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The writer is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London. The views expressed here are personal.
    A woman runs from a house thats on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | If Ukraine war goes on, no return to status...

    We can only hope that the present doesn't emulate the past to make the future murkier, darker and dirtier

    29 Jun 2022 7:15 AM IST

    Civilian volunteers attend a training camp of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 21, 2022. (/Felipe Dana/AP File)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Arms and the West: Global effect of the war in...

    The ongoing European conflict is a grand opportunity for the arms makers, suppliers and middlemen to make their mega...

    15 Jun 2022 11:47 PM IST

    Union minister of state for food and public distribution system, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, stated in Lok Sabha that in terms of rice, Punjab had contributed 135.89 LMTs while Telangana contributed 94.57 LMTs. (Representational image: PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Wheat, famine, starvation: Some lessons for...

    Like the 1770 famine which heralded the West's arrival on Indian soil, the British departure from the East too saw the...

    25 May 2022 12:55 AM IST

    Pope Francis. (AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine poses a big crisis for political'...

    Political empires and the papacy of course don't sail in the same boat any longer, as was the case in the Middle Ages in...

    11 May 2022 12:18 AM IST

    India uses a lot of imported weaponry - traditionally mostly of Russian make, now increasingly American. (Representational Image/ PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Arms bazar now arrives at Delhi's doorstep,...

    It is well known that there's no full stop in defence and diplomacy in any era

    31 March 2022 11:25 PM IST

    Both the First and the Second World Wars, in terms of their human tragedy, stands as the best example till today. (Representational Image/ AFP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | War and peace in Europe: Arms sellers real...

    War is a good time to create wealth and ensure healthy balance sheets

    9 March 2022 3:29 AM IST

    NewsA large chunk of urban India remains clueless about our border regions. (Representational Image/AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stand firm at Siachen: No question of glacier...

    In the light of the suggestions by Gen. M.M. Naravane and a former foreign secretary, let us revisit the entire question...

    9 Feb 2022 1:23 AM IST

    Indian Army tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Tso lake region, in Ladakh along the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | From Pangong to Delhi... Dragon's dagger...

    More hostility should be anticipated, not just of the military kind at the border

    14 Jan 2022 1:31 AM IST

    People hold candles as they pay tribute to late Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who was killed along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Amid IAF tragedy, a look back at air safety...

    Without passing comment or being judgmental, let's examine some cases of flight safety failures around the world and in...

    15 Dec 2021 2:09 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Fire in water: China in big Indian Ocean push

    CPC has moved on to its mega snow-to-sea drive after completing its land, trade, commerce, banking and telecom...

    3 Dec 2021 7:52 AM IST

    India has developed the required shipbuilding skills, undoubtedly, but this needs to be combined with timely delivery for the Indian Navys operational preparedness. Representational Image (PTI)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stealth ships to give fillip to Indian Navy's...

    The West has been forced to do an about-turn

    15 Nov 2021 1:34 AM IST

    The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)Opinion
    Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Is the Dragon's national neurosis at a new...

    Today, a fearful and apprehensive world awaits its fate at the hands of the CPC

    22 Oct 2021 2:41 AM IST

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