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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicDefense Secretary

Topic: Defense Secretary

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Trump confronted defense secretary who opposed sending military to contain US protests

Defense Secretary Mark Esper had told reporters that active-duty military forces to perform law enforcement within the US is 'a matter of last resort'.

Donald Trump finally has a defense secretary — Mark Esper, army veteran and lobbyist

Mark Esper will replace Jim Mattis who resigned in December after Trump decided to pull US troops out of Syria.

US is not out to contain China, says defense secretary James Mattis

James Mattis also said that US seeks a relationship with China that’s grounded in fairness, reciprocity and respect for sovereignty.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.