The world enters an era where the hegemonic contention aggravates and the climate crisis worsens, shifting the maritime routes, the chokepoints, and the significance of the following. The Traditional Sea lines of Communication (SLOC) and th...
“Culture has become one of the last elements of our identity. We have to act in favour of cultural diversity abroad as well as at home. We need strong cultural diplomacy and but we have to create it.” - Frederic Martel
From a structural realist point of view, in an anarchic system, states are fearful and suspicious of each other due to their 'inscrutable intentions'. As a result, they constantly face security dilemmas where any step by a state to increase...
The history of Indian civilization has been tightly connected to the high seas around its territory. However, many scholars have repeatedly argued that India has a continental bias in its security policy. This led to a neglect of the mariti...
Armed forces of various great powers and regional powers are now integrating drones into their force structures and operational doctrines. They are being deployed not only for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) purposes bu...
For centuries, technological revolutions in weapons have changed the nature of warfare, affecting the balance of power and strategic stability. However, a majority of public reports around hypersonic glide vehicles are deceptive. They are n...
The G-20 summit meeting last week between the leaders of the twenty most important economies of the world has reignited the talks of international cooperation between like-minded countries and groups. With no dearth of multilateral organisa...
Recently, the Government of India released the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP 2020) with the aim to develop a robust and competitive indigenous defence industry, reduce the dependence on defence imports, and to ...
The world has been shaken by the global pandemic and has been battling through economic upheavals to medical shortages all across the world. These have led to a global collaboration through regional and global institutions and forums, to st...
