Praveen K Chand

Praveen Chand is an infrastructure, energy, and geopolitics commentator with over 38 years of hands-on experience in major EPCC projects across oil & gas, civil infrastructure, and renewable energy. A Civil Engineering graduate from NIT Trichy and a Master’s in Construction Law from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, he has held senior leadership roles including Project Director, SBU Head, and Country Head across West Asia and East Asia.His writing blends deep industry expertise with global insights, focusing on energy security, infrastructure strategy, geopolitics, and economic trends — always connecting policy shifts to on-ground industrial realities. Having worked and travelled across more than 30 countries, he also offers grounded perspectives on international travel, culture, and regional dynamics.

Latest Blogs

NATO crisis deepens after U.S. skips Brussels meeting

Transatlantic Fault Line Widens as U.S. Bypasses NATO for Direct Putin Talks

The Day Washington Walked Away from NATO Moscow/Brussels, 3 December 2025 — The transatlantic alliance absorbed one of its sharpest shocks in decades today as the U.S. bypasses NATO and…

Su-57 fighter jet at Dubai Airshow showcasing thrust-vectoring manoeuvres

The Su-57 Mirage: How Hype Cycles Distort India’s Defence Debate

India’s Su-57 Interest: A Timeline of Hype, Headlines, and Shifting Narratives India’s alleged interest in Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet has followed a familiar script. Unverified claims from Moscow trigger…

Behind the Drug War Rhetoric: How Washington’s Caribbean Build-up Corners Maduro

The Pretext and the Prize: How the U.S. Deployment Signals a Venezuela Reset

The ‘Narco-Terror’ Pretext and the Push for Regime Change in Venezuela Venezuela on the Brink: U.S. Military Pressure Intensifies The U.S. Venezuela standoff has pushed the region into its most…

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Russia's President Putin

Tensions Beneath the Surface: Azerbaijan’s Shadow Moves Against Russian Influence

Azerbaijan’s Quiet Pivot: How Baku Is Testing Moscow’s Reach A Region on Edge Since 14 November 2025 — the day an Iskander missile struck Azerbaijan’s embassy in Kyiv — tensions…

India anti-drone laser system deployed for border protection

India Anti-Drone Shield Strengthens With Laser Systems and Indigenous Tech

India’s Expanding Anti-Drone Shield Signals a New Era in Aerial Defence The rising complexity of modern conflict has pushed nations to rethink traditional airpower, and India is no exception. As…

India election results highlighting repeated Opposition losses against Modi

The Great Opposition Slide: From Maharashtra to Bihar, a Story of Defeats They Chose Not to Understand

Inside the Political Slide: The Opposition’s Self-Inflicted Defeats from Maharashtra to Bihar The general election of June 2024 should have been a reset button for India’s Opposition. They had spent…

India’s Ghatak stealth UCAV flying-wing drone

GHATAK: India’s Silent Strike UCAV Takes Shape

GHATAK: India’s Shadow-Wing—A Silent Blade Forged for the 2030s Battlefield The Aircraft Born in Silence In an anonymous corner of a Bengaluru research compound, a dark, angular shape rests under…

India’s Drone Revolution – GHATAK, TAPAS, ARCHER, RUDRASTRA, CATS Warrier and many more are the future drones

Modern Grammar of Warfare: How India Is Using Drones to Draft Its Own Chapter

Modern Grammar of Warfare — Drones, and the Way India Is Writing Its Own Chapter in the Sky From the deserts of Rajasthan to the labs of Bengaluru, India’s unmanned…

Tejas Mk1A with GE fighter engine — India GE engines order

India Signs $1 Billion Deal with GE for 113 Fighter Jet Engines Starting 2027

India signs $1 billion deal for 113 GE engines — and what happened to the 2021 order that’s still incomplete NEW DELHI, 8 November 2025 — India on Friday sealed…