Re-Engineering the Maritime Sub-System: The Indian Ocean as a Multi-Node Arena
Hridbina Chatterjee The expansion of BRICS has fundamentally altered the geopolitical geometry of the Indian Ocean Region, transforming it from…
Manufacturing a Crisis: Disinformation, Impersonation, and the Contest Over the BRICS Summit 2026
Diksha Bharti The central argument is that the disinformation around BRICS 2026 was not spontaneous online noise but an event-anchored…
BRICS 2026: How India Turned a Multilateral Summit into a Bilateral Diplomatic Opportunity
Kumar Satish The BRICS Summit therefore became not only a platform for collective discussions among member countries but also a…
BRICS Summit 2026: India’s Diplomatic Moment in a Divided World
Aayush Pal The reason India's presidency was particularly significant is that despite a deeply divided house and sharp differences between…
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…
The Strategic Power of Clean Energy: India Beyond 300 GW
Anusreeta Dutta The significance of 300 GW is more than a number. Clean energy is gaining increasing importance for India…
India’s Fighter Jet Engine Push: The Reliance–Rolls-Royce Bet
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…
Coal, Power, and Pollution: Why India’s Energy Choices Still Choke Its Cities
Indian cities are suffering because the country’s power grid relies too much on coal. Urban India needs a…
Securing the Skies: India’s Anti-Drone Expansion
John T Guite and Vinay N Bhushan The anti-drone industry has rapidly emerged as one of the fastest-growing sectors in defence and security.