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India Cuts UN Funding; Expert Calls To End Peacekeeping Missions Until UNSC Permanent Membership
Amidst India's decision to cut its contributions to the United Nations and other international bodies, a senior member of the Indian national security establishment...
Europe
French A-400M ‘Tests Mettle’ With Indian Navy As It Competes With US C-130J & Brazilian C-390 For IAF Deal
With the American C-130J and Brazilian C-390 Millennium putting more skin in winning the Indian Air Force (IAF) tender for medium transport aircraft, the...
EurAsian Region
India Eyes BrahMos Missile Export To Saudi Arabia; Expert Suggests Su-75 JV Would Fill IAF’s Capability Gap
India promoted its supersonic cruise missile BrahMos – the poster child of its defense exports -- at the recently concluded World Defense Show hosted...
Asia Pacific
Murky Contracts Give China ‘Unrestricted Access’ To Minerals-Rich Afghanistan; Afghan Drug Lords ‘Dance’ With Dragon
By Vaishali Basu Sharma
In an analysis published in the Foreign Policy Magazine, columnist Lynne O’Donnell explains “How an Afghan Drug Kingpin Became Beijing’s Man...
Americas
US DoD Releases Its First Defense Industrial Strategy – Key Lessons For India To Emerge ‘Military Powerhouse’
OPED By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retired)
The US Department of Defence (DoD) released its first National Defence Industrial Strategy (NDIS) in January 2024....