Both New Delhi and Washington will have to think creatively and realistically to maintain the momentum in the relationship.

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Lloyd Austin’s message foregrounds one of the key priorities of the Biden administration for the military.

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Media reports suggest that the Biden administration had first proposed such a meeting.

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The Pew Research Center survey shows significant public support for China push-back, especially when it comes to human rights.

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The Interim National Security Strategic Guidance is refreshingly direct. But how the Biden administration puts it to action remains an open question.

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Saudi Arabia and Myanmar offer early glimpses of how U.S. foreign policy under the new administration could shape up.

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Admiral Phil Davidson’s March 1 address presents a robust plan to deter China in the Indo-Pacific – at least on paper.

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India’s participation in the Desert Flag VI provides an additional data point illustrating the country’s deepening defense ties with Middle Eastern powers.

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Though the United States has enthusiastically jumped on the hypersonics bandwagon, key questions about the capability remain.

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Recorded Future, a private intelligence firm, claims that a Chinese state-backed entity systematically targeted multiple load dispatch points to strategic ends.

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The sudden announcement comes weeks after Chinese and Indian forces began their military disengagement in eastern Ladakh.

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As the ten-month long standoff in Ladakh inches toward resolution, both sides are eager to score domestic points.

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A PLA Daily article noted that two officers and three soldiers have received military honors for their performance during the June 15 clash – four of them posthumously.

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While Moscow and Tehran continue to publicly signal their growing convergence, there is more to the relationship than what meets the eye.

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Beyond flowery rhetoric and arms deals, New Delhi has extremely valid reasons to keep relations with Moscow on an even keel.

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The Biden administration is highly unlikely to continue with Trump’s maximalist nuclear modernization plans.

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The move comes amid a visible push by the Biden administration to meet the China challenge.

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Rajnath Singh’s speech at the upper house of the Indian parliament described a plan to create a buffer zone in the north bank of Pangong Lake.

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While New Delhi remains committed to the grouping as of now, the future could bring unpleasant surprises.

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If the PLA statement and media reports hold, the disengagement would mark a first, crucial step toward ending the nine-month standoff in Ladakh.

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“America’s most strident decouplers are no longer in the White House, but China’s own are still hard at work,” Luke Patey warned The Diplomat.

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V.K. Singh’s statement is likely to complicate New Delhi’s negotiating stance when it comes to resolving the Ladakh crisis.

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The 16th edition of Yudh Abhyas is the third time in the last four months that Indian and U.S. militaries have exercised together.

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How long can an uneasy peace between the two, forced through narrow self-interest, persist?

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USS John S. McCain had also transited through the Taiwan Strait on February 4.

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The FIR followed a day of intense social media campaigning by pro-government voices in India, while a February 3 MEA statement continues to raise questions.

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Other celebrities also spoke out against the Modi government’s handling of the farmers’ agitation, unleashing a social media war – and a government overreaction.

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The Rajapaksa government’s decision to renege on a 2019 agreement that also involved Japan comes at a time when New Delhi seeks to up its neighborhood game.

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It is highly unlikely the four Quad countries would be able to converge on a common course of action after the February 1 coup.

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