The Illusions of Prestige: Why Western Tech Obsession is Failing the Atmanirbhar Test
Rajeev KS The current trajectory of the 'Make in India' program excels at building heavy, prestigious conventional platforms through monopolistic…
India’s Defence Self-Reliance and the Critical Mineral Challenge
Shivendra Shukla The policy is not just about saving money or creating jobs; this is about not depending on other…
Sixth-Generation Skies: Risks and Rewards in the FCAS Talks
Anjali Singh FCAS represents a system of systems including a sixth-generation manned fighter, remote carriers, drones, sensors, and a combat…
India’s Fighter Jet Engine Push: The Reliance–Rolls-Royce Bet
Aayush Pal Reliance Industries Limited and Rolls-Royce have announced that both companies would come together to design, develop, manufacture and…
Weapons as Statecraft: India’s Defence Export Diplomacy in the Global South
Archita Gaur Defence exports can complement India's broader engagement with developing countries through capacity building, training, development partnerships, and technology…
AI Warfare and the Fragility of the Geneva Order
Balaji Subramanian AI has proved to be a technological transformation and now threatens the moral architecture that sustained those rules.
The Next Military Revolution: AI Warfare After the US–Israel Strikes on Iran and India’s Strategic Imperative
The world is no longer divided between nuclear and non-nuclear powers, but into AI-empowered and AI-dependent states.
From Experimentation to Systemic Adoption: Data Analysis of 3D-Printed Firearm Proliferation in Extremist Networks
Divyanka Tandon The rapid intersection of accessible additive manufacturing technologies and violent extremism creates an urgent security challenge for governments…
He Who Owns the Sky, Owns the War
Piyush Anand Reliance on foreign sources for critical defence technologies is now a major strategic vulnerability amid shifting geopolitics, intensifying…
ADMM Plus and the Quest for Inclusive Regional Security in Southeast Asia
Faareha Usmani The ADMM Plus dialogue is regarded as the highest defence consultative meeting in the Southeast Asian region that…