Raja Menon
The writer, a former rear admiral in the navy, is author of ‘A Nuclear Strategy for India’.
Mon, Apr 18, 2022
Raja Menon writes: China's intervention has proved disastrous for the economies of Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
Raja Menon writes: West failed to read Putin's ambitions and downgraded NATO. The mistake should not be repeated.
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
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, Jul 24, 2021
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, Nov 28, 2020
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.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
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.
Sat, Jun 20, 2020
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
Fri, Jul 12, 2019
There is something the new government needs to do before making foreign policy
Fri, Dec 07, 2018
With China’s rise, India needs to start formulating strategic and defence needs for the future
Wed, Sep 28, 2016
After Uri, a replay of a 2001 predicament.
Wed, Apr 13, 2016
Benefits outweigh costs of India, US intimacies
Fri, Aug 21, 2015
NSA-level talks between India-Pak provide apt forum for issue of nuclear stability.
Sat, Sep 06, 2014
India has the options. It needs the imagination
Fri, Apr 12, 2013
For India-China ties,Chinas nuclear assistance to Pakistan is the real problem
Fri, Apr 06, 2012
INS Chakra shows the significance of nuclear attack submarines
Mon, Nov 02, 2009
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...
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
How Mountbatten resisted all the wily British plans to hold on to the Andaman and Nicobar islands...
Wed, Aug 19, 2009
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.
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
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.
Wed, Jun 03, 2009
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.
Mon, Jun 01, 2009
Gaurav Hridaya attributes his fascination for the Armed Forces to the years spent at Rashtriya Indian Military College,Dehra Dun.
Sun, May 31, 2009
The monsoon is just days away and Puneites,especially the 80,000-strong population of the Pune Cantonment...
Mon, May 25, 2009
With the monsoon just days away,the Pune Cantonment Boards plans to ensure a hassle-free rainy season for citizens have hit a snarl.
Wed, May 20, 2009
Around 33 serving officers from the three services,currently posted at the National Defence Academy...
Tue, May 12, 2009
A pleasant surprise awaited those who flew out of the city on Monday as they found themselves being asked to go through the new,spacious departure terminal at the Lohegaon Airport.