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Raja Menon
The writer, a former rear admiral in the navy, is author of ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’.
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How the Indian Navy can secure its sea lanesSubscriber Only
February 12,2024 07:55:15 AM
A beginning can be made by permitting a true power projection aircraft carrier of about 80,000 tonnes because without it, we may be overwhelmed in our waters
Mon, Feb 12, 2024
How India’s new naval base at Andamans will force Beijing to reassess its strategySubscriber Only
March 14,2023 06:59:34 AM
The downstream effect will be seen in the coming years when China begins to treat India as an equal, because again, tactical calculation will make the truth obvious in Beijing
Tue, Mar 21, 2023
India must update its security strategy and shed obsession with PakistanSubscriber Only
February 23,2023 07:45:05 AM
Delhi must adopt an oceanic military strategy to check Beijing
Thu, Feb 23, 2023
Why Beijing’s rising maritime clout calls for a joint India-Japan nuclear submarine projectSubscriber Only
December 23,2022 06:38:11 AM
Raja Menon writes: QUAD only brings a smile to Xi Jinping’s face knowing it is not a military organisation. An Indo-Japanese nuclear submarine project with both countries operating nuclear submarines in the South China sea would convert that smile into a frown of worry.
Fri, Dec 23, 2022
Russia-Ukraine: Lessons from a seven-month warSubscriber Only
October 07,2022 03:59:30 AM
Raja Menon writes: The Ukraine conflict reshapes battlefield, challenges understanding of victory and defeat.
Fri, Oct 07, 2022
A fatal friendship with BeijingSubscriber Only
April 18,2022 03:30:10 AM
Raja Menon writes: China's intervention has proved disastrous for the economies of Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Mon, Apr 18, 2022
What Quad can learn from NATO’s blundersSubscriber Only
March 18,2022 04:00:19 AM
Raja Menon writes: West failed to read Putin's ambitions and downgraded NATO. The mistake should not be repeated.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
India dithered over projecting naval power. Now it’s been pushed to the sidelines of the Indo-PacificSubscriber Only
September 24,2021 03:50:52 AM
Raja Menon writes: With nuclear submarine technology, Australia has now been catapulted into a frontline state against Chinese aggression, something that India can only dream of, despite its massive army.
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
This is how Indian defence can really deter ChinaSubscriber Only
July 24,2021 04:00:53 AM
Not by throwing expensive manpower at the problem, but by giving bigger roles to the navy and air force and downsizing the army by 200,000 men
Sat, Jul 24, 2021
To be taken seriously, Quad needs military heft, not desultory naval exercisesSubscriber Only
November 28,2020 03:30:12 AM
With a desultory Quad naval exercise, once a year of a few ships, Beijing will only be amused that a “threat” exists to its ambition to become a global power.
Sat, Nov 28, 2020
A new strategy, combining diplomatic and military means, is needed to counter BeijingSubscriber Only
September 17,2020 03:00:21 AM
What China wants is Indian acceptance of Beijing’s benign superiority, and that is a purely Chinese trait, not to be confused with the known rules of international diplomacy.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
There is no need to get paranoid about the overall Sino-Indian relationship as a result of Galwan face-offSubscriber Only
June 20,2020 02:30:34 AM
We should treat it as a learning incident and train our infantry to dominate the PLA in an unarmed encounter, while simultaneously working on the boundary issue
Sat, Jun 20, 2020
Define your environmentSubscriber Only
July 12,2019 00:07:28 AM
There is something the new government needs to do before making foreign policy
Fri, Jul 12, 2019
Needed: A 25-year horizonSubscriber Only
December 07,2018 00:30:58 AM
With China’s rise, India needs to start formulating strategic and defence needs for the future
Fri, Dec 07, 2018
A question of capabilitySubscriber Only
September 28,2016 00:22:34 AM
After Uri, a replay of a 2001 predicament.
Wed, Sep 28, 2016
The Strategic ImperativeSubscriber Only
April 13,2016 00:05:38 AM
Benefits outweigh costs of India, US intimacies
Wed, Apr 13, 2016
Don’t Just Thump The TableSubscriber Only
August 21,2015 00:39:20 AM
NSA-level talks between India-Pak provide apt forum for issue of nuclear stability.
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
Boxed in by PakistanSubscriber Only
September 06,2014 00:56:01 AM
India has the options. It needs the imagination
Sat, Sep 06, 2014Not the border,nor the oceanSubscriber Only
April 12,2013 02:19:34 AM
For India-China ties,Chinas nuclear assistance to Pakistan is the real problem
Fri, Apr 12, 2013The stealth queenSubscriber Only
April 06,2012 03:31:37 AM
INS Chakra shows the significance of nuclear attack submarines
Fri, Apr 06, 2012Turfed out of our own backyardSubscriber Only
November 02,2009 02:54:08 AM
In all the world,the Indian Navy is one of just two navies still growing. The other is the Chinese Navy. It is no accident that the rise of...
Mon, Nov 02, 2009Isle of contentionSubscriber Only
September 29,2009 00:02:41 AM
How Mountbatten resisted all the wily British plans to hold on to the Andaman and Nicobar islands...
Tue, Sep 29, 2009Were not racing anywhere,PakistanSubscriber Only
August 19,2009 04:18:03 AM
The INS Arihant nuclear-powered submarine,yet to get its missiles,has been a long time a-coming,as the old Eartha Kitt song goes. But its been worth the wait.
Wed, Aug 19, 2009Slowdown effect: fauji kin find soldiers uniform fashionable,againSubscriber Only
June 11,2009 03:42:23 AM
The global economic downturn has its share of positives too: it seems to have played a constructive role in reviving the patriotic streak in the citys youth.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009Between AFMC,Command Hospital,a ride that rattles bonesSubscriber Only
June 03,2009 05:52:19 AM
With the rains only days away,authorities claim the condition of most of the roads in the city is okay,leaving motorists hopeful of a hassle-free monsoon.
Wed, Jun 03, 2009Journalism of Courage
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