Securing the LAC: Countering Beijing’s Grey-Zone Tactics at the LAC
Hridbina Chatterjee The competition has now extended well beyond troop deployments, evolving into a contest over the resilience and survivability…
Mindfulness at the Frontier: India, Bhutan, and the Reimagining of the Himalayan Border
The Gelephu Gambit indicates a movement away from the conventional donor–recipient model of development towards more cooperative and…
Beyond the Race: Gaganyaan and the Dawn of the Bharatiya Space Era
India has entered into a new era of opportunity and transformation due to a national objective spearheaded by…
From SAGAR to MAHASAGAR: Recalibrating India’s Maritime Security Architecture in the Indian Ocean Region
By 2026, India’s strategic response has evolved from the foundational SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the…
The Himalayan Tightrope: Countering Third-Party Influence through Integrated Development and Connectivity
Landlocked states of Nepal and Bhutan are compelled to balance the competing interests of major powers, most notably…
Securing the Circuit: India’s Road to Semiconductor Sovereignty
India has shifted from a passive observer to a key player in the global semiconductor race, using iCET…
From Extraction to Strategy: India and the New Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
As the world pushes toward net-zero targets, the concentration of critical minerals resources has created a geopolitical "chokepoint"…
From Dialogue to Impact: The Strategic Realism of Global South 3.0
The global sovereign debt crisis has surpassed the "high-risk" warning phase and has become a localised problem for…
Beyond the Visit: Why the India–Russia Alliance Remains ‘Special and Privileged’
The “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership” between India and Russia reflects an extraordinary degree of mutual trust, aligns…
From Defence Buyer to Deep-Tech Partner: How India–Israel Ties Are Shifting Toward Co-Development
Israel's strength as a Startup Nation and how leveraging it will enable India's Digital & Tech Sector to…