST
China wants to prevent Ukraine crisis from getting out of controlOn the one-year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine on Feb. 24, China called for a comprehensive ceasefire to the fighting and gradual d...
24 Feb, 2023, 10.05 AM IST
View: 2023 could be anything, from boom year to crashIndia will not be able to choose its policy stance in 2023; it will have to react to a very volatile global situation. In a best-case scena...
02 Jan, 2023, 06.09 AM IST
What's Vladimir Putin thinking? Tough to know for nuclear analystsThe White House has warned of "catastrophic consequences for Russia" if Vladimir Putin goes nuclear. But whether that will stay Putin's han...
04 Oct, 2022, 12.39 PM IST
West, Russia mull nuclear steps in a 'more dangerous' worldThe default U.S. policy answer, say some architects of the post-Cold War nuclear order, is with discipline and restraint. That could entail...
02 Apr, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
What might happen if Russia-Ukraine war spreads to a Nato countryOn March 13, Russian aircraft reportedly fired rockets at the Yavoriv International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, 20km from Ukraine...
20 Mar, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
Ukraine war: what are the risks that Russia will turn to its nuclear arsenal?Just days before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia and its ally Belarus engaged in nuclear exercises. In announcing the invasion itself, Puti...
02 Mar, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
View: This nuclear arms race is worse than the last oneOne of the most frightening is nuclear war. Unfortunately, the risk of that happening keeps rising.
18 Jun, 2020, 08.16 PM IST
View: To escalate or not? This is Modi’s zugzwang momentThere is a way to resolve the situation. India and Pak can both escalate, not via military actions, via optics.
03 Mar, 2019, 05.50 PM IST
View: Why peace between India and Pakistan will remain illusoryThese conservative monarchies extended this support in full knowledge that the attack took place in J&K and had been claimed by the JeM, wh...
02 Mar, 2019, 11.11 PM IST
Air strike to avenge Pulwama is appropriate, but do not rule out escalationWhat is clear is that Indian aircraft entered Pakistan air space with impunity and returned to base safely without any challenge by the Pak...
27 Feb, 2019, 12.39 PM IST
Be cautious while dealing with India: Pakistan's ex-defence secretariesPakistan's ex-defence secretaries have warned the government to be careful in dealing with India because they do not see a radical shift in...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.55 PM IST
Why Modi needs to play the chicken game with PakistanChina supports Pakistan, America needs Pakistan for Afghanistan reasons, and all diplomatic manoeuvring on this subject is just theatre.
26 Sep, 2016, 02.13 AM IST