Opinion

The 12th India-Japan annual bilateral summit and fourth between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi-and Shinzo Abe-held in Gandhinagar on September 14, 2017 has marked some further progress in their “Special Strategic and Global Partnership”.

Will 2017 prove to be only an anniversary of 1947, or almost as significant a turning point in our evolution?

Two back-to-back Agni IV and V missile tests have rattled China, particularly as they signal the growing prowess of India’s inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) development program.

Thus, apart from managing the current threat situation, the next Army Chief will have major responsibility in addressing increasing obsolesce of the Army as also increasing asymmetry importantly with China.