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India’s 2026-2027 Defence Allocation
India’s 2026-2027 Defence Budget was announced in an environment of a yet to be inked India-US Trade Deal and com much commotion over the book ‘Four Star Destiny’ authored by former Indian Army Chief, General MM NaravanePresenting India’s 2026-2027 Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, did not specifically mention defence allocations; same as on earlier…
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US National Defense Strategy and Iran
The US Department of War published the updated National Defense Strategy (NDS) on 23 January 2026, where it outlined its main objectives and the key lines of effort in the following years. The document gave light into the reasoning for Operation Absolute Resolve (the US intervention in Venezuela capturing its leader) and pointed out where…
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The European Tangle
It is amusing to see the backflip by French President Emanuel Macron from earlier opposing to now supporting Donald Trump’s plan for Greenland and NATO’s role in the Arctic. This is different from Brigitte Macron slapping him in public and Trump advising him how to manage his marital life. Trump would have simply told Macron…
New Zealand and Oceania
