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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Should India make tactical nukes to counter China? Delhi’s no-first-use rule has no room for it

The issue that needs reflection is whether our nuclear arsenal, shaped by our nuclear doctrine, adequately caters for a nuclear exchange that commences with use of TNWs.

Woman named as suspect in Russian war blogger’s assasination, reports Interfax news agency

A woman called Darya Trepova was identified by some Russian media as a suspect online, though the interior ministry made no reference to the Tatarsky killing on its site.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck arrives in Ukraine on surprise visit, says economy ministry

On agenda is reconstruction of Ukraine and cooperation in the energy sector, the Spiegel news magazine reported.

‘Privileged strategic partnership with India’, US’s ‘hybrid war’  — what’s in Russia’s new foreign policy

The 42-page document referred to India & China ‘friendly sovereign global centres of power’, and highlighted Moscow’s growing enmity with the West.

Blinken to push back on Russia’ bid to ‘weaponize energy’ at NATO meet in Brussels next week

Talks between foreign ministers from NATO alliance will have ‘a heavy focus on Ukraine’ but will also touch on countering China in Indo-Pacific, a US official said.

US reporter arrest, NATO expansion deepens Russia’s isolation over Ukraine

‘Ukraine will win at the front ... we will not leave a single trace of Russia on our land,’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Ukrainian military has been planning a counteroffensive.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.