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Russia Sidelines India & BRICS — Accelerates “Greater Eurasian Partnership” with ASEAN: OPED

OPED By Ambassador (R) Raghu Gururaj As leaders gathered at the G7 in France last week, Russia was advancing a different map of the world...

F414 “Trap”: After 3X Price Hike, Why Swapping U.S. GE Engines for India’s Tejas Mk-2 & AMCA Won’t Be Easy

Commercial negotiations for the GE F414 engine, selected to power India’s Tejas Mk-2 and the initial variants of AMCA, have hit a serious roadblock....

Turkey’s KAAN Joins India’s AMCA as Yet Another “Indigenous” Fighter Jet To Be Powered by U.S. Engines

Turkey’s “indigenous” KAAN fighter jet will join India’s AMCA, South Korea's KF-21, and Sweden's Gripen to rely on American engines for their aircraft.  The Trump...

“India Out, China In”: U.S. Reverts Indo-Pacific Command to PACOM. What Does it Mean For Delhi?

OPED By Ambassador (R) Raghu Gururaj The reported decision by the Trump administration to revert the US Indo-Pacific Command to its earlier Pacific Command nomenclature...

1st Afghan in Space, Who Recited Quran in Orbit, Dies in German Exile at 67: All About Abdul Ahad Momand

In mid-1988, as Soviet tanks began withdrawing from Afghanistan and crossing to the north side of the Amu Darya (River), a mustached Afghan man...