Adapting civilian platforms for military use can speed up defence production while increasing standardization, the CEO of Norway‘s Kongsberg Gruppen, Geir Haoy, said, as pressure to boost military spending in Europe grows under President Donald Trump. “The processes need to be simplified so that we get the speed up,” he said. The question is “HowContinue reading “Harnessing Military and Civilian Ship Building – The Way Forward India”
Category Archives: Global Geopolitics
Not Having Nuclear Weapons a Liability? – Japan, South Korea Future Nuclear Weapons Powers?
Ukraine voluntarily renounced its vast Soviet-era nuclear arsenal after independence, transferring all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996 in exchange for security assurances via the 1994 Budapest Memorandum from the US, UK, and Russia, but now deeply regrets this decision following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the 2022 invasion, which it calls broken promises.Continue reading “Not Having Nuclear Weapons a Liability? – Japan, South Korea Future Nuclear Weapons Powers?”
India Signs Critical Minerals Deals with Canada and Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China – A Rare Earth Push
India’s Strategic Pivot: Securing the Rare Earth Supply Chain India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canada counterpart Mark Carney inked a critical mineral and Uranium deal, as India and Canada prepared to soon finalise the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade pact, and targeted $50bn trade by 2030. The two countries sought toContinue reading “India Signs Critical Minerals Deals with Canada and Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China – A Rare Earth Push “
PM Modi Visits Israel – As the two Nations Continue to Strengthen the Unshakable Aerospace Bond
Prime Minister Modi concluded a two-day visit to Israel that started February 25, 2026, his second trip in eight years. He addressed the Knesset (parliament) amid an unprecedented deepening of ties despite attempts to isolate the Jewish state globally, especially by Europe, and growing tensions in its relations with China. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuContinue reading “PM Modi Visits Israel – As the two Nations Continue to Strengthen the Unshakable Aerospace Bond “