Shivshankar Menon

Ex-DRDO chief VK Saraswat slams Shivshankar Menon for 'erroneous' remarks on A-SAT tests during UPA regime

Former NSA Shivshankar Menon’s comments that UPA never sought permission to test an A-SAT missile are 'erroneous', said ex-DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat.

Peace talks with Pakistan will be futile, Kashmir an excuse for neighbouring army to remain in control, says former RAW chief

The Kashmir issue is now merely an "excuse" propped by the Pakistan Army to remain in control, said former RAW chief Vikram Sood

Hullabaloo over India's no-first-use nuclear policy is a case of making a mountain of a molehill

There has again been speculation recently about India's nuclear doctrine and the value of its no first-use-posture

Agni trials: By threatening India over test-firing of ICBMs, China has revealed its insecurity

India's test-firing of DRDO-developed long-range weaponry that may carry nuclear weaponry deep into Chinese territory seems to have touched a raw nerve that prompted Beijing to launch an open threat and use the one card that it prefers to hide beneath its sleeves — Pakistan.

Chief of Defence Staff coming? A flood of questions on 'when' and 'who' but still no answers

What the country needs is a CDS with full operational powers and HQ IDS getting fully merged with the Ministry of Defence.

Dance of the Dragon: Why India is in urgent need of a new China policy

There are increasing signs now that the balance of power between India and China has changed.

Pakistan's polity does not have capacity to sustain normal ties with India: Shivshankar Menon

Pakistan's polity does not have the capacity to sustain a normal relationship with India, former foreign secretary and NSA Shivshankar Menon said.

Real threats to India are communal and social violence, not Pakistan or China: Former NSA

The real threats to India are "internal" and emanate from communal and social violence, not from outside forces such as Pakistan or China, said ex-NSA.

China-India ties are under stress, need recalibration: Former NSA Shivshankar Menon

China-India relationship, which is under stress, needs to be "recalibrated", said former NSA Shivshankar Menon.

Could 26/11 Mumbai attacks have been averted? Report says spy agencies missed big clues

The 26/11 Mumbai attacks happened as a result of one of the "most devastating near-misses in the history of spycraft", says a report.