China announced its annual defence budget of RMB 1.45 trillion (approximately $229.6 billion) in March 2022, a 7.1 per cent year-on-year increase over its 2021 budget of RMB 1.36 trillion ($209.2 billion). In 2020, China had increased its defence budget...

I. Military and Warfare Important Factors to Consider in an Informationized Battlefield Next in the series of exploring entropy of informationized battlefield, this article by Sun Shidong, Su Zhiguang, and Zhao Mengshan of Unit 61001 highlights important factors in informationized...

 With war raging on multiple fronts in Ukraine and several cities under siege, Humanitarian corridors are allowing temporary respite to citizens. Priyal Lyncia D’Almeida and Ruturaj Gowaikar discuss these corridors in current and historical contexts. Suggested readings: The siege...

In The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, a brief but very insightful treatise on the subject, the 20th century economic historian Carlo M. Cipolla defines a stupid person as one who harms others while deriving no benefit oneself. Unlike intelligent...