Despite clearing another hurdle for a major defense deal with the United States, India's long-range military development faces a more fundamental challenge. (With STRATFOR maps) [more]
India's ruling coalition will likely survive the decision by the communists to withdraw, but time is running out for the U.S.-Indian nuclear deal to succeed. [more]
The involvement of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, whether official or not, cannot be ruled out in the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. [more]
A terror attack in northwestern India could provide a political opportunity for India if it chooses to make a policy shift regarding its relationship with Pakistan. But whether India will make that shift remains unclear. [more]
Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak is visiting India amid signs of increased Indian-Afghan cooperation. This could prove problematic for the country sandwiched in the middle -- Pakistan. [more]
If the rumors that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will offer the USS Kitty Hawk to India are true, the move clearly is designed to block any further Russian-Indian deals on the Admiral Gorshkov. [more]
The United States and Russia are offering India a variety of defense deals as each major power tries to tempt New Delhi from its policy of nonalignment. [more]
Indian Energy Minister Murli Deora seemed optimistic after a Nov. 28 meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, but Russo-Indian energy relations are far from smooth. [more]
Russia has once again "frozen" a deal with China to re-export Russian-built RD-93 jet engines, which power China's multirole FC-1/JF-17 fighters. [more]
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