Refuge from the sinking islands
Tuvalu is a small island nation in the South Pacific and home to about 10,000 people. It is likely to be under water in less than 70 years. Due to…
Eurasian Economic Union
India is set to formalise a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union, clearing the decks for negotiations on deepening trade relations with the five former Soviet republics. The…
Cyprus: Divided island
An island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon,…
Caucasus
The Caucasus is a region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian seas. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, which contain Europe's highest…
Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor
Negotiations on the stalled Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor are set to resume next week in Kolkata. The BCIM economic corridor is an ambitious undertaking that hopes to connect Kolkata with…
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP)
Recently, the US dropped the most destructive non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat on an alleged target of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. The bomb, officially known as…
Yangshan islands
Atop a hill — a part of the Yangshan islands in the East China Sea — a panoramic view of a vast deep water port opens out, which serves as…
MoUs signed between India and Bangladesh
– MoU on Defence Cooperation Framework. – MoU between India’s Defence Services Staff College and Dhaka’s Defence Services Command and Staff College for Enhancing Cooperation in the Field of Strategic…
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) & Golden Crescent
One of Asia's two main opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 950,000 square kilometres (367,000 sq mi) that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and…
Piracy attack in Gulf of Aden
Amidst the increasing tensions between New Delhi and Beijing over Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s ongoing visit to the border state of Arunachal Pradesh, the navies of the two countries…