Chanakya Forum

PM Modi in USA: On the Trajectory of ‘’A MEGA Partnership for Prosperity’’ - https://chanakyaforum.com/pm-modi-in-usa-on-the-trajectory-of-a-mega-partnership-for-prosperity/ - Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington DC at the invitation of US President Donald Trump on 12-13 February, 2025. The visit took place within four weeks of the assumption of Office by President Trump in his Second Term. The first few months after the Inauguration of a US President are normally reserved for visits by USA’s close, strategic allies from Europe, NATO and others. The fact that PM Modi was invited to be one of the first few Heads of State/Government to visit Washington DC (he was preceded by the Israeli and Japanese PMs and the King of Jordan) […]

BORDER GUARDING FORCES NEED ROLE ORIENTED RESTRUCTURING - https://chanakyaforum.com/border-guarding-forces-need-role-oriented-restructuring/ - Reading Time: 5 minutesShri Y B Chavan, the then Union Home Minister piloted the bill for constitution and regulation of Border Security Force. While piloting the bill, he said, the purpose of this force is to ensure the security of borders of India, to ensure and instill a sense of confidence in people living on the borders and to take precautions to see that smuggling and all types of crimes that take place on borders do not take place. Naturally, the requirements of such force are of special type, and we had to take a different type of organisation, a different type of […]

AERO INDIA 2025: SPRINGBOARD TO A BILLION OPPORTUNITIES - https://chanakyaforum.com/aero-india-2025-springboard-to-a-billion-opportunities/ - Reading Time: 5 minutesThe much-awaited 15th Edition of “Aero India 2025” is taking off at the “Yelahanka Air Force Station” on February 10, 2025, in Bengaluru, India’s information technology capital. This event is the largest international air show and aviation expo in Asia. Since 1996, Yelahanka has successfully hosted every edition of the gala event. The first three days are dedicated to business visitors, while the last two days are open to the general public. Aero India is an aerospace and defence exhibition organised once every two years in Bangalore. The event aims to showcase numerous technologies produced in the military and aviation […]

WILL DONALD TRUMP’S MAGIC WAND RESOLVE UKRAINE AND THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN ISSUES ? - https://chanakyaforum.com/will-donald-trumps-magic-wand-resolve-ukraine-and-the-israel-palestinian-issues/ - Reading Time: 5 minutesIn geopolitics the term ‘deep freeze’ is a common phenomenon. Festering issues often go into a state of procrastination by leaders or by circumstances. That is exactly what happened to the war in Ukraine over the last couple of months; the European winter was just incidental.  The war had already been beset by huge attrition of military wherewithal and therefore in a state of stalemate. Public thinking has largely been that the change in US leadership, with promised follow up, would likely affect the Ukraine war like nothing has so far. There has been expectation that President Donald Trump in […]

India-US Ties in Trump 2.0: On a ‘’Bigger, Bolder and More Ambitious’’ Trajectory - https://chanakyaforum.com/india-us-ties-in-trump-2-0-on-a-bigger-bolder-and-more-ambitious-trajectory/ - Reading Time: 7 minutesIndia-US relations have been in a sweet spot since the last twenty-five years starting with the visit of US President Bill Clinton to India in March 2000. There has been a bipartisan consensus in both India and the US regarding stronger and more dynamic ties between the two nations. There was considerable anxiety in most countries in the world at the election of Donald Trump in early November 2024 as the 47th President of the United States. The reason is because Trump is known to be unpredictable and unconventional as well as transactional. In his First Term, Trump was seen […]

WILL DONALD TRUMP’S MAGIC WAND RESOLVE UKRAINE AND THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN ISSUES ? - https://chanakyaforum.com/will-donald-trumps-magic-wand-resolve-ukraine-and-the-israel-palestinian-issues/ - Reading Time: 5 minutesIn geopolitics the term ‘deep freeze’ is a common phenomenon. Festering issues often go into a state of procrastination by leaders or by circumstances. That is exactly what happened to the war in Ukraine over the last couple of months; the European winter was just incidental.  The war had already been beset by huge attrition of military wherewithal and therefore in a state of stalemate. Public thinking has largely been that the change in US leadership, with promised to follow up, would likely affect the Ukraine war like nothing has so far. There has been expectation that President Donald Trump […]

INDIA’S MUCH-AWAITED PROJECT-75 (INDIA) SUBMARINE DEAL: A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE NAVY’S SUB-SURFACE CAPABILITIES! - https://chanakyaforum.com/indias-much-awaited-project-75-india-submarine-deal-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-the-navys-sub-surface-capabilities/ - Reading Time: 8 minutes23rd January 2025: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, announces that it has been invited by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for commercial negotiations on the ambitious ₹70,000 crore Project-75 India [P-75(I)] submarine deal. The first round of commercial negotiations follows the opening of commercial bids a week before, on 16th January 2025. MDL will partner with German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the P-75(I) Project. What is Project-75 (I)? In the aftermath of the Kargil War, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had approved a 30-year Submarine Development Plan (SDP-2030), for acquisition of […]

INDIA’S DEFENCE BUDGET 2025-2026: DO WE SEE A GREATER IMPETUS TOWARDS MODERNISATION OF ARMED FORCES - https://chanakyaforum.com/indias-defence-budget-2025-2026-do-we-see-a-greater-impetus-towards-modernisation-of-armed-forces/ - Reading Time: 5 minutes Every year, the nation eagerly awaits the presentation of the budget by the finance minister in the Parliament. One of the key elements of the budget is the allocation for Defence as a part of the “Defence Budget”. This budget is particularly allotted to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is largely an indicator of the mitigation of challenges towards National Security. The “Defence Budget” therefore covers five major areas of allocation, these being, Capital Acquisition, Sustainment/operational readiness, pay and allowances, pensions and expenditure for civil organizations under MoD. The two major elements can be broadly classified as “Capital Budget” […]

THE FUTURE OF QUAD IN TRUMP 2.0 - https://chanakyaforum.com/the-future-of-quad-in-trump-2-0/ - Reading Time: 6 minutes Introduction The first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or QUAD Meetings of the Trump Administration was held between the foreign ministers of the four member countries viz. Australia, India, Japan and USA, on January 21, 2025, one day after the inauguration of President Trump as the 47th President of America, and a few hours after Senator Marco Rubio was confirmed as the Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) of the US. This signalled the steadfast resolve and strong determination of the four governments, particularly of the United States, to expand and strengthen cooperation through the Quad platform between the four countries. Two of […]

DESTROYER, A STEALTH FRIGATE AND A SUBMARINE: LETHAL ADDITIONS TO INDIA’S NAVAL MIGHT! - https://chanakyaforum.com/destroyer-a-stealth-frigate-and-a-submarine-lethal-additions-to-indias-naval-might/ - Reading Time: 8 minutes The Hon’ble Prime Minister (PM) of India, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated three frontline men-o-war of the Indian Navy (IN) in an impressive ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on 15 January 2025, which was also coincidentally the 77th Army Day! In a telling display of Centre-State cooperation, the inauguration ceremony was also graced by the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra, Shri CP Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of State for Defence Shri Sanjay Seth, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi and other dignitaries. This […]