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India’s strategic blind spots

India’s strategic blind spots

At 92, Narendra Vohra is strapping fit in body and mind. He is the most experienced and versatile bureaucrat India has produced. What K Subrahmanyam,...

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Ashok K Mehta

Inadequate Funding and Lack of Interaction of Political and Army Leadership Make India Less Safe

Listen to this article: UK defence minister John Healey and armed forces minister Al Carns resigned this month as they felt the country had become...

24.06.2026 20

The Wire

Ashok K. Mehta

Delhi courts Nepal’s new political forces

By extending a warm reception to Lamichhane, New Delhi underscored its determination to maintain momentum in bilateral ties amid political transitions...

10.06.2026 20

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Ashok K Mehta

India’s strategic autonomy needs a reset

New Delhi’s carefully cultivated policy of balancing competing powers is facing unprecedented stress. The larger question is whether India’s...

27.05.2026 30

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Ashok K Mehta

India’s Trincomalee gambit

Nearly four decades after the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord first envisioned Trincomalee as a strategic pillar of regional cooperation, India and Sri Lanka...

13.05.2026 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Nepal’s ‘Ghanti’ govt rings in change

With sweeping arrests, bold administrative resets, and a charged geopolitical backdrop involving the United States, China, and India, Nepal stands at...

28.04.2026 50

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Ashok K Mehta

The book that wasn’t: Silence, strategy, & security

It is necessary to revive the vital issue of national security suppressed, presumably at the behest of the government, by former COAS Gen MM...

14.04.2026 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Balen Shah unveils 100-reform agenda

01.04.2026 50

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Ashok K Mehta

Army Bosses’ Views Are Now in Total Sync with the Political Establishment

Listen to this article: Lately, Service Chiefs have been praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi especially his strategic acumen and guidance during...

25.02.2026 50

The Wire

Ashok K Mehta

Gagan Thapa’s bloodless coup rocks Nepal

05.02.2026 40

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Ashok K Mehta

IPKF honoured: A long-delayed correction

21.01.2026 50

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Ashok K Mehta

Nepal elections: Litmus test for Gen Z

07.01.2026 50

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Ashok K Mehta

Agniveer and the broken Gorkha legacy

12.12.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

The return of homegrown terror

26.11.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Nepal: Will the elections be held on time?

14.11.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Taliban 2.0: The phoenix of Pashtun power

29.10.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Op Sindoor aftermath: A dangerous drift

15.10.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Gen Z sparks a digital revolution in Nepal

30.09.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Gen Z’s quake that shook Nepal

17.09.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Thailand in turmoil: Lessons for India

03.09.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Forgotten Battles and Unfinished Memorials

20.08.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Books, Battles and Bureaucracy

06.08.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Book Review | History In Motion: Razeen Sally’s Journey Through Sri Lanka’s Past And Present

In his book "Return to Sri Lanka – Travels in a Paradoxical Island," Razeen Sally skillfully blends the narrative styles of George Orwell...

15.07.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

A Diplomatic Victory for Nepal’s Arzu Rana

09.07.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Valour and Legacy: Remembering the Gorkha Heroes on VC Day

25.06.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Debate on India’s defence doctrine

10.06.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

A silent triumph or strategic gamble?

27.05.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Modi pauses war, raises stakes

13.05.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

The endless war for Kashmir

30.04.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta

Saluting the Gorkha spirit

15.04.2025 40

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Ashok K Mehta

Nepal: The struggle to restore monarchy

01.04.2025 30

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Ashok K Mehta