National security can only be achieved with the participation of all sectors—public, private and civil—and with the diverse perspectives that come when both women and men are in leadership positions. In a technological era in …
Articles by: "Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan"
Space logistics technologies are gaining greater momentum as we deepen our reliance on space. These are the various technologies that provide reliable delivery of supplies to satellites and space stations and in future to lunar …
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a high-profile swing through Japan and China this week, the question was whether the hand holding equated to a meeting of the minds. At this week’s Shanghai …
A Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on 31 August and 1 September will be a chance for Xi Jinping to stand with his Russian and Indian counterparts and give the impression of order beyond chaos …
Don’t give up on the Quad. The current tensions between its four members won’t overcome the underlying strengths of their relationships and lead to permanent breakdowns. The common challenges of the Quad members—above all the …
Cyberattacks on any critical infrastructure should be alarming, but attacks on nuclear infrastructure are all the more so due to the potential consequences, including radiation leaks. A China-sponsored hacker attacked the US National Nuclear Security …
India’s continued purchase of weapons and energy from Russia is raising difficulties in its relationship with the United States that are extending across the Indo-Pacific. This is not just a bilateral irritant. It has implications …
China has begun building a mighty dam, one that will create a mighty threat to hold over India and Bangladesh. Beijing said last week it had commenced construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, on …
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s current, six-day visit to China is meant to be another step in stabilising the relationship between the two countries. The problem is that no such efforts, by Australia and others, have …
Instead of learning from Europe’s mistakes in the decade leading into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—underinvesting in defence, increasing trade with a strategic adversary and expecting the United States to disproportionately carry the security burden—Australia …
Never mind that the Quad partners have their differences. The meeting of their foreign ministers in Washington on 1 July should be an occasion for the grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States …
India strives to render Pakistan strategically irrelevant to better focus its attention on China. But neither Pakistan nor China has an interest in allowing that to happen. It’s an ongoing saga of which we saw …