The accompanying excerpted articles look at India’s recent security cooperation efforts in Central Asia vis-à-vis China and Pakistan and provide some context for how India might continue to work with…
The Iranian government increasingly seeks to brand itself as a nanotechnology powerhouse. It hosts annual internationalnanotechnology exhibitions, encourages university nanotech programs, and regularly reports on the latest nanotech developments—everything from…
When Shavkat Mirziyoyev became President of Uzbekistan following the death of Islam Karimov in 2016, the Russian government believed it had an opportunity to establish a better partnership with Uzbekistan…
In late 2020, Indian officials announced that the Mountain Strike Corps (XVII Corps), will not be filled to its previously planned strength of three infantry divisions. Instead it will consist…
The Indian government’s defense expenditures have notably increased over the past few years, including the Indian armed forces making a number of fast-track acquisitions of weapons and equipment in response…
On 28 January, Singapore’s reputed mainstream publication straitstimes.com, detailed the radicalization process of a 16-year old Singaporean. According to the article, the youth, who was a Christian of Indian descent,…
Enemies Will Be Destroyed with Missile Power OE Watch Commentary: The Iranian military has made its missile program a pillar of its asymmetrical warfare program. While Iranian small boats and…
On 14 December 2020, Turkey became the first NATO-member to be subject to the CAATSA sanctions, due to its purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia. It became…
The Indian Armed Forces established its Mountain Strike Corps a couple of years ago as part of an effort to have a few divisions capable of operating in mountainous terrain…
The accompanying excerpted article from Izvestia discusses Russian plans to put a naval base in Sudan. Although a formal agreement has yet to be signed, it appears that the broad…