For much of its modern strategic history, India has viewed security through a predominantly continental lens, focusing on land borders and territorial challenges. Yet India's geography tells a different story. With more than 7,500 kilometre...
The evolving relationship between Iran and the United Arab Emirates reflects a broader transformation in Gulf geopolitics, where influence is increasingly measured not only through military power but also through connectivity, finance, tech...
Once viewed primarily through the lens of regional Pacific politics, Fiji has emerged as a strategically significant actor in the evolving Indo-Pacific order. Located at the intersection of critical maritime and air routes across the South ...
India’s security environment is shaped by the simultaneous pressures of continental threats and maritime competition, requiring a strategic balance between territorial defence, regional diplomacy, and power projection. Historical conflicts ...
The Western Indian Ocean has emerged as a critical theatre of geopolitical contestation, driven by intensifying competition among regional and extra-regional powers. With China’s expanding maritime footprint, Iran’s strategic assertiveness,...
The maritime security landscape in the East China Sea has experienced a major and long-term shift in the last ten years, shifting away from the periodical territorial conflicts to a state of long-term strategic rivalry characterised by pers...
The geopolitical importance of West Asia has historically been characterised by the energy supply and maritime bottlenecks. Nonetheless, in the modern world economy, a new dimension of strategic rivalry has emerged beneath the sea. The glob...
The current framework of security has incorporated Earth’s orbit and outer space as areas of militarization in the pursuance of safeguarding national interests. While the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 has prevented the nuclearization of space,...
This article explores the multifaceted landscape of maritime security in one of the world's most vital maritime domains. Beginning with an elucidation of the Indo-Pacific's geopolitical significance and the foundational role of maritime sec...
In the vast expanse of the world's oceans, a silent evolution is occurring, reshaping the very foundations of naval warfare. The catalyst for this transformation is the advent of underwater drones, submersible robotic entities that navigate...
Over the course of past several weeks, the Red Sea has witnessed a surge in Houthi drone attacks targeting maritime assets, thereby posing a formidable challenge to regional and global maritime security. These attacks, orchestrated by Houth...
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which carries gas from Russia to Europe, has been shut down after multiple leaks were discovered. This pipeline carries natural gas from Russia to the European Union. It supplies about 35% of the gas that the EU ...
