India’s engagement with the West Asian security architecture has undergone a significant transformation amid shifting regional and global power dynamics. Relations that were once centred on energy security, trade, and expatriate welfare hav...
Strategic autonomy is the ability of a nation to make independent foreign policy decisions based on national interests without being aligned to a singular bloc. India’s strategic autonomy, deeply rooted in its colonial history and the princ...
The article highlight the achievements and challenges of India’s Military–Industrial Complex, exploring the efforts of the country to transition into a defence exporter. Several acquisition, structural and institutional reforms in the defen...
India’s deepening engagement with West Asia reflects a significant strategic realignment shaped by energy security, trade diversification, and evolving geopolitical dynamics. This article explores how New Delhi’s policies, ranging from econ...
The April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians, marked a turning point in India’s internal security and triggered Operation Sindoor against Pakistan-based terror infrastructure. While militarily effective, the operation ex...
Proxy warfare is a strategic tool through which powerful states influence conflicts abroad while minimising direct military, political, and financial costs. This report outlines the evolution, types, benefits, and risks associated with prox...
In the contemporary landscape of hybrid warfare, information has emerged as a strategic weapon. State and non-state actors deploy disinformation (intentional deception), fake narratives to shape public opinion, manipulate facts, and delegit...
The Iran-Israel conflict represents a critical case study in the evolution of asymmetric warfare within the Middle East. This article examines how conventional military imbalances between the two states have been increasingly offset by the ...
This paper examines the emerging dynamics of trilateral cooperation between China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in South Asia, exploring its potential to reshape the region’s geopolitical balance and challenge India’s traditional hegemony. By a...
On April 22, 2025, terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) launched an attack on tourists in Baisaran Valley, located in the Pahalgam area of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The assault, which continued for approximately 20 t...
Jammu and Kashmir remains a focal point in India's internal security landscape, with terrorism-related incidents shaping the region’s evolving threat environment. The need for a structured and data-driven approach to tracking these developm...
China has been steadily increasing its defence budget for years, aiming to modernise its armed forces and project power regionally. This concerns some countries, particularly those with overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea....
