The security landscape between India and Pakistan has undergone a significant transformation following Operation Sindoor, extending beyond traditional concerns of cross-border terrorism and Kashmir. This article examines the operation's str...
While nuclear deterrence, as a concept, stands widely credited with preventing large-scale interstate war, this study argues that it has instead entrenched a cycle of persistent mistrust and low-intensity conflict. Drawing upon the deterren...
Extended deterrence has long served as the foundation of the United States' alliance architecture in the Indo-Pacific, providing security guarantees to partners such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia while reinforcing regional stability ...
Proxy warfare has long been viewed as an attractive strategic instrument, allowing states to pursue political and military objectives while maintaining plausible deniability and avoiding the costs of direct confrontation. Yet the very auton...
Benjamin Netanyahu's principle "Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness", confronts the reality of Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif's declaration: "Israel is evil and a curse for humanity...I hope and pray...
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 ...
Europe’s security architecture is undergoing a profound transformation amid the convergence of Russian aggression, growing hybrid threats, and the gradual retrenchment of the United States from its traditional security commitments in Europe...
The sinking of the IRIS Dena on 4 March 2026, following a torpedo strike by a United States submarine in the Indian Ocean, marks a rare and consequential escalation in contemporary naval warfare. Occurring within a neutral state’s Exclusive...
India’s nuclear doctrine reflects a calibrated balance between strategic restraint and credible deterrence within an increasingly complex regional security environment. Rooted in the principle of No First Use (NFU) and anchored in a second-...
The contemporary geopolitical landscape is increasingly defined by conflicts that deliberately evade formal declarations of war, operating instead in an ambiguous domain known as the grey zone. The United States Intelligence Community asses...
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the central theatre of contemporary geopolitics, linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans and encompassing some of the world’s most economically dynamic and strategically significant states. This article examine...
Low-intensity conflicts (LICs) have become a persistent feature of South Asia’s security landscape, operating below the threshold of conventional warfare while sustaining long-term instability across the region. This article examines the ro...
